Tag: community
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Minority mission: Pope to encourage Thailand’s small Catholic community
Outside the city in Thailand’s far north, the community provides free or subsidized education to disadvantaged minorities, especially young people from the Karen, Akha, Lahu and Hmong peoples. Read Full Article
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Minority mission: Pope to encourage Thailand’s small Catholic community
Outside the city in Thailand’s far north, the community provides free or subsidized education to disadvantaged minorities, especially young people from the Karen, Akha, Lahu and Hmong peoples. In an … Read Full Article
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RREAL earns Bush Prize for Community Innovation
“RREAL is scaling its solar assistance locally, nationally, and even internationally in West Africa.” Other winners include Hmong American Partnership in Saint Paul, $500,000; Minnesota Indian Women’s … Read Full Article
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Proposal To Provide Benefits To Hmong Veterans
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – New legislation has been proposed in the Wisconsin State Assembly to extend state veteran benefits to Wisconsin’s Hmong veteran community. The legislation is sponsored by … Read Full Article
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Hmong textile exhibit opens at library
The exhibition, “Cloth as Community: Hmong Textiles in America,” opens Nov. 10 at West Wyandotte Library, 1737 N. 82nd St., Kansas City, Kansas. Hmong flower cloth (or paj ntaub) is one of the world’s … Read Full Article
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We Learned to Fear Tiger and to Love Squirrel
Lisa is an award-winning writer, artist, community organizer, and media specialist who helped produce the film, The Hmong and The Secret War, now available online at PBS.org. Eventually the world … Read Full Article
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Community celebrates Hmong New Year
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) — Community members gathered this weekend to celebrate Hmong New Year. The 31st annual celebration was held at the YMCA Indoor Sports Center and featured traditional dancing, … Read Full Article
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Crowd shows support for diversity position
That didn’t stop about 50 people from speaking out. Kou Vang is a leader of the Hmong community, and he says the position serves as a bridge to many communities. Helen Boyd worked to put rainbow flags … Read Full Article
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MATC Partners With Community Groups To Reach Nontraditional Students
MATC is trying to build that word-of-mouth network that is especially impactful for nontraditional students. Back at the outreach event, Zongcheng Moua, with the Hmong Chamber of Commerce, says he’s … Read Full Article
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Middle school principal: Phone a friend before hitting ‘send’ on parent comms
The program includes African American, Hispanic, Somalian, Native American and Hmong community members who help teachers communicate with parents. Read Full Article
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Financial troubles cause Park Square to cancel two musicals in its season
Our Hmong Community” with Ping Chong + Co. (March 5-15); “Holmes and Watson” by Jeffrey Hatcher (June 12-July 26); and a remount of “Marie and Rosetta” by George Brandt (dates to be determined). As … Read Full Article
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For these Sacramento seniors, dancing and tai chi can create communities – and prevent suicide
They twirl and swing around in pairs as old Cantonese pop music blasts in the stereo. At the ARI Community Services Center on El Paraiso Avenue in Sacramento, the Vietnamese, Chinese and Hmong seniors … Read Full Article
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Lecturer Sheng Lee Yang featured in Post Crescent
‘In the Hmong community, they don’t see (depression and suicide) as an illness,’” Soua said. “‘It’s not diagnosed.’” Read the full story, here. Read Full Article
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Faculty note: Lecturer Sheng Lee Yang featured in Post Crescent
‘In the Hmong community, they don’t see (depression and suicide) as an illness,’” Soua said. “‘It’s not diagnosed.’” Read the full story, here. Read Full Article
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Mahtomedi fans taunted Asian kids on Como Park High girls soccer team
The Hmong and Vietnamese who dominate Como’s Asian community have been here for 50 years. This would make them very much at home – and raise suspicions of inadequacy over Mahtomedi’s history … Read Full Article
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Post from the Community: Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association at Medical College of Wisconsin wins National Chapter of the Year
Every year, MCW APASMA conducts numerous events to serve the local Asian American population in Milwaukee. These events include assisting with the Hmong New Year health screenings and monthly health … Read Full Article