Tag: adult
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Ramsey County Sheriff Reports
The 24-year-old from Farmington was booked into the jail. • An adult male accused of continued harassing and threatening a Hmong female staff member at N.E. Metro School District 916 in the 3500 block of Willow lake Boulevard was arrested March 2. Read Full Article
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Asian American Political Influence in California Lags Behind Almost Everyone
Whites are more than five times as likely as Cambodian and Hmong Americans to do so. • Even though Latinos and Asian Americans combined are a majority of California’s adult population, they account for only a quarter or a third of the participating … Read Full Article
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Interfaith Older Adult Programs: Rep. Brostoff and mother to receive first ever Generational Gem Award
His legislative goals include : disability advocacy, Hmong rights, deaf and hard of hearing issues, the rights of incarcerated individuals, and mental health care support. Working to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health continues to be one of his … Read Full Article
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Y, Boys & Girls Club to host Multicultural Event
such as the Chegwin Hmong dancers, bagpipers, Native American story-telling and more. Children must be accompanied by an adult. This event is free for everyone. For more information about the Fond du Lac Family YMCA, stop in at 90 W. Second St., call 920 … Read Full Article
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Asian Americans Are the Poorest Minority Group in New York City
They include Indian, Pakistan, Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Hmong and Laotian populations. Less than 1% of state funding goes to tackling poverty in the city. State Assemblyman Ron Kim said the solution is to start with funding adult literacy programs. Read Full Article
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Report: California’s Asian Americans and Latinos Shut Out of Political Process
Whites are more than five times as likely as Cambodian and Hmong Americans to do so. Even though Latinos and Asian Americans combined are a majority of California’s adult population, they account for only a quarter or a third of the participating … Read Full Article
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Generations of Southeast Asian Youth: Assimilation, Styling and (Racial) Profiling
It’s part of the Southeast Asian Heritage Lecture Series. Among Dr. Vue’s publications are a newspaper article for the USA Today network about a Hmong teenager in Wausau who was tried as an adult for stabbing another teen in an altercation … Read Full Article
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After Trump’s win, minorities share hopes, fears
It is one of many groups within the community that have been created in recent months to address divides in the community, particularly after a rally held for Dylan Yang — a Wausau Hmong teen tried and convicted as an adult for the 2015 stabbing death … Read Full Article
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Yang’s attorney to appeal conviction
Yang’s case has gained national attention and stirred controversy by supporters who feel he should have not been tried as an adult and was treated unfairly by the legal system because he is Hmong. RELATED: Things to know about the Dylan Yang trial … Read Full Article
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Religion notes for Oct. 8: News, events from Valley’s faith community
Acequia Ave. The event includes workshops in Spanish, English, Vietnamese, Korean and Hmong, and a special “young adult track” for those between the ages of 18 and 29. Keynote speakers are Deacon Alex Jones presenting in English, and Jose Antonio … Read Full Article
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Marathon County leader punished for attending Hmong rally
Eight weeks after attending a rally to support a Hmong teenager to be sentenced as an adult for fatally stabbing another teen, Marathon County Administrator Brad Karger has been suspended for 30 days without pay, the county corporation counsel said Wednesday. Read Full Article
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County Admin Brad Karger suspended
Many attendees said Dylan Yang was not treated fairly in the court system because he’s Hmong and that he should have been tried as a juvenile, rather than an adult. “I marched in support of a child who committed a crime at age 15, who I believe should … Read Full Article
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Marathon County admin subject of probe
Many attendees said Dylan Yang was not treated fairly in the court system because he’s Hmong and that he should have been tried as a juvenile, rather than an adult. In February 2015, two groups of boys clashed first on social media and then in a … Read Full Article
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New Sentencing Date, Attorney for Dylan Yang, Teen Convicted of Homicide
The sentencing date for 16-year-old Hmong American Dylan Yang has been rescheduled from July 12 to Sept. 6, and the teen has a new defense attorney. Tried as an adult in Marathon County Court in Wisconsin, Yang was found guilty of first-degree reckless … Read Full Article