WSAW

Hmong New Year celebration brings thousands to Rothschild expo center

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAW) - Hmong New Year is celebrated by many in the Wausau area at an event that has been a community staple for more than 40 years. The Convention and Expo Center in Rothschild ...
WUNC

Hmong New Year, a time to honor and pass down traditions

HSP hosts the Hmong New Year at their cultural park in Newton, about 50 miles northwest of Charlotte. This story first appeared as part of WFAE's EQUALibrium newsletter, exploring race and equity in ...
EdSource

Hmong is a ‘dying’ language – but it’s being preserved at this Fresno school

It’s presentation day in a fifth grade classroom at Vang Pao Elementary School in Fresno, and some students are more shy than others. But 11-year-old Irene Her stands in front of the classroom, ...
NPR

Thailand Begins Forcibly Repatriating Hmong

Thailand is trying to evict some 4,000 ethnic Hmong asylum seekers and send them back to Laos despite strong objections from the United States and human rights groups. They fear that the Hmong will ...
Los Angeles Times

In the Facebook era, Hmong stick to traditional courting

Reporting from Fresno — The five young men, friends since high school, are here to meet girls. So they carry tennis balls. In the age of Facebook, the ancient Hmong courtship ritual of pov pob — ...
CBS News

Sacramento's Hmong American community reflects on 50 years since arriving to U.S.

SACRAMENTO – For AAPI Heritage Month, CBS Sacramento is taking a closer look at the sacrifices and contributions made by Hmong Americans. The first Hmong refugees began arriving in the U.S. from the ...
The Fresno Bee

Fresno celebrates Hmong American Day, highlighting community’s contributions and culture

Fresno celebrated Hmong American Day on Saturday at the Fresno Center, paying homage to the Hmong people’s contributions in United States history. Most notably, the sacrifices Hmong made while ...
WEAU

Hmong Community Fundraisers for Hmong New Years Festival

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) -While the end of summer is coming for most people, for the Hmong community a new harvest and the beginning of the new year are fast approaching. The Hmong New Year, referred ...
MinnPost

First cohort of Hmong language teachers accredited in Minnesota

“Hmong is a stateless nation,” said Bee Vang-Moua, director of the Hmong program at the University of Minnesota’s Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Department. “There’s no Hmong land. We have a ...
Minnesota Daily

St. Paul’s new mayor is making strides in the Hmong community

St. Paul Mayor-elect Kaohly Her is making strides in the Hmong community. She won the St. Paul’s mayoral election with an upset victory, becoming the first female and Hmong mayor of St. Paul. Her is ...
MinnPost

Hmong and Hmong Americans in Minnesota

The Hmong first arrived in Minnesota in late 1975, after the communist seizure of power in Indochina. They faced multiple barriers as refugees from a war-torn country, but with the help of generous ...