Hmong News – Wisconsin

Wisconsin farming history exhibit tours the state

Wisconsin farming history exhibit tours the state

The project showcases the first Hmong-owned farm to be organically certified in Wisconsin and an urban garden in Milwaukee. Get your weather forecast from people who actually live in your community. W…

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Wisconsin Partnership Program awards grants to Madison orgs to narrow health disparities

Wisconsin Partnership Program awards grants to Madison orgs to narrow health disparities

By awarding Anesis the money to undergo these trainings, there will be Spanish and Hmong-speaking staff better equipped to handle trauma, she said. A grant will enable partners from Second Baptist Chu…

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Park Center gymnastics: Stepping up at home

Park Center gymnastics: Stepping up at home

She was participating in a Hmong Dance Festival in Los Angeles. After her dance team won in Minneapolis and Milwaukee. Lee returned to her home gym on Saturday and looked like she hadn’t missed much. …

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School District of La Crosse supports Hmong education bill

School District of La Crosse supports Hmong education bill

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – The La Crosse School District is officially supporting a Wisconsin bill that would teach students about the recent history of the Hmong population. The District’s school board …

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La Crosse School District backs bill that would require Hmong education

La Crosse School District backs bill that would require Hmong education

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) –This week the School District of La Crosse Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution to support a bill that would direct school boards across Wisconsin to teach Hmo…

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La Crosse school board backs Hmong Education Bill

La Crosse school board backs Hmong Education Bill

If the La Crosse School Board has its way, Hmong history and culture will soon be taught in all Wisconsin schools. Board members on Monday unanimously voted to back the Hmong Education Bill, which …

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'Let's Talk It Out' In Milwaukee Magazine Features Conversations Between Local Leaders

‘Let’s Talk It Out’ In Milwaukee Magazine Features Conversations Between Local Leaders

The Hmong American Peace Academy is remarkable for that reason. However, the K-12 charter school is also remarkable because of its leader and founder Chris Her-Xiong, herself an immigrant from Laos. S…

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Milwaukee Likely Has Largest Rohingya Refugee Community In US

Milwaukee Likely Has Largest Rohingya Refugee Community In US

It’s a majority-minority city, in which Asians make up about 3.8 percent of the population. The majority are Hmong. In fact, the Milwaukee area is home to the fourth largest concentration of Hmong peo…

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WRAP-UP: Worldwide missions, ministries projected to see gains in CP funding; 18 states boosting SBC portion

WRAP-UP: Worldwide missions, ministries projected to see gains in CP funding; 18 states boosting SBC portion

MINNESOTA/WISCONSIN — Chris Heng, pastor of Twin Cities Hmong Baptist Church in St. Paul, Minn.; MISSISSIPPI — Mark Vincent, senior pastor of Clarke-Venable Baptist Church in Decatur …

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Madison Community Foundation announces $813,000 in grants

Madison Community Foundation announces $813,000 in grants

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In an early Christmas gift to 22 nonprofits, the Madison Community Foundation on Thursday announced $813,000 in grants to promote activities as varied as Hmong agriculture and teen entrepreneurship. A…

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Madison Community Foundation announces 22 grants for education, arts, literacy and more

Madison Community Foundation announces 22 grants for education, arts, literacy and more

The Groundswell Conservancy received $19,000 with Community Groundworks to assist Hmong farmers at Westport Community farm. The Conservancy purchased 10 acres of land that Hmong farmers have been util…

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A Historian Shares Insight About The Hmong American Experience

A Historian Shares Insight About The Hmong American Experience

Hmong people make up the largest group of Asians in Milwaukee. In fact, the Hmong population across Wisconsin is the third largest in the country, behind California and Minnesota. Chia Vang, a histori…

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Jeanette Mitchell, May yer Thao to receive 2019 Sacagawea Award

Jeanette Mitchell, May yer Thao to receive 2019 Sacagawea Award

Thao has served as executive director of the Hmong Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce since 2015. During her tenure, Thao has deployed the most business loans in the chamber’s history, growing its profile …

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UW-Madison report recommends better language education

UW-Madison report recommends better language education

About 52 percent of those who speak another language at home indicated they speak Spanish; about 9 percent reported they speak Hmong; and about 6 percent said German is their main language at home. Pu…

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Chef Lidia Bastianich 'kisses the fish' with Minnesotans in new PBS holiday special

Chef Lidia Bastianich ‘kisses the fish’ with Minnesotans in new PBS holiday special

2. After digging into shoofly pie in rural Pennsylvania and whipping up tamales in Denton, Texas, the Emmy winner heads to the Midwest where she spends time with the Hmong community in Wausau, Wisc. a…

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'Lidia Celebrates America' Holiday Special Shows the 'Patchwork of Ethnicity' Through Food

‘Lidia Celebrates America’ Holiday Special Shows the ‘Patchwork of Ethnicity’ Through Food

One segment resonated more deeply for the restaurateur, chef and author (her memoir, My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family and Food, was released earlier this year) — a trek to Wausau, Wisconsin, …

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Hmong In Milwaukee Seek The American Dream

Hmong In Milwaukee Seek The American Dream

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Milwaukee sometimes gets a bad rap for being one of the most segregated cities in the country. But there’s no denying how racially diverse it is. It’s a majority-minority city, in which Asians make up …

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Mitchell, Thao named Sacagawea award winners by Professional Dimensions

Mitchell, Thao named Sacagawea award winners by Professional Dimensions

Mitchell is the chief creative officer of Leadership by Dr. Jeanette, and Thao is executive director of the Hmong Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce. Both are “pioneering leaders” who were chosen based on …

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