Seminary students pay it forward
Jonah Yang of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, is creating a presentation for first- and second-generation Hmong Christians in the U.S. and Southeast Asia about the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective and Missio Dei #18, “What is an Anabaptist …
Williams: How One Hmong Charter School In Minnesota Is Preserving Student Culture, Raising Test Scores and Attracting Non-Hmong Students
Opinion: Charter Schools Can’t Grow If They Can’t Afford Buildings for Their Students. Some Ways the Federal Government Can Help Opinion: Teacher Turnover Is a Symptom of a Nationwide Shortage of Educators. What 2 Arizona Teachers Are Doing About It in …
Bradford: Are We Doomed to Repeat NCLB’s Mistakes on Accountability for Minority Students Under ESSA? The Devil’s in the Details
Williams: How One Hmong Charter School In Minnesota Is Preserving Student Culture, Raising Test Scores and Attracting Non-Hmong Students Rausch: Leadership, Commitment, Judgment — 3 Keys for All Authorizers of Public Charters in Creating More Great …
Williams: How One Hmong Charter School In Minnesota Is Preserving Student Culture, Raising Test Score and Attracting Non-Hmong Students
Opinion: Charter Schools Can’t Grow If They Can’t Afford Buildings for Their Students. Some Ways the Federal Government Can Help Opinion: Teacher Turnover Is a Symptom of a Nationwide Shortage of Educators. What 2 Arizona Teachers Are Doing About It in …
Johnson: To Prepare for 21st Century Jobs, States Must Make Early Literacy a Top Priority
Williams: How One Hmong Charter School In Minnesota Is Preserving Student Culture, Raising Test Score and Attracting Non-Hmong Students Rausch: Leadership, Commitment, Judgment — 3 Keys for All Authorizers of Public Charters in Creating More Great …
Minnesota demographer: Question will hurt census accuracy
Minnesota has seen waves of Somali and Hmong immigrants boost its population. Brower says even legal immigrants are concerned about giving the government more information. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is urging Congress to remove the citizenship question …
Around the state: Teen arrested in ‘party bus’ killing in Inver Grove Heights
Minnesota has seen waves of Somali and Hmong immigrants boost its population. Brower says even legal immigrants are concerned about giving the government more information. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is urging Congress to remove the citizenship question …
East Sider wins prestigious Bush Fellowship
East Sider Pheng Thao was awarded the fellowship based on his work trying to find culturally responsive ways to address gender-based violence in the Hmong community. The Bush Foundation serves communities in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 …
Hollies Winston makes his case to become Brooklyn Park mayor
Chair of the Minnesota African-American DFL Caucus, Winston is seeking to become mayor of a city made up of a majority people of color (52 percent), but one that has never elected a mayor of color, and only one, Susan Pha, a Hmong-American, to the city …
See 150 Years of Minnesota Fashion at Hennepin History Museum’s Retrospective Exhibition
“We plan to address some of these gaps soon.” While pieces from Hmong, African-American, and Native American cultures are represented in the museum’s collection, Phillips is quick to note that the museum plans to address some of the gaps in representing …
St. Paul’s Hmong elders still hope to make good on a scam paradise
The Hmong elders of St. Paul and elsewhere in the country had survived war, communist rule, life as a refugee, and relocation across the world. It all left them eager to believe the sweet sales pitch of Seng Xiong. The Maplewood man was promising a paradise.
Minn. fraudster’s victims want money back to use for Hmong homeland in Southeast Asia
ST. PAUL—When Seng Xiong asked Plia Yang for a donation two years ago toward a new Hmong homeland, Yang, a Milwaukee office assistant, handed the Maplewood man $5,000 and her loyalty. On Monday, Yang stood outside the federal courthouse in St. Paul to …
Underground explorer is on a mission to map Minnesota’s forgotten springs
Constantly bathed by warm water, they’re a patch of living green in the middle of the winter. Brick said Hmong Minnesotans often harvest the aquatic plant. “It’s supposed to be great in salads,” he said. Open waters created by springs are midwinter …
Discussing one man’s experiences
The book, the focus of Heart of Hutch’s annual One Book, One Community program, is a Hmong man’s memoir, spanning from his early years in southeast Asia to his family’s adjustment to living in Minnesota. Several people discussed how newcomers …
Help create a St. Paul poem at your local library
The two have worked on various things together, including a number of plays. In 2016, Lee-Yang worked with Hmong elders on a play called “Poj Laib Laus,” or “Old Gangster Ladies,” a humorous take on the the relationship between older and younger …
SNAPSHOT: St. Paul’s Hmong girl
submitted photo • Sen. Foung Hawj and Rep.Tim Mahoney, who represent the East Side for legislative districts 67 and 67A, helped unveil “Nkauj Hmoob Lucy” Feb. 14 at the Community School of Excellence, a Hmong language and cultural school in the …
Major party candidates set for District 42 House races
Yang is youth pastor at Immanuel Assembly of God, a Hmong Christian church in St. Paul. “Like the rest of the Hmong community, I am grateful for the gift of a second chance that Minnesota and America have given to us,” he said in a statement put out by …
Minnesota Public Radio reaches out in Somali, and community listens
There’s a large Haitian community in Florida and speakers of Hmong in Wisconsin. How is your news organization serving these readers? And how might that help with audience growth and development — across geographic boundaries. To learn more about how …
