Minnesota Public Radio reaches out in Somali, and community listens
There’s a large Haitian community in Florida and speakers of Hmong in Wisconsin. How is your news organization serving these readers? And how might that help with audience growth and development — across geographic boundaries. To learn more about how …
CVM hosts Women’s History Month lecture series
March 27: Hmong in America, One Woman’s Journey. At 9 years of age, Blia Vang Schwahn fled Laos with her family to escape government persecution of the Hmong people. By the time she was a teenager she was living in Eau Claire. Today, she is the Hmong …
Streetwise: Asian food on Broadway, upscale housing and gelato in De Pere
GREEN BAY – A new Asian restaurant will feature a mix of Hmong, Thai and Vietnamese dishes and drinks when it opens March 10 on Broadway. May’s Egg Rolls, 154 N. Broadway, will feature popular favorites such as egg rolls, pho, bubble tea, coconut drinks …
Court interpreter training coming to Milwaukee
Burmese and Hmong, are also being sought. A number of scholarships are available for those seeking to work in some non-Spanish languages. Participants who complete orientation and meet certain requirements will be placed on a public roster of interpreters.
Entrepreneurs in Hmong community work to grow skills in central Wisconsin
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) –Successful young entrepreneurs in the Hmong community are growing their skills in central Wisconsin. Thursday, the Hmong Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce discussed ways to show off these talented individuals at the Hmong Wisconsin …
Madison adopts Language Access Plan that will improve interpreting, translation services
Madison’s City Council approved the plan on a voice vote Tuesday. Among those present were interpreters skilled in American Sign Language, Chinese Mandarin, Hmong and Spanish. “We wanted to make sure this meeting is representative of the kind of …
Amazing new breakthrough
14) Seung-Hui Cho, a South Korean immigrant, slaughtered 32 people at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007. 15) Hmong immigrant Chai Soua Vang killed six hunters in northern Wisconsin on Nov. 21, 2004. 16) Mexican immigrant Salvador Tapia shot up the Windy City …
Amazing breakthrough to cut mass shootings
14) Seung-Hui Cho, a South Korean immigrant, slaughtered 32 people at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007. 15) Hmong immigrant Chai Soua Vang killed six hunters in northern Wisconsin on Nov. 21, 2004. 16) Mexican immigrant Salvador Tapia shot up the Windy City …
Mental health awareness is focus of March 3 Hmong Education Conference
Mental health awareness is the theme of the 32nd annual Hmong Education Conference to be held at University of Wisconsin-Stout. Dimensions of Wellness: Focusing on Mental Health in the Hmong Community will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 3 …
Wisconsin Man gets Life Without Parole in Triple-homicide
Prosecutors say Popp shot Manso-Perez shortly after asking and learning he was from Puerto Rico. He then forced his way into the Vues’ apartment as the Hmong couple, their four children and a relative hid in a bedroom. He then killed the couple.
Unearthing potential: USDA national award winner from Menomonie reaches out to underserved farming populations in Wisconsin
Vang said his work over a seven-year period reached out to historically underserved communities in Wisconsin — Hmong, Asian-Pacific islanders, African-Americans and Hispanics. “I went above and beyond by providing assistance to these groups,” he said.
Man who claimed insanity gets life with no chance of parole in Milwaukee triple homicide
Phia Vue (left) and Mai K. Vue (right) (Photo: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) He then forced his way into Vue’s apartment as the Hmong couple, their four children and a relative hid in a bedroom. After forcing his way into the bedroom he ordered Phia Vue …
Milwaukee man gets life without parole in triple-homicide
He then forced his way into the Vues’ apartment as the Hmong couple, their four children and a relative hid in a bedroom. He then killed the couple. Popp, who is white, was not charged with a hate crime.
Milwaukee man gets life without parole in triple-homicide of neighbors
He then forced his way into the Vues’ apartment as the Hmong couple, their four children and a relative hid in a bedroom. Then he killed the couple. “I’d give anything to see and hear my parents’ voices again, anything,” their son, Alexander Vue …
Mental health awareness in the Hmong community
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) – Mental health can be a difficult issue to tackle but officials at the Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association say addressing mental health in the Hmong community is an added challenge. Sarah Driever says mental …
First- and second-generation immigrants have committed more than 40 percent of all mass shootings in US since 2000
14) Seung-Hui Cho, a South Korean immigrant, slaughtered 32 people at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007. 15) Hmong immigrant Chai Soua Vang killed six hunters in northern Wisconsin on Nov. 21, 2004. 16) Mexican immigrant Salvador Tapia shot up the Windy City …
History Speaks at the Woodson History Center: Between Two Cultures
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) –Maysee Yang Herr discussed her struggles as a first generation Hmong American on Saturday at the Woodson History Center as part of their “History Speaks” series. Herr didn’t struggle learning the English and Hmong languages at an …
Letter to the Editor – Feb. 18
Beginning in the late 1970s through the 1990s, thousands of immigrants came to Wausau from Laos. These Hmong refugees were from mountainous parts of Laos and they were displaced as a result of the Vietnam War. The initial assimilation was challenging for …
