Tag: Southeast Asia
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Coming to St. Paul? Here’s the Washington Post’s suggestions for visitors
The sounds, smells, voices on TV and faces proclaim, “Southeast Asia!” St. Paul is said to have the nation’s largest Hmong population, and when locals shop here, it feels like home. Hundreds of … Read Full Article
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In rejecting refugees, we betray our better selves
Minnesota’s refugees come from every part of the world. Hmong refugees arrived in the decades after fighting side by side with U.S. troops in Southeast Asia. Refugees from Liberia, Guatemala, and El … Read Full Article
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Getting it straight
The Hmong are an ethnic group originating from China and Southeast Asia, including Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. Their origin was misstated in Pages from the Past: 1975 story on Oct. 8. Sports … Read Full Article
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Not just a typographical change: Why Brookings is capitalizing Black
Tags: Asian, Asian Americans, black, communities, home, immigrants, Minneapolis, research, Southeast Asia, St. PaulWhen research on well-being omits certain populations, such as excluding Asian Americans from analysis of communities like Minneapolis-St. Paul, home to many Hmong and other Southeast Asian immigrants … Read Full Article
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Hmong studies, Southeast Asian studies, American Studies, European Studies, and others, tau hais tias cov religious movement no tsis yog Hmoob thiaj ua li no xwb tab sis yeej tau tshwm sim rau ntau … Read Full Article
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Hmong among us made early mark
The word “Hmong” didn’t appear in the general consciousness of western Montana until late 1976, nearly a year after the first refugees from the wars in Southeast Asia began to arrive. Read Full Article
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When care matches culture, immigrants and people of color benefit
Her family are Hmong, members of a persecuted Southeast Asian ethnic group. Now, Yang is vice president of community mental health and wellness at the Wilder Foundation in St. Paul, Minnesota. For … Read Full Article
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Funding for Southeast Asian elder programming split between Freedom, Inc., Hmong Institute
Settling months of dispute after a Journey Mental Health program for Hmong elders closed over a year ago, the Madison City Council approved dividing funds between two organizations that will provide … Read Full Article
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Students’ summer impact
Dance is more than movement for Yang Sao Yia. She comes from a Hmong family and her parents are among the many Southeast Asian refugees who fled in the mid 1970s as a result of the Vietnam War. The … Read Full Article
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Adventures in summer squash: Everything but the roots
Born in Laos, Mr. Yang is a member of the Hmong ethnic group, which drifted into Southeast Asia from southern China over the course of two centuries. Hmong soldiers allied with the United States … Read Full Article
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Diverse Older Adults Struggle With Social Isolation
Among Southeast Asian American older adults, for example, more than 85% of Vietnamese, Laotian, Cambodian and Hmong older adults are limited-English proficient, and many of these elders live in … Read Full Article
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The joy of harvest
Born in Laos, Chia is a member of the Hmong ethnic group, which drifted into Southeast Asia from southern China over the course of two centuries. Hmong soldiers allied with the United States during … Read Full Article
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French pastry comes to Frogtown at Marc Heu Patisserie Paris
It was a return to France for Heu, who was born in Saint Remy to a Hmong family that fled Southeast Asia following the Vietnam War. He was 3 years old when his family relocated to French Guiana, a … Read Full Article
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Sac State hosts Hmong elders for inspiring visit
Lu Lee had seen Sacramento State’s leafy campus before, but only from a distance when she dropped her granddaughter off for classes. Like many of the Southeast Asian people who journeyed to America as … Read Full Article
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Committee agrees with city staff to equally divide funds between groups serving Hmong elders
Months after the Madison City Council set aside $115,000 for programming and services for Madison’s Southeast Asian elders, the money has not been allocated due to a disagreement over who should … Read Full Article
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Nash column: US economy relies on labor of immigrants for success
Another program I implemented was for unemployed, low-income people, including several members of the Hmong community. The Hmong people, from Southeast Asia, came here with the blessing of the U.S. … Read Full Article
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Mental health stigma persists among Fresno’s Southeast Asians. How new center can help
The center has added a Hmong psychiatrist, who will work a quarter of his time at the center. The mental health services are culturally and linguistically appropriate, and will be offered by about 20 … Read Full Article
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Madison staff recommend splitting funding for Southeast Asian elders
The higher-scoring Hmong Institute would get the same amount split between $30,000 for case management and $27,500 for senior activities. City staff and a review panel gave Freedom Inc.’s proposal for … Read Full Article