Tag: refugee
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Refugee once shamed for her looks vying to be the first Hmong Mrs. Minnesota
OAKDALE, Minn. — As a child, Kellie Chauvin was teased, bullied and the only one of her friends who was not invited to participate in a local parade, all because other children called her ugly. The teasing never ended, but Chauvin eventually learned to … Read Full Article
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International Fellowship seeks host homes for foreign exchange students
Morneau speaks from experience when she said hosting a student is very rewarding. She has had two foster children, one foreign exchange student from China and helped a Hmong refugee. Those interested in becoming a host family must fill out an application … Read Full Article
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New Traditions
These connections have led to new participants like a Sudanese craft artist who is one of the “lost boys,” or a Hmong woman who learned her embroidery skills while growing up in a refugee camp. The Living Traditions program is also looking to expand into a … Read Full Article
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The believer
In 1975, Ly’s parents escaped the Communist purges in Laos, arriving in Ban Vinai Refugee Camp in Thailand, a crowded, disease-ridden place that left a collective scar on the Hmong psyche. But from the moment Ly’s parents set foot on U.S. soil … Read Full Article
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Laos, Hmong Veterans Laud Passage, Enactment, by U.S. Congress, President Trump of Burial Honors Bill
Lao- and Hmong-American U.S. Secret Army veterans of the Vietnam War in Laos, and their refugee families across the United States, are lauding the passage, and seeking timely and appropriate implementation, of the “Hmong Veterans’ Service Recognition … Read Full Article
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How growing up a refugee inspires Nalie Lee-Wen in career, motherhood
Nalie Lee-Wen was born in a world of conflict. The Vietnam War was ending. Her father, Cheng Yang, and many of the Hmong men in her village had helped the CIA navigate the terrain during the war, and they were left without protection. Her family wasn’t … Read Full Article
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Candidate for governor delivers the wrong message
Most immigrants are hard workers who want to provide for their families. Take for example Tracy resident Kou Thao who is a Hmong refugee. Today he is a council member in Tracy. Thao is also a homeless youth case worker at United Community Action … 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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VIDEO: Index patient in Minnesota MDR-TB outbreak was infectious for 5 years
in an ethnic Hmong community in Minnesota. According to Hall, the index patient, a refugee who was resettled in Minnesota, was infectious in the community for over 5 years and had been seen four times by health care providers for respiratory symptoms … Read Full Article
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Election ’18: Mayor Ly kicks off re-election campaign
He made history in 2016 when he was elected to serve as Elk Grove’s mayor. The former Hmong refugee became America’s first Hmong mayor. This November, Elk Grove City Council Member Darren Suen, Tracie Stafford, and Jabin McGowan will challenge Ly for … Read Full Article
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Her memoir made her an award-winning author. Ten years in, everyone’s still reading it
Also, as a Hmong refugee living in the U.S., she spent years as a selective mute. Yang got through her early schooling with smiles and nods of agreement. Public speaking was new and not at all natural. Three times she tried to get up to speak and failed. Read Full Article
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‘Fly Guy the Musical’ to open SteppingStone season
Payton’s dad was a Hmong refugee who fought off bullies by imagining he was a Kung Fu master; 8-year-old Payton must find her own role models to face her bully without fists. The summer play and season finale is “Junie B. Jones the Musical, Jr.!” Read Full Article
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Emmaly Crimmel Debuts at RAA and Linda Zeb Hang’s Book Arts at Booklegger
The books are thought provoking in their own right. Hang, born into a Hmong refugee family in Stockton, California, grew up in a family she described as being “immersed in oral storytelling and shamanic healing arts.” She studied typographic design … Read Full Article
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Chancellor Mone Emphasizes Why UWM Research Matters
Controlling the mechanics in this way makes the topic far easier to understand. Chia Youyee Vang was a Hmong refugee from Laos who came to the United States with her family when she was 9 years old. Today, she is a senior UWM administrator and a professor … Read Full Article
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St. Paul’s Hmong elders still hope to make good on a scam paradise
The Hmong elders of St. Paul and elsewhere in the country had survived war, communist rule, life as a refugee, and relocation across the world. It all left them eager to believe the sweet sales pitch of Seng Xiong. The Maplewood man was promising a paradise. Read Full Article