Tag: refugees
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The Arbitrariness of Racial Classifications Gets Attention as SCOTUS Considers Affirmative Action
Presumably elite colleges don’t have hordes of applications from America’s roughly 27,000 Mongolians. “Imagine you are a child of Hmong refugees,” says Mr. Bernstein, a professor at George Mason … Read Full Article
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Hmong textiles exhibit reflects refugees’ changing circumstances
Today more than 300,000 Hmong live throughout the U.S., many in the central part of the country, with more than 5,000 in Oklahoma. The exhibit “Cloth as Community: Hmong Textiles in America” includes … Read Full Article
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Union Hmong Kitchen becomes State Fair’s first Hmong restaurant
Nearly 50 years after the first Hmong refugees arrived in the Twin Cities, the Minnesota State Fair has its first Hmong food vendor. Chef Yia Vang’s Union Hmong Kitchen is attracting big crowds to the … Read Full Article
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Did Peng Her put the squeeze on clients of The Hmong Institute?
Peng Her, a longtime leader in Madison’s Hmong community, is the CEO of The Hmong Institute, a nonprofit that provides services to resettled political refugees of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Isthmus … Read Full Article
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Hmong elders treated to photo shoot in garden setting
Those who are among the first Hmong refugees to come to the U.S. meet up with others born and raised in Southeast Asia. And they’re helping out their communities. The Hmong Elders Photoshoot Day at … Read Full Article
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Minnesota has long welcomed people fleeing disaster in their home countries
Officials say Minnesota’s reputation as a welcoming state has helped make it the top destination in the U.S. for secondary migration — which occurs when refugees move to Minnesota after an initial … Read Full Article
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Local voices from diverse cultures for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
AAPI people are refugees, adoptees, immigrants, citizens, students and leaders … fueled by our family traditions and values. Read Full Article
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In Focus: Wisconsin’s vibrant Hmong community
Mary Kong is the former President of the Hmong Center of Green Bay. The Hmong community first came to the United States as refugees after many fought, as guerrilla soldiers, for the U.S. Military in … Read Full Article
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Seven eye-opening things we learned by diving into northeast Wisconsin census results, then talking to people
The role of churches, mosques and temples in anchoring communities and fostering a sense of place. The journey of the Hmong people, who arrived as refugees from Southeast Asia following the war in … Read Full Article
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From poverty to peer leader: a refugee student finds success
When the United States military withdrew from Vietnam in 1975, many Hmong refugees migrated from Laos and Vietnam to refugee camps in Thailand and other countries in order to avoid the conflict. The … Read Full Article
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Immigration and refugee problems persist, UM speaker argues
Missoula has been a frequent landing spot for refugees, from Tibetans fleeing Chinese occupation in the 1960s to Hmong and Vietnamese after the end of the Vietnam War to Belarus, African and … Read Full Article
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First Afghan refugees arrive in Eau Claire
The group includes large contingents of Lutherans, Quakers and Unitarians as well as representatives from the mosque, the Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association, UW-Eau Claire and the … Read Full Article
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Former Minneapolis police officer recalls knee-restraint training at trial for Floyd arrest
Story continues He told the jury his parents fled to the United States from Laos, refugees belonging to the Hmong ethnic group. He was born in St. Paul, the city neighboring Minneapolis, the third of … Read Full Article
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Minneapolis ex-police officer says he did not think George Floyd was dying
Paule asked his client. “No,” Thao replied. A ‘STRICT’ UPBRINGING Thao told the jury his parents fled to the United States from Laos before he was born, refugees belonging to the Hmong ethnic group. Read Full Article
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Eau Claire approved to take in 10 Afghan refugees
“In the long run, we’ll be a more diverse and inclusive community for having them here just as we have become with the Hmong community here,” she said. “It is my firm belief that we are all neighbors … Read Full Article