Tag: neighborhood
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Fundraiser held for 15-year-old shot and killed in Stockton
Always wanted to go to school and be a better person.” RELATED: Two teens shot, killed riding bikes in Stockton neighborhood Advan’s family will be holding a traditional Hmong ceremony for a funeral. … Read Full Article
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A Somali journalist launches new effort to cover Minnesota’s immigrants
Minnesota is home to one of the largest Hmong populations in the US. The Twin Cities contain a Little Mogadishu, in Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, and thriving Latin American, Korean, and … Read Full Article
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Anika Bowie, daughter of St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood, seeks council seat
Bowie wants to unseat Dai Thao, who in 2013 became the first Hmong city council rep in St. Paul history. Born and raised in the Rondo neighborhood, the young Bowie bagged groceries at Pyramid Market, … Read Full Article
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Best of Neighborhood News 1/16: St. Paul Public Library hires first social worker hired to assist families
Read the whole story at Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. Indoor winter market and the value of cold storage for Hmong farmers The Hmong farming community is not able to make the most of their labor due t… Read Full Article
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Best of Neighborhood News 1/16: Dr. Joi Lewis’s debut book offers path to healing and liberation
People appreciate that level of understanding.” Find out more at MinnPost. Indoor winter market and the value of cold storage for Hmong farmers The Hmong farming community is not able to make the most … Read Full Article
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New Minnesota breweries bring diversity: ‘Beer is the ultimate cross-cultural thing’
Across the metro, in St. Paul’s W. 7th neighborhood, a group of four craft beer aficionados turned a hobby into a job when they became the nation’s first Hmong owners of a brewery. They took over Vine … Read Full Article
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Committee Advances McKinley School Project
She said drug dealing and violence is rampant in the neighborhood. In a wide ranging speech, Winston added: “I have Hmong people with three shotguns telling me they shoot squirrels.” Read Full Article
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SPOTLIGHT Hawthorne
Hawthorne Neighborhood Council along with Unison Comfort Technologies was able to collect 20 backpacks for Hmong International Academy Beacons Program. This was the first year a collection was done fo… Read Full Article
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Madison City Council adopts 2019 capital, operating budgets
Madison’s 2019 Operating Budget builds on existing programs and adds funding for neighborhood centers and Hmong Kajsiab, a culturally sensitive mental health program for Madison’s Hmong community. It … Read Full Article
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A guide to Minnesota’s 2018 contested judicial races
He’s a founding member of the Hmong American Bar Association. He previously worked as an attorney with Neighborhood Justice Center, Inc., a non-profit criminal defense organization in St. Paul. He ear… Read Full Article
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Bhutan immigrants transform troubled Stargate nightclub into a Nepali restaurant and grocery
“I thought this could be a good integration hub.” He said the neighborhood is mixed with African American, Bhutan, Hmong and Caucasian people and he believes the business model can serve them all. It’ … Read Full Article
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Christianity Has Transformed Many Communities of the Hmong Minority in Vietnam and Now They Are Sharing the Gospel
In a residential neighborhood in Hanoi, Vietnam, church leaders of the Dao ethnic group gather in a newly built classroom to learn about Christian leadership. Afterward they stream downstairs to a com… Read Full Article
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City staff recommends funding for three neighborhood leadership programs for underrepresented residents
Tags: American, city, diversity, ethnic, food, language, leadership, neighborhood, traditions, VietnameseCurrent ethnic groups in the area include Hmong, Vietnamese, Latino, African-American and African. That diversity brings many cultural “riches” of food, traditions and language, London said, but it co… Read Full Article
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Dinner is served Thursday on the 38th Street bridge
The menu includes soda with rhubarb grown from the neighborhood, vegan spreads with veggies grown by the Hmong American Farmers Association, parmesan grits, halal pulled beef or pulled hibiscus, and i… Read Full Article
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Showdown in St. Paul: Two sheriffs clash over dysfunction in the Ramsey County Jail
He wanted to assemble the first Hmong Boy Scouts troupe in their neighborhood and organize a girls’ softball team. She grew up attending the early reading and swim programs run by the sheriff’s office … Read Full Article
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Fast-casual cafe Rush Hour opens in Clovis with Asian fusion fare
A fast-casual Asian fusion spot has opened its doors in the neighborhood. The newcomer, called Rush Hour, offers Korean, Japanese, Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese and Hmong dishes at 701 W. Shaw Ave. Start … Read Full Article
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Is St. Paul’s Frogtown gentrifying?
For more than a century since, it has been a gateway for immigrants — first German and Polish workers drawn to the nearby rail yards and later Vietnamese, Hmong and East African refugees escaping strife at home. Over the decades, the neighborhood has … Read Full Article
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Some in St. Paul’s Frogtown worry it’s gentrifying
For more than a century since, it has been a gateway for immigrants — first German and Polish workers drawn to the nearby rail yards and later Vietnamese, Hmong and East African refugees escaping strife at home. Over the decades, the neighborhood has … Read Full Article