Tag: loss
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Native Women and Women of Color on Pregnancy Loss and Grief
Both books won Minnesota Book Awards. Kao Kalia Yang is a Hmong-American writer. She is the author of the award-winning memoirs The Latehomecomer and The Song Poet. In 2019 Yang debuted her first … Read Full Article
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KQRS signs Morning Show host Tom Barnard to new long-term contract
In the late ’90s, offensive remarks he made about the Hmong community led to calls for a boycott and a loss of major advertisers. In 2007 the station issued an apology after he and then sidekick Terri … Read Full Article
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Impact on Education gives more than $40,000 in classroom, music grants
Xiong, who is Hmong, said she came up with the idea while working on her doctorate and researching language loss for her people. “A lot of research shows second language learners tend to forget their … Read Full Article
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‘Scar in my heart forever.’ Hmong community, family react to arrests in fatal shootings
Famous Hmong singer Xy Lee was among four men killed Nov. 17 in the backyard of a home near Fresno Yosemite International Airport. “The loss of my brother Xy will be a scar in my heart forever,” Kou … Read Full Article
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‘We Were Ready’ – Valley’s Leading Trauma Center Took On Mass Shooting Survivors
Fans of a well-known Hmong singer Xy Lee took to social media to mourn his loss following Sunday’s mass shooting in a Southeast Fresno backyard where friends and families had gathered to watch a … Read Full Article
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Readers and Writers: Indigenous and women of color share pain of miscarriage and infant loss
Gibney is a writer, educator, activist and author of the young adult novel “See No Color.” Yang wrote “The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir” and “The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father.” “What God … Read Full Article
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Vangs cope with loss of daughter, arms, sense of security in wake of July shooting
They spoke with the assistance of a translator, Vincent Xiong, executive director of the Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association, who had translated for the Vangs during their interviews … Read Full Article
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Funeral services, interment for MPD Officer Her held Monday
“The loss of Officer Kou Her is a tremendous loss to the community, not just the Hmong community but to the community as a whole,” said Alex Cha, member of Hmong Council 18 of Wisconsin. Officer Her … Read Full Article
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Immigrants are ALWAYS welcome here
Europe’s loss was our gain then. In more recent years, Wisconsin has gained from the arrival of Hmong immigrants from southeast Asia, Somali immigrants from Africa, Mexican immigrants and … Read Full Article date: Fri, 06/28/2019 – 11:29
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‘It’s a loss for the community:’ Fresno Police remember officer killed in wrong-way crash
Fresno Police Officers Association president, Todd Fraizer said Vang was one of the first Hmong officers and worked well with the community and others. “He is considered a hero in the Hmong … Read Full Article
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‘Thank you, dad’: Family, department mourns Fresno Police Officer killed in head-on crash
Vang’s brothers in blue say he was a mentor to many in the Hmong community and the City of Fresno. “We’ve been grieving and mourning his loss and it’s a big blow to the Fresno Police Department,” says … Read Full Article
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When Immigrants Move To The US, Their Gut Microbiome Becomes Less Diverse
More specifically, that included the Hmong and Karen people groups – ethnic minorities originally from China and Burma. “But it was striking to see this loss of diversity actually happening in people … Read Full Article
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Madison Hmong community secures temporary location to continue programming through 2018
When Journey Mental Health Center announced it would be discontinuing programming at the Kajsiab House and the Cambodian Temple, Madison’s Hmong and Cambodian communities mourned the loss of a space m… Read Full Article
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Why are some people so bothered by White males with a preference for Asian girls?
Growing up you, I heard my parents, aunts and uncles, elders, speak of great loss and sacrifice coming to America. Being Hmong, my history is particularly sad because we’ve been either hunted down or … Read Full Article
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Journey Health to close facility serving Hmong with PTSD
MADISON (WKOW) — A facility that serves Hmong living with PTSD and other trauma related issues will close following the loss of a federal contract. Journey Mental Health Center announced Thursday tha… Read Full Article
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What’s So Hard About Telling Me How My Kid Is Doing in School?
We met with parents from African American, Latino, Somali, American Indian, and Hmong communities (among others) to ask how the district could do a better job for them. The issues we heard ran the gamut (i.e. fear of native language loss for the Hmong … Read Full Article
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Professor Rodney Sinclair – hair loss costs us economically, physically and emotionally
Hair loss could cost us dearly, but there is help. Listen to Hmong weekly program on Thursday at 6 pm AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) or on Sunday at 11am AEST at www.sbs.com.au/hmong Or you can download podcasts both in Hmong and in English or … Read Full Article