The Hmong Times Newspaper is a quality publication for the Hmong Community. Providing valuable information and tools to promote togetherness and give the Hmong community a forum. The Hmong Times newspaper also provides the means for businesses, schools and organizations to make a connection with the Hmong Community.
St. Paul City School Breaks Ground
Education Minnesota President Denise Specht called on state and school leaders to “be bold” in their plans to vaccinate all school-age children against COVID-19 after an U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA advisory panel endorsed the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old.
Education Minnesota Calls For State Leaders To ‘Be Bold’ With Plans To Vaccinate All School-age Children
Education Minnesota President Denise Specht called on state and school leaders to “be bold” in their plans to vaccinate all school-age children against COVID-19 after an U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA advisory panel endorsed the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old.
Hmong College Prep Academy Celebrates World Culture Day
Annual Event Features Student and Faculty Performances and Fashion
Hmong College Prep Academy Hosts FAFSA Night
Members of the Hmong College Prep Academy Counseling Office recently held FAFSA Night, the first in a series of workshops to help seniors and their families with the college enrollment, acceptance and financing process.
Noble Academy is Highly Focused on Mitigating Learning Loss
When it comes to helping students recoup learning loss from the pandemic, one school in the twin cities will not settle for mediocre efforts. Noble Academy in Brooklyn Park is a public charter school with a hard-earned distinction “High-Quality” by the Minnesota Department of Education for several years in a row.
Stories Are A Powerful Way To Pass Down Legacies
Kong’s Adventure is a children’s book that tells the story of my grandfather, Kong, and his journey to America. It takes place after the Laotian Civil War when the Communist Pathet Lao took over the Royal Lao government
The Home We Built On 46th St.
Kia Vang, author of the new book, The Home We Built on 46th St., always knew that she needed a creative outlet to keep herself balanced at home through writing about her feelings and life experiences with a large Hmong family.
Jazz It Up Laos
Jazz has never known borders, always showing up in unexpected places at unexpected times. We are thrilled to share a special partnership this year with our friends.
Friendship Beyond The Classroom In Publishing Hmong Book
The beautiful thing about having a Hmong friend is not only about learning Hmong people and culture, but also a long-lasting friendship that ended up contributing to Hmong community and Hmong student learning in the education world.
Yang Warriors
Award-winning author Kao Kalia Yang delivers and inspiring tale of resourceful children confronting adversaries in the Ban Vinai refugee camp.
Health
Governor Walz Announces Increased Testing Capacity In The Twin Cities Metro
Governor Tim Walz announced the state’s new COVID-19 community testing site in Anoka, operated by the Minnesota National Guard and Minnesota Department of Health, opened on Friday, January 7.
Now Is The Time To Get Up-To-Date On Teen Shots HPV Vaccine Helps Prevent 90% Of Cervical Cancers
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many young people may have missed getting recommended vaccinations.
COVID-19 Stories Community At The Heart Of MDH’s COVID-19 Response
The Minnesota Department of Health’s (MDH) Cultural, Faith, and Disability Communities (CFD) Branch, part of the COVID-19 Response Team, is much more than a team of 70 contractors and staffers from various MDH units whose lives connected because of COVID-19.
North Memorial Health’s Next Step Program
Melanie R. Smalley, APRN, CNP is a Trauma Program Manager at North Memorial Health and Kentral Galloway is a Program Manager for the Next Step Program talk about the program.
COVID-19 Community Testing Sites
Minnesota is offering low-barrier, no-cost COVID-19 rapid and saliva testing in Minnesota communities.
Business and Finance
How Twin Cities’ New Chase Community Manager Can Empower Your Financial Journey
From opening a bank account or line of credit, to exploring mortgage financing options and small business loans, Chase’s Community Manager at the Ventura Village branch on 1100 E Franklin Ave, is tuned in to the community’s financial wellness needs.
Why Your Business Needs To Be Certified As A Diverse Supplier
Supplier diversity is a crucial part of an organization’s success. It’s a way for companies to promote innovation, cultivate networking, boost hiring, and perhaps most important of all, a way for companies to experience the many benefits of diversity while taking steps to close the racial equity gap.
