Tag: refugee
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The story behind the world’s first private refugee sponsorship program
Forty years ago, an estimated three million Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, Vietnamese and ethnic Chinese people fled their homes following the Indochina wars. Hundreds of thousands died. Many suffered … Read Full Article
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The story behind the world’s first private refugee sponsorship program
Forty years ago, an estimated three million Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, Vietnamese and ethnic Chinese people fled their homes following the Indochina wars. Hundreds of thousands died. Many suffered … Read Full Article
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Woman lives her American Dream in Tulsa
TULSA, Okla. — Mai Lee is a living example of the American Dream at work in Tulsa. She was born in a refugee camp in Thailand after her Hmong family fled Laos during the Vietnam War. Her mother would … Read Full Article
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Immigration counselor uses own experience as refugee to help newcomers
In 1969, the 16-year-old Thao joined a special unit of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in Laos working against the communists. It also was called “the Secret Army” and made up of Hmong people. Read Full Article
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Refugee agencies sue to block Trump order
The IRC helped welcome and integrate Hmong refugees from Laos to the Missoula area after the Vietnam/Laos War. In 2016 it reopened an office to help address the world’s worst refugee crisis … Read Full Article
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With trash on the ballot, early voting in St. Paul triples from four years ago
Their diversity is both striking and unprecedented, and could activate sometimes sleepy corners of the electorate. They include three Hmong candidates, a Somali-American refugee, a transgender man, … Read Full Article
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Five to receive Sally Awards; ‘Six’ event at MOA
Kao Kalia Yang for Social Impact. Born in a refugee camp in Thailand, raised in the housing projects of St. Paul, Hmong American writer Yang is the author of two award-winning books, “The … Read Full Article
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39 years later, freedom still tastes sweet to Kitchener woman, former refugee
Vang met her husband Toua, a shipper-receiver for a local transport company, through the church too. His family fled Laos and came to Canada through MCC sponsorship. The Hmong families sponsored by … Read Full Article
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Waterloo Region Mennonite church celebrates 40 years of refugee sponsorship
Bouavanh Vang-Her was only six years old when she came to Canada as a refugee in September 1979. She was among thousands of Hmong people who made the journey. “Forty years ago we probably would have … Read Full Article
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I set up the U.S. refugee resettlement program that Trump is attacking
Minnesota was the state also noted for its herculean efforts to resettle Hmong refugees from Laos during the Indochina era. The Hmong were the secret army recruited by the CIA to tie up communist … Read Full Article
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StoReads: First-year summer read echoes today’s geopolitics
“The Latehomecomer,” this month’s StoReads and the mandatory summer reading for the class of 2023, is by Hmong refugee, activist and author Kao Kalia Yang. Yang writes about her and her family’s … Read Full Article
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How San Diego’s Laotian community is helping rewrite the state’s history books
The new law required K-12 curriculums across the state to include history about the Vietnamese refugee experience, the Cambodian genocide and Hmong cultural studies. On the one hand, Oudinarath … Read Full Article
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Meet the New Titans and Their Season 2 Foes
Tags: refugeeEither way, Jericho will not be the new comic relief. That’s still Beast Boy’s (Ryan Potter) job. Background: The daughter of Slade Wilson and Hmong refugee Lillian Worth, Rose was raised not knowing … Read Full Article
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First Hmong-American woman to run for Sacramento City Council in 2020
Sacramento City Unified school board member Mai Vang announced her candidacy Monday for the Sacramento City Council in 2020. The daughter of Hmong refugee parents from Laos, who fled communist Laos to … Read Full Article
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Have Sunday supper and chat with Midwestern chefs during Braise restaurant’s Leaders in Local Food series
On Sept. 29, Yia Vang of the pop-up restaurant Union Kitchen in the Twin Cities will be at Braise, preparing his Hmong-meets-American dishes. Vang lived in a refugee camp on the border of Laos and … Read Full Article
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Devotional and Forum schedule for Fall Semester 2019
She has taken a number of courses since then, including two years of Norwegian. Hmong American writer and author Kao Kalia Yang was born in Ban Vinai Refugee Camp in Thailand and came to Minnesota as … Read Full Article
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My turn, Bishop Timothy M. Smith: Our proud tradition: Welcoming refugees with generosity, grace
Hundreds of Hmong refugees were settled by LSC in N.C. during and after the Vietnam War. Over the past two years, we have seen the number of refugee arrivals decline to historic lows precisely when … Read Full Article
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Initiative Aims to Catalyze Creative Solutions to Health Inequities
Tags: American, association, blue, farmers, food, health, Hmong American, immigrant, Minnesota, refugeeHmong American Farmers Association will address health disparities and food access for low-income, refugee and immigrant families through expanded access to the Veggie Rx program. The Veggie Rx … Read Full Article