Tag: talk
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Coming up: Hmong community leaders share thoughts on education, economy and politics
A lot has changed in Minnesota’s Hmong community since the first Hmong refugees arrived to the Twin Cities in the 1970s. Angela Davis will talk with three Hmong community leaders about education, the … Read Full Article
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YWCA continues “Where We Live” series on localized systemic racism
Huggenvik also thinks that white locals could learn about diversity of culture from the large Hmong community. “We talk about Hmong families and how Hmong families tend to be intergenerational and … Read Full Article
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Minnesota writers trust kids to take on difficult topics in new picture books
Our children need to talk and learn about scary stuff going on in our world today, even if the conversation is difficult for adults, whether it’s the death of a child or the Earth without … Read Full Article
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The officer who stood by as George Floyd died is Asian American. We need to talk about that.
People don’t have a baseline of an understanding of what anti-blackness even is,” a Hmong American organizer told NBC Asian America. Read Full Article
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A Hmong Move For A Twin Cities Translator
A silent FM translator serving the city of St. Paul, Minn., has been dormant of late. Now, the licensee that owns it, known for progressive Talk programming on a noncommercial FM serving the Twin … Read Full Article
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‘Scary for everybody’: This is what it’s like in Seattle
“I still want to talk to people for customer service, just not to get too close.” Alongside her worked dozens of other growers from the same region, mostly Hmong farmers whose families settled in the … Read Full Article
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PAC holding events linked to ‘Miss Saigon’
The arrival of “Miss Saigon” in Appleton is getting some groups together to talk about the Vietnam War, and the local Hmong population. The classic Broadway musical opens tonight at the Fox Cities … Read Full Article
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Warren Gerds/Critic at Large: ‘Miss Saigon’ appearance in Appleton includes community events
As author of “Fly Until You Die,” an oral history of the Hmong pilots in the Vietnam War, Dr. Vang will discuss the multiple perspectives she has heard through her research and talk with diverse local … Read Full Article
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Merced County supervisors candidates talk homelessness, major issues in District 2 debate
Incumbent Supervisor Lor, 37, highlighted her first-term successes, pointing to a commitment toward diversity and accessibility. “I was the one that had staff bring in Spanish and Hmong interpreters,” … Read Full Article
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Police shoot, kill armed man outside north Minneapolis home
Officers were able to talk to other family members at the scene and brought a translator to the home because the man was Hmong and not fluent in English. The frenzy of law enforcement officers in the … Read Full Article
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2 victims identified in mass shooting in Fresno as famous singers by Hmong news
FRESNO, Calif. — At least two of the victims shot Sunday night in southeast Fresno were identified as famous Hmong singers, including Xyy Lee, who died, according to Hmong Talk, an online news source. Read Full Article
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Central Valley radio station stands in as a ‘cultural town hall’
KBIF general manager Tony Donato speaks neither Hmong nor Punjabi. Yet he presides over a Fresno radio station where all the news and talk shows, music, religious programs and advertising are … Read Full Article
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UW Homecoming Week works to excite people for upcoming Wisconsin Badgers football game
Other homecoming events include basketball games, a trivia night and a Red Talk featuring Judge Kashoua Kristy Yang, the first female Hmong judge elected in the United States. Muraca said the Red Talk … Read Full Article
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History Speaks Presentation Focuses on Hmong History in Laos
MARATHON, WI (WSAU) — A presentation about a man’s trips to Laos and Thailand was used to talk about Hmong history. The Marathon County Historical Society held one of their History Speaks … Read Full Article
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After 25 years, the crime wave is back – but Republicans refuse to talk about it
There will even be Spanish, Somali, and Hmong interpreters available to provide language services. Sadly, “Minnesota nice” only seems to be directed at criminals and the pressure groups that represent … Read Full Article