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Hmong Mixed Martial Arts

Mania Invades Fres

no

The ABCs of H

mong

A new year hera

lds new ideas and

change. Mixed marti

al arts

is beco

m-

ing the choice of young men and

women over boxing and wrest

ling.

Yia “the B

ull” Mua w

as a kick

boxer

and before h

e fell t

o illness

he was

training for m

ixed martial a

rts fight-

ing. Fresn

o’s Hmong Intern

ational

New Year is

sponsoring a one o

f a

kind first ever H

mong Mixed Martial

Arts show. T

hey partnere

d up with

former UFC fighter

Jason Von Flue

to put the R

ising Sons o

f Calif

ornia

MMA event to

gether.

One the o

rga-

nizers, S

teve T

hao (and als

o Hmong

Tribune publisher)

found Hmong

fighters in Mich

igan, Minnesota,

Colorado and Calif

ornia to put on

a display of vario

us fighting disci-

plines for th

e Hmong co

mmunity to

see.

Cheng “Iron Legs” L

ee originally

hails from Des

Moines, Iowa,

but

was trai

ning in Minnesota

when

Thao contacted him. Lee

has a

strong back

ground in kickboxing

with power kick

s and str

iking. Lee

left M

innesota t

o Colorado to tra

in

for two months fo

r the R

ising Sons

of Calif

ornia event w

ith Sakomong-

kol Sitchuchoke, t

he five ti

me world

muay thai cham

pion from Thaila

nd.

Lee’s tra

ining partner

in Denver

is Longvie Lo. Lo also

is training

under Sitch

uchoke and has fi

ve years

of Braz

ilian Jujits

u training. H

is last

bout was a

knock out win.

Teng Ly hails from Sacr

amento

by way of France

and San Diego.

His fam

ily immigrate

d from Fran

ce

to the United

States an

d Ly lived in

Southern Calif

ornia for a

few year

s

when he was

a kick

boxer. He h

as

an impress

ive six knock outs a

s an

amateu

r fighter and briefl

y enter-

tained the id

ea of going to Thaila

nd

to further his fi

ghting study.

Jaysin Hang, a fly weig

ht from

Michigan was

scratch

ed from the

fight card due to

a hand an

d wrist

injury in mid December.

Peter Lo, a

welterweig

ht was s

cratch

ed from the

fight card due to

a throat i

nfection

that required

surgery

just last

week.

Lo hopes to show up to the ev

ent to

support the other fi

ghters.

Proto J is s

cheduled to

sing th

e

national

anthem alo

ng with some

other Hmong fighters

schedule f

or a

jujitsu tournam

ent.

Rising Sons o

f Calif

ornia will b

e

held at t

he Commerc

e Building in the

Fresno Fairg

rounds on Saturday De-

cember 2

9. Doors w

ill open at

3pm

and first bouts w

ill be a

t 4pm for a

three hour sh

ow.

SACRAMENTO, Calif

. -- At Susan

B.

Anthony Elementary

, Mr. V

ue’s kinderg

ar-

teners

sit on a

brightly colored

carpet a

s

they look up at him, re

peating so

unds of

the alphabet.

“Ahhh, aaay,

eeeh,”

he sings as the

children sing alo

ng. The sounds are not

in English. T

he school, l

ocated in

South

Sacram

ento, is home to

the only Hmong

dual-language

immersion program

on

the West

Coast — an

d the seco

nd in the

country after a

similar

program in St. P

aul,

Minnesota.

“The idea o

f the H

mong immersi

on pro-

gram is

so students w

ill beco

me bicu

ltural

and biliterate

in both English and Hmong,”

explains Lee

Yang (pronounced “Ya”)

,

the principal

and a former direc

tor of

Sacram

ento City Unified School Distr

ict’s

Multilingual

Literacy

Department,

who

spearhead

ed the program.

In the past

few year

s, language im

mer-

sion programs have sp

routed up acr

oss the

country, parti

cularly in

California,

where

the number near

ly doubled from 119 in

2000 to 233 in 2010, according to the C

ali-

fornia Departm

ent of Education. About

200 of these

programs ar

e in Spanish; th

e

rest are

in Mandarin

, Korea

n, Cantonese

,

Armenian, G

erman, Ita

lian and Jap

anese.

