Tag: refugee
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“Modern Jungles”: UW-Green Bay Professor Shares His Story as a Hmong Refugee
The memoir, “Modern Jungles: A Hmong Refugee’s Childhood Story of Survival,” recounts the first 14 years of Lor’s life, when he fled from his home in Laos to refugee camps in Thailand before … Read Full Article
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I’m a Refugee. Here’s Why I Started Hating the Volunteers That Helped Us.
BETTER SAMARITAN: So I wonder, first of all, if they’re better at it now. Has Minneapolis become kind of a hub for Hmong refugees because of existing families? CHONG: Certainly, the social service … Read Full Article
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ONLINE: Modern Jungles: The Hmong Refugee Experience
The Wisconsin Historical Society hosts a panel discussion exploring the themes of its new Society Press book Modern Jungles: A Hmong Refugees Childhood Story of Survival. Drawing from both personal … Read Full Article
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A Hmong refugee’s childhood story of survival
April is Hmong Heritage Month and Wisconsin Historical Press is launching books by Hmong refugees. On April 14 join Dr. Pao Lor as he discusses his book “Modern Jungles: A Hmong Refugee’s Childhood … Read Full Article
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Vigil held in the Central Valley for victims of Atlanta spa shootings
The Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries and Hmong Innovating Politics Organization organized a community vigil on Saturday, March 20, to honor the eight people who were killed in the … Read Full Article
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Big Read Project coming to Jefferson County
This year’s title is “The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir” by Kao Kalia Yang. Yang tells the story of her family’s imprisonment in Laos, their escape to a Thailand refugee camp and immigration to … Read Full Article
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Asian American Students Missing from Classrooms
It’s happening among weary Filipino nurses in Queens, Hmong refugee families in Minneapolis and in Silicon Valley’s Asian American community. As school buildings start to reopen, Asian and Asian … Read Full Article
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Minnesota doctor says funerals, family get-togethers fueling COVID-19 transmission among Hmong
ST. PAUL — In the early days of the pandemic, Dr. David Thao braced for a grim reality. Many Hmong elders who had relied heavily on family to survive war, persecution, resettlement through refugee … Read Full Article
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Surgeon says funerals, family get-togethers fueling COVID-19 transmission among Hmong
In the early days of the pandemic, Dr. David Thao braced for a grim reality. Many Hmong elders who had relied heavily on family to survive war, persecution, resettlement through refugee camps and a … Read Full Article
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A Critical Approach to Understanding Hmong Refugee Realities
Professor Ma Vang, founding chair of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at UC Merced, presents ways to reframe and interrogate Hmong identities and traumas of war. By Kitty Hu (UCLA … Read Full Article
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Kresge and Hewlett Pour Another $45 Million Into Racial Equity
They include Hmong Innovating Politics in Fresno; Brothers Empowered to Teach in New Orleans; the Refugee Empowerment Program in Memphis; and Black Family Development in Detroit. The remaining $7 … Read Full Article
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Excerpt: Sisters on the Other Side of the River, from ‘Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee Memoir’
St. Paul author Kao Kalia Yang conveys the life journeys of family and friends for her latest book, “a collective refugee memoir. Read Full Article
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1st Hmong American novelist brings refugees together
Award-winning Hmong American author Kao Kalia Yang released her newest book Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee Memoir on November 10th, The Minnesota Daily reports. In her work, the … Read Full Article
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Documenting Refugee Experiences in Iowa
The original goal of this summer project was to continue research that focused on refugees who resettled in northeast Iowa following the Vietnam War. With Covid-19, we were unable to connect in person … Read Full Article