Tag: language
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Health event aims to help Hmong women catch up on medical screenings, preventative care
An educational event held Saturday morning aimed to help women in the Hmong community take care of their health. Presentations by Gundersen Health System nurses were given in the Hmong language. The … Read Full Article
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Preserving a culture: DeForest woman’s mobile app that teaches Hmong language gains support from Apple
As Annie Vang developed her HmongPhrases app that helps 4,000 plus users learn her native tongue, she drew from her experiences as a child with immigrant parents whose language existed … Read Full Article
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St. Paul’s Bush Foundation awards fellowships to 20 Minnesota leaders
Twenty Minnesota community leaders, ranging from a suburban mayor seeking to make public safety more equitable to nonprofit officials boosting culturally-specific mental health and Hmong language … Read Full Article
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Hapa Project looks past strict categories in the census to reveal Wisconsin’s racial complexity and diversity
And, being lighter skinned, people also assumed I was White.” It was not until she found the Hapa Project while scrolling through MySpace that she had the language to articulate why the question of … Read Full Article
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PG&E offers funds for fire safety awareness
The WSPP develops and distributes in-language fire-safety messaging targeting Spanish, Chinese, Hmong, and Vietnamese communities. These efforts include a comprehensive media campaign consisting of … Read Full Article
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PG&E and California Fire Foundation Join Forces to Bolster Wildfire Safety and Preparedness
The WSPP develops and distributes in-language fire-safety messaging targeting Spanish, Chinese, Hmong, and Vietnamese communities. These efforts include a comprehensive media campaign consisting of … Read Full Article
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Apple showcases 4 leaders making change through technology at AAPI event
1. Annie Vang, HmongPhrases. Vang is the creator of HmongPhrases, an app that aims to keep the Hmong language and culture alive and digitized. 2. Larry Liu, Weee!. Since mid-2017, Liu has watched Weee … Read Full Article
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Am I Hmong enough? Students search for identity in diaspora
Some Hmong students at Chico State are third or fourth generation Americans who can’t speak or read their native language. Finding one’s identity as a minority in an assimilated community can make … Read Full Article
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New multi-language welcome sign unveiled; Hmong Wisconsin Chamber to move in
A new welcome sign at the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce aims to greet people from multiple backgrounds. On Friday the chamber had a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new sign in their lobby, which … Read Full Article
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How 3 Milwaukee organizations are prioritizing the needs of immigrant and BIPOC voters
Tags: American, Asian, association, city, community, Hmong, Hmong American, immigrant, information, language, Milwaukee, people, table, Vang, womenPeople around a Hmong American Women’s Association information table. Vang says voter suppression in a bit more subtle in the Southeast Asian community, and talks about language access. “In the city … Read Full Article
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‘Mlabri in the Woods’ offers a rare look at former hunter-gatherers
Director Yu Kaneko’s documentary about an ethnic group living in the hills of Laos and northern Thailand began with an encounter with a Japanese linguist fluent in the Mlabri language. Read Full Article
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Hmong American Center expanding into Wood County
The Hmong American Center is expanding into Wood County. The non-profit organization helps Hmong and Hispanics break language barriers, tackle technical hurdles, and offers a path to citizenship. Wood … Read Full Article
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The Most Commonly Spoken Foreign Language in Every State
The most commonly spoken language in Washington after English and Spanish is a form of Chinese, including Mandarin or Cantonese. Chinese immigrants first started settling along the West Coast in the … Read Full Article
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Voting rights activists are pushing to speak the language of all voters. It’s not always English.
Voting rights advocates worry a wave of new restrictive election laws could weaken requirements to provide language assistance for some voters. Read Full Article
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