In 2011, Hmong was a

dded to the list.

But while

languages l

ike Mandarin

are

witnessing a r

apid rise in

global prest

ige,

the reward

s for st

udents who beco

me flu-

ent in Hmong may be le

ss tangible.

Since

the first

wave of L

ao Hmong refugees

ar-

rived in 1975, their

culture and histo

ry has

slowly receded, an

d with it, their

language.

Pres

erving the P

ast

“They know that they are

Hmong,” says

Melany Lo, a 1

st grad

e parent in

the Hmong

program, “b

ut they don’t e

ven know the

traditio

n or culture.”

It’s a

concern sh

ared

by many in the community who fea

r that

in future g

enerations th

eir histo

ry will be

forgotten.

According to cen

sus data, a whop-

ping 45 percent of H

mong Americans ar

e

under the a

ge of 17. Pare

nts and tea

chers

expressed co

ncerns th

at their

culture and

language were

slipping away from this

younger genera

tion.

For Vue’s students,

that’s where

the

learning begins.

On one wall

in his class

room is a la

rge,

colorful tapestr

y. The embroidere

d quilt,

or story clo

th, depicts th

e histo

ry of the

Hmong people inclu

ding their migrati

on

from Laos to the U

nited State

s. Handmade

dolls dress

ed in traditio

nal Hmong clo

th-

ing sit near

the doorway.

The Hmong originated

in northern

China and later migrate

d south, where

about 9 million Hmong (ca

lled “M

iao” in

Mandarin) st

ill resid

e. Over t

he centuries

,

they continued to move southward

, settlin

g

in Vietnam

, Laos, Thaila

nd and els

ewhere.

As a people,

they have survived genocid

e

and war. In the 1

960s and 70s, th

e Hmong

in Laos were

recruited

to fight in the C

IA’s

“secre

t wars”

against th

e Communists

dur-

ing the Vietn

am co

nflict. W

hen that effort

was lost,

many fled to neighboring Thai-

land and ended up in ref

ugee cam

ps there

.

The first

wave of Hmong ref

ugees to the

United State

s arrived in 1975, an

d the most

recent w

as in 2005. Today there

are more

than 260,000 Hmong Americans.

All of th

e students in

the immersi

on pro-

gram are

of Hmong herit

age. One in

five

English lea

rners in the d

istrict

are Hmong,

the second larg

est group afte

r Spanish

speakers.

The majo

rity are

second or th

ird

generation, born in the U

nited State

s. As

with large n

umbers of U

.S.-born Hispanic

students, most a

re also desig

nated English

Language Lear

ners, which

means th

ey are

not proficient in

English when enteri

ng the

program.

But for Vue an

d his fello

w teachers,

that

isn’t exactl

y a disad

vantage.

Classroom instru

ction in the program

starts w

ith 90 percent H

mong in kinder-

garten, an

d is base

d on the “90/10” m

odel

where English

is slowly ad

ded each year

until fourth grad

e, when the s

tudents are

taught 5

0 percent o

f the ti

me in Hmong

and 50 percent in

English. That m

eans th

at

in the lower g

rades,

subjects su

ch as math

and science

are als

o taught in

the Hmong

language.

On one autumn day,

students in Makae-

Photo by Andria Lo

Meet the Hmong M

MA fighters Friday, Dec. 2

8th

in front of the C

ommerce Buildin

g at 2pm.

www.stevethao.com

ABCs contin

ued on page 7

Cheng “Iron Le

gs” lee sh

ows off h

is WWC belt.

Hmong national

Farmers organization

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NHAF Brings Hmong Farm Issues to Fresno

Fresno Welcomes HND

FRESNO - The National Hmong

American Farmers organization held

their fourth annual National Farm

Conference on March 27, at the Fresno

Ramada Inn. Hmong farmers, govern-

ment agencies and farming activists

from around Fresno and the country

came to attend the conference filling

up the Ramada’s main ballroom.

