Category: Featured
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Celebrating Asian cultures, Spokane’s Lunar New Year event returns to Riverfront Park after nearly 90 years
After 89 years, Spokane’s Lunar New Year celebration returned Saturday at Riverfront Park, showcasing Asian cultures through food, dance, fashion and music Asian communities all over the Spokane area … Read Full Article
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A California family discovered in the middle of a funeral that the casket for a loved one had the wrong body
“The afterlife and its preparation is of extreme significance for both the living and the departed. Indeed, many Hmong believe that when the body is mishandled, and the funeral songs sung, the … Read Full Article
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Fresno funeral home sued by family after placing wrong body in casket. What happened?
The Lee family said in the lawsuit that one of the reasons they chose the Fresno Funeral Chapel is because they were assured by event coordinator Paula Yang that the funeral would honor their Hmong … Read Full Article
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Local donation helps fund awareness and education workshops amid a national surge in anti-Asian hate
Tags: American, Asian, association, education, Hmong, Hmong American, Milwaukee, national, neighborhoodMILWAUKEE — Due to the recent rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, the Hmong American Friendship Association, in Milwaukee’s Near West Side neighborhood, is using donated funds to provide education and … Read Full Article
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St. Paul Hmong leader chosen for Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans
Feb. 3—KaYing Yang, a Hmong refugee and policy director for a St. Paul-based advocacy organization, was sworn in on Thursday to U.S. President Joe Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, … Read Full Article
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CLEANIN’ AND READIN’: Eau Claire Laundromat Libraries Established Throughout City
Each library contains diverse, high-interest books in English, Spanish, and Hmong for children up to age 8. No check-out registration is required, and no library card is needed to use any of the … Read Full Article
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Northeastern Wisconsin’s surge in diversity forged by opportunity, grit and inclusion
He recalls the vitriolic shouts from white residents telling them to go back to their homeland. There was no homeland to return to for Hmong refugees. Vue’s family fled Laos after his father and uncle … Read Full Article
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Local filmmaker pushes for more AAPI representation in growing industry
Thao, who stated he’s proud of his Hmong heritage, explained the short film highlights what it means to be an Asian immigrant living in America. “Asian-Americans can often feel invisible in this … Read Full Article
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Stand with Asians Launches Report Demonstrating Impact of $600,000 Endaoment Grants Poured into Underserved Asian American Communities
reaching over 540 people Provided Hmong Innovating Politics funds to host COVID-19 focus groups to address vaccine hesitancy in the Hmong community and better inform its COVID-19 work Enabled Asian … Read Full Article
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Looking Out for Each Other
The day’s food distribution, getting culturally appropriate staple foods to some 60 local Lao and Hmong households, is a joint project between the NorCal Lao Foundation, New Rising Hmong Association, … Read Full Article
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Bilingual children’s book keeping Hmong language and culture alive
As a first-generation Hmong American, the English/Hmong bilingual children’s book is her first. It’s titled, “I Am A Big Sister – Kuv Yog Ib Tug Niam Laus.” The book is inspired by her two young … Read Full Article