Succeed, Fail, Succeed; Winning At Business Is A Bumpy Ride
Failure can lurk in the shadows at even the most successful companies.
Help Your Employees Green Their Exercise Routine
The purpose of Health@Work’s monthly E-tips is to help you (the wellness coordinator) promote better health at your workplace.
10 Things I’ve Learned From Doing YouTube For The Past 9 Months
Hello! I hope I still have your loyal attention. Okay, so you’ve decided to really give this YouTube thing a try.
Community
A Very Happy Hmong New Year From Legacies Of War!
Hmong New Year season typically starts after the harvest season. In the US, Hmong people begin celebrating as early as mid-to-late October. In Laos and Thailand, Hmong New Year lasts for a month – almost all of December!
2021 – The Year In Review
2021 was a very eventful year for the Hmong community locally, nationally and beyond. Although COVID-19 ranked as the number one story for many in the state of Minnesota and beyond, many other happenings were going on among the Hmong community.
METRO Blue Line Extension Seeking Members For Anti-Displacement Workgroup
The METRO Blue Line Extension project is seeking applications from community members for a new Anti-Displacement Workgroup.
Organizing For Hmong Americans Celebrates KaYing Yang’s Appointment To The President’s Advisory Commission On Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
Organizing for Hmong America congratulates KaYing Yang on her appointment to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
Why Your Business Needs To Be Certified As A Diverse Supplier
Supplier diversity is a crucial part of an organization’s success. It’s a way for companies to promote innovation, cultivate networking, boost hiring, and perhaps most important of all, a way for companies to experience the many benefits of diversity while taking steps to close the racial equity gap.
Sports/Outdoors
Winter Animal Survival
How do animals survive Minnesota winters? Two Department of Natural Resource Parks and Trails naturalists, Kao Thao, (Fort Snelling State Park), and Jenni Webster, (Interstate State Park), weighed in on techniques that animals take to survive severe weather.
Controlling State Park Deer Populations Through Special Hunts
Tavis Westbrook is a Parks and Trails program coordinator in natural resource management at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. He answered questions recently about the special hunts held at state parks and recreation areas.
Dam Lowered At Lake Ogechie. The Rebirth Of An Ancient Gift From The Creator
For centuries, Lake Ogechie on the Mille Lacs Reservation in central Minnesota produced thousands of pounds of wild rice each season. Old photos show as many as 100 two-person canoes on the lake’s shallow water during the harvest.
Hunters Can Begin Planning With The 2021 Deer Hunting Season Details
With the release of the online version of the 2021 Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Regulations handbook, hunters can read up on what’s new to prepare for this year’s deer hunting season.
Try Bird Feeding: A Fun Family Activity That Will Make You Feel Better
Percy, my black cat, perches on a chair at the kitchen table, staring rapturously out the window. When I first set up the birdfeeders in my backyard, it was as though I’d added a premium TV channel just for cats.
Nation/World
St. Paul City Councilmembers Nelsie Yang And Dai Thao Join Hmong Community And Allies To Call For Federal Investigation Into Siskiyou County, California Sheriff’s Office
St. Paul City Councilmembers Nelsie Yang (Ward 6) and Dai Thao (Ward 1) join organizers and community leaders to call for a federal investigation into Siskiyou County, California Sheriff’s Office for racial discrimination toward the Hmong community in Siskiyou County.
A Homecoming To Remember
It’s been my ritual to order a Beerlao as the plane approaches Laos. Over the years, it is always the same sense of joy, excitement, and sadness all in one feeling.
Midsummer Memories: Retracing Our Steps In Laos
Since that first excursion into Laos at Huay Xai in the mid-1990s, I have returned many times traveling the country extensively from Champasak Falls and my wife’s birthplace in Pakse, to the Bolaven Plateau.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
As the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic continue to ripple across our nation, an escalating foreclosure crisis among FHA-insured borrowers is reaching a cataclysmic point impacting hundreds of thousands of borrowers.
States That Are Recovering the Quickest From COVID-19
The U.S. is gradually recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, and states have heavily relaxed their COVID-19 restrictions. As a result, the unemployment rate has dropped to 5.8% from its high of 14.8% in April 2020.