The conference brought Hmong

farmers from as far away as North

Carolina, Minnesota and Washington

State to attend. ChuKou Thao, the ex-

ecutive director of the National Hmong

American Farmers, Inc., believes that

the spring offer the best time to attract

Hmong farmers to find tim

e to attend

this conference. The conference had

workshops on California state regula-

tions, marketing of farm products, vari-

ous government resources for farmers,

panel discussion on a variety of small

farming issues and even lifetime

awards to individuals for their dedica-

tion and advocacy to the Hmong small

farmer.

The highlight of the conference was

lunch hour which featured two keynote

speakers. The first

was May Kia Yang

who is a successful poultry farmer

from North Carolina and also on the

USDA (United States Department of

Agriculture) Farm Service Agency Ad-

visory Committee. The second was the

charismatic Shirley Sherrod.

Sherrod has dedicated her life to

the minority and rural small farmer

and is one of the early leaders in

the

civil rights m

ovement in America. Her

speech about African American farm-

ers in the South resonated among many

Hmong farmers who lived through

racial discrimination and large com-

mercial companies taking advantage of

uninformed small farmers w

ho didn’t

know where to get resources and infor-

mation to get the best prices and best

ways of selling their goods. Sherrod’s

inspiration and passion comes from her

father being killed by a white farmer.

Even though she had hoped to escape

the South and the racial discrimination

there her father’s death gave her pur-

pose to stay and make a change.

Fresno will be hosting the 16th Hmong

National Development conference from April

5 to April 7 at the Raddison Hotel. The HND

conference has a mission to bring together

community members, professionals, politi-

cians, scholars, youth, business owners and

more to network, dialogue, and celebrate the

community’s accomplishments. Over the

course of the three-day conference, various

events are held to build capacity, educate at-

tendees on Hmong issues, and discuss press-

ing issues in the Hmong community.

Nearly 800 people from all over the coun-

try along with a few international guests will

be attending the event. The conference rotates

around the country every two years. The con-

ference has been held in Denver, Sacramento,

Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Washington

D.C in the past twenty years.

The three major areas of emphasis are

education, health and economic development.

Some workshops examples include: Hmong

Language at the Crossroads presented by

Bee Vang-Moua, University of Minnesota;

Nor Pau Moua, Hmong Txuj Institute; Do-

mestic Violence & Sexual Assault in Our

Hmong Community presented by Mary Lee

(Valley Crisis Center) and Bao Yang (Mar-

jaree and Mason Centre) and Financial and

Management Assistance for For-Profit S

mall

Business Ventures presented by Blong Lee,

Fresno Community Development Fincancial

Institution; Dawn Golik, U.S. Small Business

Administration.

The theme of this year will be the Journey

Forward. For more information look up http://

www.hndinc.org.

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Wins FisHing Derby

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WorlD boxing

CHamp results

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Fresno Celebrates Asian Fest

New Kind of Fishing

FRESNO, Calif. – A large turn-out

came to Fresno City College to celebrate

the diversity of the Valley’s Asian cultures

on Saturday, April 5. Organizers expected

nearly two thousand to show up throughout

the day and it was busy from morning till

the end of the day at 4pm.

Asian Fest featured traditional music,

dancers, art and a wide variety of food.

From Hmong sausages to Korean kalbi to

award winning papaya the lines were long

but the weather was perfect.

Vendors lined the walkway inside the

Fresno City College campus. From anime

to bonsai trees you could buy or experience

something interesting and Asian. There

were activities for kids to draw or create

art. The event is organized by FCC’s

Asian-American faculty and staff. It aims

to educate the community about different

Asian cultures through performances and

demonstrations.

Joan Burgess, who lives in the local

neighborhood, commented that, “The

event is a fabulous event that helps all

of us celebrate all the beauty of different

cultures.” Burgess said she’ll always at-

tend Asian Fest as long as she lives in the

neighborhood.

Local television personality Margot

Kim emceed the event.

Fresno’s dance group Tseem Tub Ntxhais was featured at Asian Fest.

Fresno City College Instructor John Cho was instrumental in creating Asian Fest.

