Tag: Southeast Asia
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Merced looks to tie itself to Southeast Asia, just like its Asian community
Saying goodbye to 2016’s misfortunes and welcoming in 2017, Hmong New Year kicked off in Merced on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. By The city of Merced is pursuing a sister city relationship with a city in … Read Full Article
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Moringa gives small farmers another crop option
Southeast Asian growers in Fresno County, many of them Hmong, are looking at another crop to add to their production of strawberries, daikon, sinqua, lemongrass, gailan and the like. … Read Full Article
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Senator Markey Leads Colleagues in Urging Census Bureau to Provide Language Support for Southeast Asian Community
Approximately a third of Khmer, Hmong, and Lao households are limited-English proficient Washington (July 8, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations … Read Full Article
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Little Mekong Night Market brings new eats to University Avenue
And get ready for a double-header. The annual celebration of Southeast Asian cuisine, music, art and dance will bring 87 vendors to St. Paul’s University Avenue at the same time that the J4 Hmong … Read Full Article
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Marquette University Seeks to ‘Help People Heal’ From Trauma
The project has now turned into a cash crop benefiting the local community of Hmong immigrants from Southeast Asia, which both helps them go back to their roots while creating a source of income for … Read Full Article
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Immigrants are ALWAYS welcome here
Europe’s loss was our gain then. In more recent years, Wisconsin has gained from the arrival of Hmong immigrants from southeast Asia, Somali immigrants from Africa, Mexican immigrants and … Read Full Article date: Fri, 06/28/2019 – 11:29
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Editorial: Wisconsin: Immigrants are ALWAYS welcome here
Europe’s loss was our gain then. In more recent years, Wisconsin has gained from the arrival of Hmong immigrants from southeast Asia, Somali immigrants from Africa, Mexican immigrants and newcomers … Read Full Article
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Book review: ‘Where We Come From’ shows the fundamental human need for family
To walk from the Southeast Asian homes of Hmong people to those in Ethiopia would take more than just a few steps, but on Saturday, that was all that was needed to learn a little about each culture. … Read Full Article
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College football: Gophers’ 2020 class beefing up
To walk from the Southeast Asian homes of Hmong people to those in Ethiopia would take more than just a few steps, but on Saturday, that was all that was needed to learn a little about each culture. … Read Full Article
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Ben Weaver returns to Lanesboro with a song and a film
To walk from the Southeast Asian homes of Hmong people to those in Ethiopia would take more than just a few steps, but on Saturday, that was all that was needed to learn a little about each culture. … Read Full Article
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Women’s soccer: Rapinoe scores twice to lead U.S. into World Cup quarterfinals
To walk from the Southeast Asian homes of Hmong people to those in Ethiopia would take more than just a few steps, but on Saturday, that was all that was needed to learn a little about each culture. … Read Full Article
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Mayo: Wait and see on Trump’s order
To walk from the Southeast Asian homes of Hmong people to those in Ethiopia would take more than just a few steps, but on Saturday, that was all that was needed to learn a little about each culture. … Read Full Article
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World travelers close to home
To walk from the Southeast Asian homes of Hmong people to those in Ethiopia would take more than just a few steps, but on Saturday, that was all that was needed to learn a little about each culture. … Read Full Article
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Walk Around the World brings the world to Rochester
To walk from the Southeast Asian homes of Hmong people to those in Ethiopia would take more than just a few steps, but on Saturday, that was all that was needed to learn a little about each culture. … Read Full Article
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Catching Up: City taking proposals to serve southeast Asian elders
For 18 years, Kajsiab provided meals, activities and access to mental health care for Hmong and Cambodian elders. With funding help from the city and Dane County, the Hmong Institute partnered with … Read Full Article
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Climate Justice: For the People, the Land, the Planet
She is currently the food hub director for the Hmong American Farmers Association (HAFA). The Hmong people originated in China and migrated to Southeast Asia to escape conflict and genocide. Hmong … Read Full Article
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One American’s journey to Southeast Asia: A look at how Hmong there came to find a home here in Wisconsin
A farmer’s market in the highlands of Vietnam — not all that different from farmer’s markets in Wisconsin. (Photo: John Gurda) Editor’s note: This column has been revised from an earlier version. The … Read Full Article
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Strawberries are ready for harvest in Fresno County
In Fresno County, 95 % of the strawberries are grown by farmers from Southeast Asia primarily from Hmong and Laos. “And it really is a wonderful story because our county is based off people coming … Read Full Article