Refugee shared background of Hmong experience
With immigration an ever-present item in the news, it’s not surprising there was a high turnout Saturday for the One Book, One Community program, “Hmong 101.” Txongpao Lee, executive director of the Hmong Cultural Center in St. Paul, and Dr. Mark …
Daily Dim Sum Now Served on University Avenue
The Little Mekong district in the Frogtown neighborhood where the restaurant is located is home to many Hmong, Southeast Asians as well as immigrants and refugees. The restaurant plan is to serve those people as well as greater St. Paul. That means in …
Mac founder Esther Suzuki shaped mission of multiculturalism
During the first wave of Southeast Asian immigrants to Minnesota in 1975, Suzuki worked to obtain basic resources from organizations such as the Japanese American Citizens League and took courses in Hmong. She afterwards reflected that she was glad she …
Changing The Way We Look At Dementia
This year, Minnesota ACT on Alzheimer’s leaders are working with African-American, Hispanic, American Indian, West African and Hmong communities in their state to make culturally sensitive adaptations to their programs. And they’re piloting a modified …
Minnesota Public Radio pursues underserved audience with new Somali-language content
MPR has published content in other languages in the past on a per-project basis, including Hmong and Spanish. But MPR News Somali is the station’s first attempt to provide a consistent news stream in another language, according to Olson. The network is …
Wiens Sports International, a cold-weather gear specialist, is looking at other seasons
None of the fabric originates from outside the U.S. All of it is then cut and sewn in Minnesota. Many of the sewers are Hmong residents who operate out of their homes. With a large number of them retiring, Wiens is starting to add some automation …
Lessons from Public Schools Succeeding in Helping Immigrant Students Become Americans
We can also learn from St. Paul, Minnesota, where Hmong families began resettling over 40 years ago at the end of the Laotian civil war. Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services played key roles in helping families establish new lives, and St. Paul …
Gavin Kaysen’s Favorite Restaurants Around Minneapolis
“I picked the market out in St. Paul because it shows off the huge Hmong population we have in town. This is a full-on, real marketplace with little restaurant stands around you when you walk in. You can find things like vermicelli-stuffed chicken …
Fired diversity officer for four Minnesota State colleges gets $75,000 settlement
Xiong, who is Hmong-American, said he never felt welcome on a team of white administrators. He reported to the human resources manager instead of the president, as diversity officers at other Minnesota State colleges do. His salary was much lower too …
Minnesota author brings life experience to Hastings
Yang said she wanted to write a book about the economic depression and in 2012 when her father and 14 of his Hmong co-workers lost their jobs, the book started forming around her father. She said her dad had spent most of his life working in American …
How Houston Chefs Collaborate With Refugee Farmers to Produce Some of the City’s Best Dishes
Like Plant It Forward, organizations dedicated dedicated to supporting refugee farmers began as early as the 1980s, when national and state government agencies in Minnesota partnered with a handful of non-profits to help Hmong refugees set up farming …
UMN students shell out $35M per year in mandatory fees
In total, strictly identity-based student groups (African Student Association, American Indian Student Cultural Center, Asian-American Student Union, Black Student Union, Hmong Minnesota Student Association, Malaysian Student Association, Minnesota …
Qhia Dab Neeg exhibit: Storytelling by 13 Hmong artists
The Midway Commons office building in St. Paul doesn’t look much like an art gallery. But last week, Commons tenant the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council opened its conference room doors to host the opening reception for Qhia Dab Neeg (“Storytelling …
The Deliciously Polyglot Flavor of the North: A Minneapolis-St. Paul Dining Guide
Richly flavored Vietnamese and Hmong food? Hyper-authentic Mexican food? East African food served with skill and aplomb? We’ve got it, in spades. People need to know about this. What you see collected here are about 15 fantastic places to eat that are …
Vietnam War refugee who settled in Eau Claire at age 6 now is a judge
Vuelo was just 6 years old when she arrived here. Despite that adversity, Vuelo went on to become the first judge of Hmong-American descent in the state of Minnesota. She officially began her duties Dec. 18 at Ramsey County District Court in St. Paul.
One Voice Mixed Chorus finds ‘Sanctuary’ in stories of immigrants
Courtesy of the artist Minnesota has been a place of refuge for immigrants from the earliest days of statehood — from Scandinavians and African-Americans arriving through the Underground Railroad, to Hmong, Mexican and Somali in more recent years.
Vietnam War refuge who settled in Eau Claire at age 6 now is a judge
Vuelo was just 6 years old when she arrived here. Despite that adversity, Vuelo went on to become the first judge of Hmong-American descent in the state of Minnesota. She officially began her duties Dec. 18 at Ramsey County District Court in St. Paul.
Evans scholar house seeks to increase diversity
VueBenson, who is female and half Hmong, grew up in St. Paul and heard about caddying through her high school. Minnesota Evans Scholar Chapter President Jon Delaney said he thinks the diversity rates at the University might be lower compared to other …
