‘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…
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…
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 …
Madison Community Foundation announces $813,000 in grants
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…
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…
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…
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 …
Hmong In Milwaukee Seek The American Dream
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 …
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…
‘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, …
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…
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 …
PBS’ Lidia Celebrates America: A Heartland Holiday Feast To Air Today
In Wausau, Wisconsin home to a thriving Hmong community–a group of refugees who escaped Laos after the Vietnam War–a family prepares for Lidia a favorite Hmong ceremonial dish of pork and greens. Li…
Hmong In Milwaukee Seeking “American Dream”
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 …
Family behind Denton’s Milpa Kitchen & Cantina profiled on celebrity chef’s PBS special
She learns to make gumbo in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and samples a ceremonial dish of pork and greens whipped up by a Hmong family in Wausau, Wisconsin. She delves below thick sheets of ice to catch t…
How diverse are we?
For those familiar with the decades-long influx of Hmong refugees to the Chippewa Valley, the relatively large number of Asian-Americans in Eau Claire isn’t a surprise. Of the 3,223 people identified …
Seeking a New Home
Forty years ago, Hmong immigrants fleeing their Southeast Asian homeland found a new home in the Chippewa Valley. Now, the Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association needs a new home as well. …
Developing Diversity
Forty years ago, Hmong immigrants fleeing their Southeast Asian homeland found a new home in the Chippewa Valley. Now, the Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association needs a new home as well. …