A fly fisherman on the San Joaquin River.

Hmong people love fishing. Families

go out together and fish for many variet-

ies, including bass, catfish, crappie and

other fish. On any given weekend on the

waterways and lakes of Central California,

you’ll find Hmong fishing on the banks

and more recently on their boats.

A long history of fish in the diet has

created a whole culture around fishing for

Hmong families. But what is this new kind

of fishing where the fisherman hovers the

line like a helicopter blade with the line

coming back and forth until then finally let

loose the lure and line to plop it in front

of a fish? Fly fishing is what it is called,

and it has caught the imagination of many

Hmong anglers across the country.

From the streams of Montana to the

rivers of Minnesota and the ones that flow

from the Sierras of Central California, fly

fishing has found some enthusiastic new

converts. Conventional fishing consists of

pole, hook, line and bait. This new sport

has new terminology and different kinds of

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Dr. Kou RetiresHmong Pioneer, leader, mentor

Dr. Kou Yang has been a pioneer, a leader and mentor to a whole generation of Hmong. With his retirement, ends nearly two decades of academic mentoring to thousands of young people.

The Hmong Students Association at California State University, Stanislaus held an Alumni Reunion and Retirement Ban-quet for Dr. Kou Yang on May 17, 2014. The Alumni Reunion was the first time that HSA, founded in 1985, has reconnected many of the former members to each other and to current students. More than 100 community members and students came together to celebrate the retirement of Dr. Kou Yang.

Since 1998 Yang has taught at Califor-nia State University at Stanislaus in the Department of Ethnic Studies until his retirement of fall semester 2013. He has taught courses in Asian American Studies and started the Hmong Cultural Experi-ence in the United States course in 2001. Yang has published dozens of scholarly ar-ticles for peer-reviewed academic journals and author or editor of several books about the Hmong American experience. Yang has traveled extensively to research about Hmong communities in Southeast Asia and China. Yang has also presented his research at various international, national and academic conferences.

For the past 15 years Yang has served as an advisor to HSA and mentored students to pursue graduate studies. At the banquet several community members and former students shared their testimonials about

how Dr. Kou Yang support and mentored them to get to where they are today. These included a speech by Principal Lee Yang from Sacramento City Unified who dis-cussed the role Dr. Kou Yang mentored and helped in writing research for AB 78 and the creation of Hmong and Chinese language dual immersion programs in Sacramento.

Kimiko Vang, a former student and alumni shared how Yang served as her faculty adviser for a pre-doctoral program at UC Berkeley to do research. Vang is currently a program manager with Merced County Human Services Agency where she trains social workers to be culturally competent.

To celebrate this special night the alumni and members of the Hmong Stu-dent Association presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Kou Yang for his distinguished service and enduring sup-port to the organization.

Dr. Kou Yang was born in a remote mountain village in Northern Laos. Yang had the opportunity during the Secret War to attend schooling at various locations such as a Buddhist monastery, a Christian missionary school and other schools. In 1976 Yang arrived to the United States at the age of 21. Although Yang could read and write in several languages such as Hmong, Lao and Thai, he had to struggle to learn English. Yang often told his stu-dents he started work as a dish washer and had to learn one word per day. Yang went on to complete his Associates degree at a

community college in Long Beach. Then he completed his Bachelors and Master of Social Work from Fresno State. In 1997

Yang completed the Joint Educational Leadership Doctorate program through Fresno State and UC Davis. Yang had to overcome many hardships in a 20 year journey in education to attain his goal.

It is important to note the significant contributions of Dr. Kou Yang and the Hmong Cultural Experience course at the university level. Similar courses do not exist at other universities with larger num-ber of Hmong students. Several years ago students at UCLA initiated a similar course and more recently the Hmong American Experience course is offered again at Sac-ramento State. A university course such as this is needed because there are more than 70,000 Hmong Americans in the Central Valley and all college students who plan to major in teaching, social work, health, criminal justice or others need to be cul-turally competent to understand the chal-lenges and issues to better serve and work with the Hmong American community.

