Tag: refugees
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Duy Nguyen: New Hmong American and Asian American history bill is about healing
My family left Vietnam as refugees in the 1980s because we did not believe in the political construct that ultimately took over. It took us four attempts to flee Vietnam to finally be united as a … Full story: https://madison365.com/duy-nguyen-new-hmong-american-and-asian-american-history-bill-is-about-healing/
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Meet one of the ‘cultural brokers’ helping Minnesota’s Karen community access health care
Lah Tha Pwee is a Karen cultural broker at M Health Fairview. Here’s how she bridges the cultural gap to get Minnesota refugees the health care they need. Full story: https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2024/05/01/lah-tha-pwee-karen-cultural-broker-m-health-fairview-health-care
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Sacramento council fills vacancy left by member facing federal indictment
Thao’s parents, who were refugees of the Vietnam War, moved to Sacramento in 1995. Now director of the nonprofit Hmong Youth and Parents United, Thao worked for the city of Sacramento for seven years. Full story: https://www.courthousenews.com/sacramento-council-fills-vacancy-left-by-member-facing-federal-indictment/
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As Hmong immigrants in NC get older, their adult children shoulder the labor of interpretation
Many Hmong refugees settled in western North Carolina in the decades following the Vietnam War. Now that they’re getting older and are dealing with more health issues, they’ve become more reliant on … Full story: https://www.wunc.org/2024-03-14/as-ncs-hmong-immigrants-get-older-their-adult-children-shoulder-the-labor-of-interpretation
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Twin Cities landlord helps refugees feel at home
Tags: Hmong, home, international, Minnesota, news, organization, refugee, refugees, story, Twin Cities, VangVang resettled in the Twin Cities through the refugee agency International Institute of Minnesota (IIMN). The organization finds houses and stocks them up with essentials for families before they … Full story: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/twin-cities-hmong-landlords-helps-refugees-feel-at-home/89-58a9b45c-18e0-4219-8fbc-4e06ec5bc8fc
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Asylum seekers, like Hmong, could end up migrating to select spots in-country
The federal government dispersed the refugees — sometimes referred to as the boat people who set sail in the South China Sea to escape repression — somewhat proportionately across the United States. Full story: https://www.turlockjournal.com/opinion/editorial/asylum-seekers-hmong-could-end-migrating-select-spots-country/
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Organizations speak in favor of World Relief and resettlement
Agencies who have assisted in refugee resettlement and refugees spoke in support of World Relief and the program to accept refugees in the Chippewa Valley area. Full story: https://www.leadertelegram.com/news/local/organizations-speak-in-favor-of-world-relief-and-resettlement/article_de40a4f4-955d-11ee-9a52-7be584f282c7.html
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Christina Thor announces candidacy for alder, looks to become first Hmong American woman on Green Bay City Council
Christina Thor, a working mother, daughter of refugees, labor activist, and executive director for 9to5, has announced her candidacy for Green Bay City Council District 11. Thor also is an appointed m … Full story: https://madison365.com/christina-thor-announces-candidacy-for-alder-looks-to-become-first-hmong-american-woman-on-green-bay-city-council/
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Unearthing Fresno’s Hidden Rice Fields Through One Woman’s Journey
In 1977, Fresno was home to only one Hmong family. But within a few decades, the Hmong community blossomed into a staggering 35,000 residents, all refugees from Vietnam and Laos. They were resettled … Read Full Article
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Hmong Vietnamese refugee recently arrived in Australia
The Boat People SOS director and CEO Dr. Thang Dinh Nguyen shared his insight into Vietnamese refugees especially a Hmong Vietnamese refugee family who has arrived recently in Australia. He explained … Read Full Article
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‘Ripe for abuse’: fears over new Thai refugee screening
In a church on the edge of Thai capital Bangkok, dozens of Vietnamese refugees sing at a joyful service, sharing a moment of respite from their lives in fear of arrest or deportation.Four Cambodian … Read Full Article
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Wild Coast: Travels on South America’s Untamed Edge (Vintage Departures) – Softcover
Hmong refugees, Irish adventurers, and Scottish outlaws; from high-tech pirates to hapless pioneers for whom this stunning, strangely beautiful world (“a sort of X-rated Garden of Eden”) has become … Read Full Article
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Hmong chef Yia Vang brings a taste of home to Minnesota’s Twin Cities
St. Paul, Minnesota, is home to the nation’s largest population of Hmong, an Indigenous people from Southeast Asia. After the Vietnam War, thousands of Hmong refugees ended up in the Upper Midwest and … Read Full Article
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He grew up seeing RI welcome refugees. Now he’s a top diplomat working on migrant crisis
Asst. U.S. Sec. of State Brian Nichols steers diplomacy in the Western Hemisphere, building bridges to promote democracy and ease the border crisis. Read Full Article
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He grew up seeing RI welcome refugees. Now he’s a top diplomat working on migrant crisis
Moses Brown alumnus Brian Nichols grew up watching Rhode Island welcome Hmong refugees and immigrants from the Azores in the 1970s. Now, as assistant U.S. secretary of state in charge of the Bureau of … Read Full Article