Tag: refugee
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Bill to require K-12 study of Vietnamese, Cambodian and Hmong experiences wins backing in O.C.
Fountain Valley’s City Council on Tuesday formally supported a legislative effort to introduce curriculum to teach California schoolchildren about the Vietnamese refugee experience, the Cambodian geno… Read Full Article
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New state senate bill would require K-12 to study Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Hmong experiences
A state Senate bill is aiming to teach school children about the Vietnamese refugee experience, the Cambodian genocide, and Hmong cultural studies. Republican Senator Janet Nguyen and Democratic Senat… Read Full Article
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Iraq War veteran Yauo Yang fulfills his promise to God
War has always defined the trajectory of Yang’s life. He was born in the refugee camp Ban Vinai in Thailand, home to tens of thousands of people, mostly Hmong, who fled Laos in the wake of a communist … Read Full Article
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Meet Our Newest Contributor: Melissa Borja
I’m in the process of finishing my first book, which is about how refugee policy shaped the religious lives of Hmong refugees who resettled in the U.S. in the 1970s and 1980s. I argue that refugee res… Read Full Article
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Jeff Johnson, Tim Pawlenty back suspension of refugee resettlement in Minnesota
“Jeff Johnson and Tim Pawlenty are tripping over each other to see who can do more to divide us, turn us against our neighbors and demonize families from around the world who are fleeing violence, ter… Read Full Article
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GOP candidates want to pause refugee resettlement program
Tags: refugee“Jeff Johnson and Tim Pawlenty are tripping over each other to see who can do more to divide us, turn us against our neighbors and demonize families from around the world who are fleeing violence, ter… Read Full Article
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5 Things To Do At The Tewksbury Library On Thursday, July 12
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe e… Read Full Article
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Refugee Students Backpacking Denali as part of brand new program
The program now has a wait list for next time. Five ethnic groups — Somali, Congolese, Bhutanese, Sudanese and Hmong — are represented on this trip, she said. For officials with DEC, the partnership i… Read Full Article
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5 Things To Do At The Tewksbury Library On Thursday, July 12
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe e… Read Full Article
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Refugee Students Backpacking Denali as part of brand new program
The program now has a wait list for next time. Five ethnic groups — Somali, Congolese, Bhutanese, Sudanese and Hmong — are represented on this trip, she said. For officials with DEC, the partnership i… Read Full Article
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Election ’18: Local Democratic club picks city, CSD endorsements
On the topic of diversity, Ly said that it is time to “change the culture” in Elk Grove, noting that as a Hmong refugee, he has dealt with racism firsthand. The mayor added that he has worked with eve… Read Full Article
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New Kids’ Books Put A Human Face On The Refugee Crisis
There are books about Hmong refugees, Nigerians and an English child sent to Canada for safety during World War II. But educator Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee says the wave of new novels is sometime considere… Read Full Article
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Andrew Zimmern talks about new season of Bizarre Foods and his late friend Anthony Bourdain in our exclusive interview
In Hawaii, that is not the case. M&C: You celebrate the Hmong in Minnesota on your socials. There’s a huge refugee community in Idaho, Syrians, Congolese, Senegalese, that I would have never known unl… Read Full Article
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The Problem with “Welcoming the Stranger”
Her first book, Follow the New Way: Hmong Refugee Resettlement and Practice of American Religious Pluralism, “explores the religious dimensions of American refugee care—how governments have expanded capacity through partnerships with religious … Read Full Article