Tag: camp
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Homeless camp off Bruce Vento trail forcing advocates to explore new approaches
She said she has heard no calls to remove the camp, which mostly is out of view just south of the Bruce Vento trailhead and north of the nature area, now named Wakan Tipi. Xiong s … Full story: https://www.startribune.com/homeless-camp-off-bruce-vento-trail-forcing-advocates-to-explore-new-approaches/600671246
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Homeless camp off Bruce Vento trail forcing advocates to explore new approaches
She said she has heard no calls to take down the camp, which is mostly out of view just south of the Bruce Vento trailhead and just north of the nature area, now named Wakan Tipi. Full story: https://www.startribune.com/homeless-camp-off-bruce-vento-trail-forcing-advocates-to-explore-new-approaches/600671246
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Yia Vang opens Vinai in northeast Minneapolis
Named after the refugee camp where his parents met, and where he was born, Vang calls the restaurant a ‘love letter’ to his parents who taught him to cook. Full story: https://www.fox9.com/news/yia-vang-opens-vinai-northeast-minneapolis
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Vinai, chef Yia Vang’s love letter to family and country, opens Tuesday in Northeast Minneapolis
Vinai is named after Ban Vinai, the refugee camp in Thailand where Vang’s parents met. The menu is structured to be family-style — meat platters feed several people, and side dishes and appetizers are … Full story: https://www.twincities.com/2024/07/29/vinai-chef-yia-vangs-love-letter-to-family-and-country-opens-in-northeast-minneapolis/
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IVSC offers thanks
Whew! What generosity! The community really came together to support the 2024 Indian Valley Summer Camp this year. Full story: https://www.trinityjournal.com/opinion/community_kudos/article_28c87f40-3e4d-11ef-8074-3b23e9e15bb1.html
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2 sisters, who fled the Vietnam War as kids, reflect on what they’ve been through
Sisters Mai Lo Lee and Beth Lo, who grew up in a large Hmong family, recall their youth spent in a refugee camp in Thailand and on a ginseng farm in Wisconsin. Full story: https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/2024-06-21/2-sisters-who-fled-the-vietnam-war-as-kids-reflect-on-what-theyve-been-through
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ONLY ON ACTION NEWS: 1-on-1 with Fresno Unified’s Misty Her following historic appointment
In an exclusive interview, the interim superintendent of Fresno Unified School District discusses her journey in education, from growing up in a refugee camp to her current position, and outlines her … Full story: https://abc30.com/post/misty-her-fresno-unified-school-district-interim-superintendent-exclusive-interview/14785598/
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Literature To Life Will Present THE LATEHOMECOMER at The Rogue Performance Festival
Tags: camp, family, festival, Her, life, literature, performance, refugee, Sacramento, story, Thailand, Vinai, YangThe Latehomecomer is a tribute to Yang’s grandmother and tells the story of her family’s journey from the Ban Vinai Refugee camp in Thailand to America. Full story: https://www.broadwayworld.com/sacramento/article/Literature-To-Life-Will-Present-THE-LATEHOMECOMER-at-The-Rogue-Performance-Festival-20240217
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Xiong reponds to social media attacks over her ethnicity
Mai Xiong is a Hmong American, which can include Chinese, but her parents were Laotian, fleeing Laos to a Thailand refugee camp after the Vietnam War. Full story: https://www.macombdaily.com/2024/02/11/xiong-reponds-to-social-media-attacks-over-her-ethnicity/
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Chef Yia Vang’s pork katsu sando with honey slaw
Chef Yia Vang hosts Outdoor Channel’s “Feral,” a show about wilderness adventure and the thrill of the hunt. Vang, who is Hmong American, was born in a Thai refugee camp where he lived until his … Full story: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Food/chef-yia-vangs-pork-katsu-sando-honey-slaw/story?id=105565632
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Chef Yia Vang combines Hmong cooking and local ingredients in dinner at Mister Mao on Nov. 7
Chef Yia Vang was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and moved with his family to the U.S. when he was 5. They eventually settled in Minnesota, where his family was part of the large Hmong community … Read Full Article
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Merced man found dead in canal leaves behind 8 children
Cheng was a Hmong refugee of war who immigrated to the United States in the early 1980s after living in a Ban Vinai refugee camp, in Thailand, his family stated. Prior to his family found refuge in … Read Full Article
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Olympian Suni Lee Skipping World Championships Selection Camp as She Deals with Kidney Condition
Olympic all-around champion Suni Lee will not participate in a selection camp for the world championship team as she continues to figure out the medication for her kidney conditions … Read Full Article
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Fresno non-profit making a difference locally and world wide
Thong Vang is the Social Impact Strategist at A Hopeful Encounter. He was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, raised in Fresno and has a Hmong background. Thong mentions, “Since we don’t have a … Read Full Article…
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Oregon appoints the first Laotian judge in the United States
She spent the months before arriving in the United States in a refugee camp in Thailand, sleeping in the dirt with little food and severely sick. Now, 40 years later, she sits on the Multnomah County … Read Full Article