Category: Featured
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Manitowoc’s Nenglee Vang fled Laos with her mother and siblings in 1980. They sold embroidered items to survive. | Our Hmong Neighbors
Nenglee fled Laos with her mother and siblings in 1980. They sold embroidered items to get money for food and medicine. Here’s their story. Read Full Article
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Guest editorial: US lifts visa sanctions on Laos
In 2018, the Trump Administration broadened visa sanctions on Laos for not complying with their demands to speed up deportations from the United States, establishing an immigration ban for Hmong, Iu … Read Full Article
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Put the new An Ox Cafe on your list for comforting Southeast Asian fare
In fact, the newly minted restaurant is a destination for comforting dishes from Southeast Asia, all served up in a beautifully transformed space which was formerly the home to the popular Hmong … Read Full Article
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Minnesota woman appointed to presidential advisory commission
She is also a Hmong refugee who came to the U.S. in 1976 when she was 7 year old. “My 20 years of work in the nonprofit sector, my lived experiences taught me that I come from a multi-rich cultural … Read Full Article
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GOP legislator introduces bill to require Asian-American history to be taught in Rhode Island schools
“I think their history is important,” Morgan said of Asian-Americans, noting that many Chinese-Americans fled the Cultural Revolution and that Rhode Island has a significant Hmong community. “They … Read Full Article
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Boys Volleyball Growing In Popularity Across Minnesota
“They have eight courts and the whole place is like packed. There’s like three or four teams waiting to play on each court. I never like expected it to be that popular,” player Will Wood said. Read Full Article
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Evers awards $1M grant to support Hmong, Southeast Asian communities as part of $82M program
APPLETON – A $1 million grant presented Tuesday will boost suicide prevention programs and economic development among Hmong and other Southeast Asian populations across Wisconsin. Gov. Tony Evers made … Read Full Article
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Bee’s Style in Fayetteville serves up irresistible chicken fried rice
I like chicken fried rice almost as much as barbecue and burgers. The setup: I have a go-to food truck (Ying Chang Hmong Chinese Hot Food), but when I saw Bee’s Style: Egg Rolls & Fried Rice on West … Read Full Article
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The LA Artist Behind The Viral #StopAsianHate Portraits Wishes He Never Needed To Draw Another One
He eschewed drawing the victims of the widely-covered Atlanta shooting for people targeted in lesser-known attacks such as Hmong American Ee Lee, who was fatally beaten in Wisconsin in 2020 … Read Full Article