Tag: family
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Chef Yia Vang honors family, Minnesota’s Hmong community with Vinai
“Vinai, to the Hmong people, is this name where, ‘Hey, this is a sense of hope. This is a sense of rest.’ And we hope that we can reflect that in the restaurant,” Vang told KARE 11’s Karla Hult inside … Full story: https://www.kare11.com/article/entertainment/dining/food-drink/yia-vang-honors-family-minnesotas-hmong-community-with-vinai/89-ad9f1fa8-13a9-48ea-be3e-df25b5d2c94b
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Chef Yia Vang honors family, Minnesota’s Hmong community with Vinai
MINNEAPOLIS — An award-winning chef is expanding his culinary reach with a new restaurant in northeast Minneapolis. And once again, Chef Yia Vang is honoring both his culture and his family in … Full story: https://www.kare11.com/article/entertainment/dining/food-drink/yia-vang-honors-family-minnesotas-hmong-community-with-vinai/89-ad9f1fa8-13a9-48ea-be3e-df25b5d2c94b
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Suni Lee’s community sends love from Maplewood to Paris
Tags: community, family, gold, gymnastics, Her, Lee, love, Maplewood, restaurant, story, Suni Lee, Sunisa Lee, team, womenFamily and friends of Sunisa Lee watch her compete in the Women’s Gymnastics Artistic Team All-Around finals during a watch party at Unison Restaurant in Maplewood. Team USA won the gold medal. More … Full story: https://www.startribune.com/suni-lee-s-community-sends-love-from-maplewood-to-paris/600387670
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How Gymnast Suni Lee’s Family Inspired Her for the 2024 Olympics
USA gymnast Sunisa “Suni” Lee is competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Learn more about her family, who have been supportive of her dreams since day one. Full story: https://sports.yahoo.com/suni-lee-opens-her-close-224500260.html
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How Gymnast Suni Lee’s Family Inspired Her for the 2024 Olympics
At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, Sunisa “Suni” Lee made history as the first Hmong American Olympic gymnast champion. She took home the gold medal for Team U.S.A. in the women’s gymnasticsindividual … Full story: https://sports.yahoo.com/suni-lee-opens-her-close-224500260.html
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Stalkers, disease and doubt: Suni Lee’s hard road back to the Olympics
The all-around women’s champion at the Tokyo Olympics overcame personal strife, family expectations and serious illness to get to Paris. Full story: https://www.startribune.com/stalkers-disease-and-doubt-a-gymnast-s-hard-road-back-to-the-olympics/600387334/
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Stalkers, Disease and Doubt: A Gymnast’s Hard Road Back to the Games
Sunisa Lee, the all-around women’s champion at the Tokyo Olympics, overcame personal strife, family expectations and serious illness to get to Paris. Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=66a86b21055b426187baf34262f1e955&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.nytimes.com%2f2024%2f07%2f29%2fworld%2folympics%2fsuni-lee-gymnastics-kidney-disease.html&c=4791302983735095853&mkt=en-us
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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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Vinai, chef Yia Vang’s love letter to family and country, opens in Northeast Minneapolis
We call both of these places home.” The bar program, which emphasizes Hmong ingredients like Hmong cucumber, culantro and galangal, was created in partnership with Jeff Seidenstricker of Steady Pour. 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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Suni Lee’s Family Heritage Helped Her Make Olympic History
Lee not only became the first Asian-American woman gymnast to claim that title, but was also the first Hmong-American Olympian in any sport. The 21-year-old is now returning to the stage at the Paris … Full story: https://heavy.com/sports/olympics/suni-lee-hmong-heritage-paris-olympics/
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A Hmong family finds its ‘Little House on the Prairie’ in Walnut Grove, Minn.
Gao Vang smiles shyly as a woman in a pioneer-style floral dress approaches her ticket counter on a rainy afternoon, hoping to learn about a young girl who lived in a little house on the prairie here … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/hmongs-family-journey-takes-them-112200102.html
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Hmong families find their ‘Little House on the Prairie’ in Walnut Grove, Minn.
Gao Vang, 14, finishes her shift at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Walnut Grove, Minn., on Wednesday. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune) … Full story: https://www.startribune.com/a-hmongs-family-journey-takes-them-to-the-banks-of-plum-creek/600381035
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A Hmong’s family journey takes them to the banks of Plum Creek
Vang works a summer job at the gift shop of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, a veritable mecca of Americana. She hands the woman and her family their tickets and directs them toward the exhibits — the … Full story: https://www.startribune.com/a-hmongs-family-journey-takes-them-to-the-banks-of-plum-creek/600381035/
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Plot thickens in Oakland as grand jury investigates influential family, Mayor Thao, her partner
A DOJ subpoena confirms a federal grand jury investigation involving Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and donations made by the owners of Cal Waste Solutions. Full story: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-09/feds-seek-documents-investigation-mayor-thao-campaign-donations
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Marathon County volunteer opportunities: Week of July 1
Find More Donation + Volunteer Opportunities! Go to the United Way Volunteer Connection volunteer website at unitedwaymc.galaxydigital.com. Team or Family … Full story: https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2024/07/01/marathon-county-volunteer-opportunities-week-of-july-1-2/
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Hmong Freedom Festival expected to draw thousands to St. Paul’s Como Park
United Hmong Family received a $1.2 million state grant in 2023 to help with the cost of running both the Freedom Festival and St. Paul’s annual Hmong New Year celebration in the fall. The funding … Full story: https://sahanjournal.com/culture-community/hmong-international-freedom-festival-st-paul-como-park/
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‘I will not be bullied’: Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao speaks for first time since FBI raid at her house
Thao’s comments came four days after the FBI’s surprise raids across the city that centered on a politically influential family in charge of the city’s contracted recycling company. Full story: https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-speaks-fbi-raid/