Tag: community
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COVID-19 Community Response Fund distributes $22K to organizations
The Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin and United Way of Marathon County announced Tuesday, $22,000 has been invested directly back five organizations as result of COVID-19 Community … Read Full Article
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Walz, Carter, Yang to Hmong leaders: Postpone large Hmong funerals
State and local leaders are asking members of the Hmong community to postpone traditional funeral practices, which can last three days and draw hundreds of mourners. “It’s important tha… … Read Full Article
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Letters: Government checks; xenophobia; community help
Xenophobia against east Asians has been infecting our nation. Even people who aren’t Chinese — but “look like it” — are being subjected to hostility. For example, two Hmong men were denied a hotel … Read Full Article
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Hmong Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce creates emergency loan fund for businesses amid pandemic
MILWAUKEE — The Hmong Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce announced a new Emergency Loan Fund in response to the impact coronavirus is having on the business community Friday. According to a news release, … Read Full Article
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Minnesota’s Hmong community shares lessons learned from virtual connections
As we change methods of communication because of COVID-19, members of the Hmong community are sharing lessons learned to help us adapt. They’ve done it for decades. Read Full Article
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Appleton council backs Hmong community
The Appleton city council is standing behind the Hmong community, while there’s some uncertainty about some refugees. Members voted unanimously last night to oppose any efforts by the Trump … Read Full Article
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I’m An Immigrant Fighting For Queer Rights and Racial Justice
Driven by their own intimate experiences of violence and poverty, M and Kabzuag have carved out a space for multiracial, multilingual, and multigenerational community members to disrupt a broken … Read Full Article
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As COVID-19 spreads, Madison’s Latinx community mobilizes to support, inform itself
Instead, she said, many calls are about the virus. Hamdan tells callers that the UW Health coronavirus hotline offers information in English, Spanish and Hmong and that she can help if they have … Read Full Article
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City of Madison
‘We made the ultimate sacrifice, both those who were killed serving and then we had to flee our own country because it was no longer safe’ local Hmong community activist says … Read Full Article
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Alaska Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux charged with voter misconduct
Prosecutors declined to comment on previously reported concerns centered on LeDoux and a political consultant she hired to get out the vote in the district’s Hmong community. The consultant died … Read Full Article
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Potawatomi’s focus on diversity fostered through family-centric workplace environment
With its efforts to create family-centric work environment, sponsorships in the community and balanced staff representation, Potawatomi Hotel & Casino and its CEO Rodney Ferguson received the … Read Full Article
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Mac community mobilizes to support St. Paul educators strike (+photo story)
Chao Vang is a first grade teacher at Phalen Lake Hmong Studies Magnet in SPPS. She was at Tuesday’s march. “I’m here because of the students, I think a lot of the students and parents that we … Read Full Article
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Advocates Worry Coronavirus Could Impact California Census Count
Hmong Innovating Politics, another Sacramento-based group that was working on outreaching to specific hard to the Hmong community, has been doing informational door-to-door visits. They said they’ve … Read Full Article
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‘One Read Eau Claire’ Examines Hmong History
“One Read Eau Claire,” a monthly, community-wide book discussion series, will host three separate (and simultaneous) conversations about Jane Hamilton-Merritt’s Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, the … Read Full Article
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Eau Claire rally condemns deportation of Hmong & Lao community members
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) –A resolution condemning the deportation of Hmong and Lao families in the Chippewa Valley was brought up by the Eau Claire City Council. Before the city council meeting, a … Read Full Article