In Fresno, Cancer Screening Advocates Reach Out to Hmong Community
At a community center in southeast Fresno, dozens of Hmong seniors gather for a health fair. They tentatively approach tables with pamphlets in Hmong and English on breast cancer screenings, how to safely dispose medicine, and other health topics.
Fresno couple followed, beaten, and robbed in Southeast Fresno
A Hmong couple relives a horrific attack after four men beat and then robbed them at gunpoint in front of their home. The two were just coming back home after a night of doing volunteer work. Four days after being brutally attacked the bruises on Lou Xiong …
Report says Fresno Latinos among least likely to vote statewide
As for Asian Americans, Bryant said research tends to focus on Chinese and Japanese, rather than Hmong, who are more prominent in the Valley. She said political participation among Hmong residents in Fresno is even lower than that of Latinos. Bryant said …
Youth volunteers fly into Fresno, Clovis to help repair homes
You are doing what Jesus would do. Steven Dorsey, 18, a World Changers volunteer The volunteers come from eight local churches – Clovis Hills Community, Cornelia Avenue Southern Baptist, Hmong Baptist, Lifeway Baptist, New Beginnings Baptist, New Hope …
Cannabis valley: The sudden proliferation of marijuana grows in the California Valley worries residents
While no one’s exactly sure how this all started and who’s driving it, several people familiar with the situation say a majority of the farmers are Hmong—an ethnic group that experienced mass migration, fleeing from Laos and surrounding countries …
California rejects federal grant to collect data on Asian, Pacific Islander students
The majority of Cambodians, Hmong and Laotians do not attend college. About 38 percent of Cambodians, 40 percent of Hmong and 34 percent Laotians do not have high school diplomas. Chu said she would continue to press state schools superintendent Tom …
America’s first Hmong judge spoke at naturalization ceremony at Fresno State
America’s first Hmong judge gave the keynote speech Saturday morning at the naturalization ceremony at Fresno State. “Even though you were born in a different country because you speak a different language, you practice a different religion, you eat …
Hundreds honor well-known Hmong veteran in Fresno
Family members, friends and dignitaries remembered a Vietnam War veteran in Fresno Saturday and his groundbreaking accomplishments. Lt. Col. Peter Chou Vang died in Merced this May but hundreds of people gathered at the Fresno Fairgrounds in his memory …
Even In California, Voter Intimidation By Law Enforcement
According to the ABC affiliate KDRV, about a week before the primary, deputies went door-to-door to the homes of Asian Americans of Hmong descent threatening them with arrest for voter fraud. The Deputies: …went door to door, arrived with rifles …
Voter Fraud Probe In California Turns Into Voter Intimidation Boondoggle
That signal wasn’t lost on residents of Hmong communities in rural northern California, who said police came to their doors doing just that earlier this month. They said authorities also set up a roadway checkpoint to target Hmong drivers, threatening to …
California Voters Enthusiastic Amid Reports of Intimidation, Poor Language Access
One of the the biggest causes for concern for AAPI civil rights advocates came out of Siskiyou County, in the northernmost part of the state, where a majority of newly registered Hmong voters did not appear on voter rolls and had to vote instead by …
Right-wing sheriff under investigation for intimidating minority voters in California primary
Hmong residents said county and state officials showed up at their homes carrying military-style rifles and threatened to arrest anyone who tried to illegally vote — and civil rights activists say many of them stayed home out of fear rather than vote in …
Siskiyou sheriff accused of intimidating voters
The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office is being accused of intimidating members of the county’s Hmong community to keep them from voting in Tuesday’s primary election. According to a press release sent out by the California American Civil Liberties …
Hmong writers coming to Merced
Members of the Fresno-based Hmong American Writers’ Circle are set to read from their works at a free event at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center. The Merced Arts Council has organized the workshop and reading session with Circle members Soul Vang, Pos L.
Big Turnout in Sheboygan For Memorial Day Events
Proceeds went to sponsor the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight. Hundreds also turned out from as far away as California and the east coast for the 10th Anniversary of the Lao, Hmong and American Veterans Memorial in Deland Park. This year’s event was a …
Fresno Unified teachers, trustees demand stricter discipline in schools
Ashjian pointed to an announcement earlier this month that Fresno Unified will invest millions more in English learners, including a focus on teaching Hmong in schools. Our educators are crying out for help. Fresno Teachers Association President Tish Rice …
A Full-Bodied Narrative that Cultivates Empathy Like No Other
But really it’s one of mine, too. When Lia, a baby girl in an immigrant Hmong family in central California, started having seizures, it was clear to her American doctors what was happening: she had epilepsy. And it was clear to her own family, too …
Judge resolves long-standing Hmong New Year dispute
Fresno is home to the nation’s second largest population of Hmong immigrants and their children. Since 1999 the Hmong International New Year Foundation, Inc. has hosted an annual New Year celebration at the Fresno Fairgrounds that has attracted tens of …
