Tag: refugee
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Anoka County Library launches multicultural program series
Included are three programs highlighting immigration histories of various groups. Documenting Hmong and Lao Refugee Resettlement: A Tale of Two Communities will take place this Saturday, Sept. 16, at 2 p.m. at the Rum River Library, 4201 Sixth Ave., Read Full Article
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Dai Thao raises more than $171,000 in run for St. Paul mayor
Many of Thao’s contributions came from donors with Hmong surnames — in Minnesota and from as far away as California. Thao, who as a child came to America with his family from a refugee camp in Thailand, is attempting to become the first Hmong mayor in … Read Full Article
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Youa Ying Xiong
Youa was born in Xieng Khouang, Laos. He worked hard as a farmer and businessman in Laos until the Hmong involvement in the Secret War in Vietnam forced him to flee with his family to a Thai refugee camp. He endured both struggles in Laos and the … Read Full Article
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Sally Award winners announced; Garrison Keillor to bid farewell to the fair
The Initiative Award goes to Hmong song poet Bee Yang. Born in Laos, he grew up among the great song poets of his time and became a respected voice for his people. After years in the refugee camps of Thailand, he came to St. Paul in 1987 with his young … Read Full Article
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First anniversary: Missoula looks back, ahead on refugee resettlement program
The IRC, which first opened an office in 1979 to resettle Hmong people from war-torn Laos, announced plans to reopen one in March 2016. Soft Landing is under the fiscal sponsorship of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, with all funding coming from … Read Full Article
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Hmong: Doctor Works to Improve Healthcare Services for Hmong-Americans
Maichou Lor is thought to be the first Hmong-American to receive a Ph.D in Nursing. Dr.Lor immigrated from a Thai refugee camp to Madison, WI at the age of 6 and grew up particularly aware of a communication gap that exists between the Hmong people and … Read Full Article
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UW Hmong-American nurse brings her community to the doctors office
Nursing student Maichou Lor wanted to bring her fellow Hmong community members out of the shadows and into the doctor’s office. Lor, who recently received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing, was born in a refugee camp … Read Full Article
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UW Hmong-American nurse brings her community to the doctor’s office
Nursing student Maichou Lor wanted to bring her fellow Hmong community members out of the shadows and into the doctor’s office. Lor, who recently received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing, was born in a refugee camp … Read Full Article
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Hmong Farmers in Missouri Expand Farming Approaches
ROCKY COMFORT, Mo. (AP) — Fue Yang was born in a refugee camp in Thailand. His family immigrated to the United States in 1980 when Yang was a month old. His parents, who fled Laos in the late 1970s, spoke little English, but Yang learned it early in … Read Full Article
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Traditional Hmong farmers in Missouri embrace new techniques
ROCKY COMFORT, Mo. — Fue Yang was born in a refugee camp in Thailand. His family immigrated to the United States in 1980 when Yang was a month old. His parents, who fled Laos in the late 1970s, spoke little English, but Yang learned it early in school … Read Full Article
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The United Nations Has No Business Setting US Refugee Policy in Southeast Asia
Several thousand Montagnards, Hmong, Vietnamese, and others remain in Thailand, seeking asylum after fleeing persecution in Vietnam, or having lost their homes and lands as punishment or through illegal seizure. Many of these refugees can provide … Read Full Article
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Trump throws wrench in U.N. plan to ‘replace’ U.S. population
Minnesota, for instance, earlier this month approved an additional $600,000 to treat a measles and tuberculosis outbreaks mostly within its Somali and Hmong refugee communities, and that was on top of the $1.5 million the state had already allocated for … Read Full Article
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Born in a Thai refugee camp, she’s now a Twin Cities attorney
And that’s really what it is … Our [Hmong refugee] story is of fleeing the jungle, of hiding, of having to drug kids with opium so they don’t cry in the middle of the night and give away the location.” Moua arrived in Minnesota in July 1982. She’s now 35. Read Full Article