Tag: non-profit
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Minnesota Humanities Center Launches Two Youth Poetry Programs
Tags: arts, celebrate, celebration, communities, community, council, culture, event, Featured, festival, future, generation, heritage, history, humanities, identity, information, leadership, Legacy Amendment, life, local, march, media, Minnesota, nation, national, non-profit, organization, original, past, people, performances, poetry, poets, president, service, short, society, St. Paul, state, story, summer, support, United States, Voices Forward, work, youthFebruary 27, 2026—ST. PAUL, MN— The Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) announces the launch of two programs that highlight and uplift the work of youth poets in Minnesota: Voices Forward and the Minnesota Youth Poet Laureate. Applications for both programs are open until March 16 and can be found on MHC’s website (Voices Forward, Minnesota Youth Poet Laureate). CEO Kevin Lindsey stated that “MHC is…
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Open Arms Minnesota embracing Hmong meals
A local non-profit that cooks and delivers meals to those living with life- threatening illnesses is branching out, and in turn serving new communities and tastes with culturally appropriate meals. Read Full Article
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Very Asian Foundation donates books to St. Paul elementary schools
A non-profit known as the Very Asian Foundation and its partners are working to get more diverse books into the hands of young students. Read Full Article
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Fresno non-profit making a difference locally and world wide
Thong Vang is the Social Impact Strategist at A Hopeful Encounter. He was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, raised in Fresno and has a Hmong background. Thong mentions, “Since we don’t have a … Read Full Article…
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Local non-profit hosts Eau Claire’s first ever Little Mekong Night Market
Eau Claire got a taste of Hmong culture with its first ever Little Mekong Night Market at Haymarket Plaza Friday afternoon. Read Full Article
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Groundbreaking scheduled Saturday for new veterans park near Cannon Falls
Lor started a non-profit to build the project that will feature 11 war memorials, including a first-of-its-kind Hmong Soldier War Memorial. “The Hmong sacrificed tremendously for freedom … Read Full Article
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Wausau welcomes new non-profit for Hmong and Southeast Asian communities
Tags: American, Asian, association, communities, Hmong, Hmong American, home, house, non-profit, Wausau, WisconsinThe Wisconsin United Coalition of Mutual Assistance Association (WUCMAA) had an open house on Friday in the Hmong American Center, their new home. The non-profit serves Hmong and Southeast Asian … 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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COVID pivot: Meals from the Heart adapts to pandemic by delivering food to needy
A local non-profit has bounced back from COVID — to distribute 2,400 boxes of food this year. Meals from the Heart, which has been distributing food for more than 20 years, was hammered when … Read Full Article
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The Milwaukee Consortium of Hmong Health works to combat COVID-19 misinformation
Mayhoua Moua is the executive director of the Milwaukee Consortium of Hmong Health. Due to a lack of information in other languages, the CDC has relied heavily on community and non-profit … Read Full Article
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Pursuing life-changing community initiatives
A recently formed non-profit organization is aiming to create more opportunities for minorities throughout the Fox Valley. Read Full Article
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Central Rivers Farmshed launches ‘Local Food for All’ campaign
(WAOW) — Central Rivers Farmshed, a non-profit in Stevens Point is launching a campaign to support local farms and broaden the reach of healthy, locally grown … Read Full Article
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Packers donate $500,000 to COVID-19 community relief funds
The Packers announced today that they are donating. The money will go to 16 Milwaukee County non-profit organizations. The organizations are The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee:, Bread of … Read Full Article
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Four local non-profits awarded grants
For capital and general operations support to improve and expand a regional food bank. Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association, Inc. was awarded $40,000 to support culturally competent … Read Full Article
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No Cops in Schools: A Feminist Issue
Adams! Co-executive director of Freedom, Inc. and Co-founder of Young, Gifted, & Black Coalition Freedom, Inc. is a non-profit working with low- to no-income Black, Hmong and Khmer communities in … 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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A Pizza with Everything
She was a mong, kid,” Powell said, kicking back and lighting up a cigarette. “A mong?” “A Hmong, you troll. A refugee and an activist. Very important person, really. Ran a non-profit, you see. Oh, I don’t want any crust on that pie, by the way … Read Full Article
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How Houston Chefs Collaborate With Refugee Farmers to Produce Some of the City’s Best Dishes
Like Plant It Forward, organizations dedicated dedicated to supporting refugee farmers began as early as the 1980s, when national and state government agencies in Minnesota partnered with a handful of non-profits to help Hmong refugees set up farming … Read Full Article