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Special Plaque to CommemorateGeneral Vang Pao’s Legacy

FRESNO-The Hmong community came together and remembered General Vang Pao at the Courthouse Park on Monday, May 26, 2014. Courthouse Park is home to a tree that was presented in his honor.. The ceremony included Councilman Blong Xiong, the late General Vang son Chi Neng Vang and Retired Colonel Tru Vang.

General Vang Pao was a man with great honor and a father to the Hmong people. General Vang Pao was more than just a military leader: he was a statesman, arbi-trator, and ambassador to the Hmong. His

words had meaning and community mem-bers listened to what he had to say.

As many in the Central Valley know, the Hmong have become an integral part of the community. Tens of thousands of Hmong can be found up and down California, with Fresno being home to the vast majority. Particularly many Hmong live in the south-east portion of Fresno, attending Sanger, Clovis and Fresno Unified Schools.

General Vang Pao had the ear of local, state, federal and world leaders. When it came to his people, General Pao was

not shy in speaking on their needs. Every speech and every meeting, General Vang Pao would carry the message of the im-portance of education to the growth of the Hmong people. Not only did the General express the need for these opportunities to elected officials and leaders everywhere he encouraged youth and adults to seek out opportunities for higher education.

The day was a reminder of his legacy and that the Hmong community will al-ways heed his message of unity and strive for a better life.

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Hmong Americans at National Asian American Pacific Heritage Month in D.C.

WASHINGTON DC - On May 6, 2014, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and the United States Department of the Interior hosted the AAPI Heritage Month Opening Ceremony titled “I Am Beyond” in Washington D.C. The event included remarks by Vice President Biden and a ceremony to swear in the new appointees by President Obama to serve on the President’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs.

In addition the event featured several performers including Maxie Moua from Fresno. Moua, who is a first year student at UC Berkeley, was selected to perform spoken word poetry about her fam-ily’s refugee experience. Moua in high school had written about the refugee experience and was one of the first students to take part in the 16 month Southeast Asian Story project.

When asked about her experi-ence performing in front of a na-tional gathering of diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander elected officials and community leaders Moua expressed she was

nervous and did not realize the scale and significance of the event at first. Previously, Moua had only performed in front of her classroom and at high school events. This was an exciting ex-perience for Moua because it was her first time out of state, first time flying on a plane and first time in Washington, D.C. The audience was impressed to see such a young Hmong American performed on a national stage. Since her perfor-mance Moua has been invited to write about her literacy journey in a forthcoming Scholastic Books anthology. Moua is one of four siblings in her family to attend UC Berkeley, her brother currently at-tends and her two older sisters are alumni. Moua is currently active in the Hmong Student Association at U.C. Berkeley and will serve as Education Coordinator this fall.

The “Stories of Home” exhibit from McLane High School Art Venture Academy featuring stories and artwork of Fresno Unified students was also on display at the Department of the Interior and four pieces were displayed in the White House.

Mai Thao, a senior from U.C. Berkeley had the opportunity to serve an internship in the White House Initiative on AAPI this past spring semester in Washing-ton D.C. Thao helped put on the AAPI Heritage Month Opening Ceremony and was instrumental in inviting the teachers and stu-dents from McLane High School to Washington D.C. Thao highly encourages other college students to do an internship in Washington D.C. The hands-on training and all the people you get to meet will be worth it. Two Hmong Americans have previously been appointed to serve on the President’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs. Most re-cently Doua Thor, who is the former Executive Director of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) was appointed by President Obama in 2010. Thor currently serves as a Senior Advi-sor to the Commission. The other was Lee Pao Xiong, currently the Director of the Center for Hmong Studies at Concordia University in MN was appointed by President Clinton in 2000.




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Hmong Mixed Martial Arts

Mania Invades Fres

no

The ABCs of H

mong

A new year hera

lds new ideas and

change. Mixed marti

al arts

is beco

m-

ing the choice of young men and

women over boxing and wrest

ling.

Yia “the B

ull” Mua w

as a kick

boxer

and before h

e fell t

o illness

he was

training for m

ixed martial a

rts fight-

ing. Fresn

o’s Hmong Intern

ational

New Year is

sponsoring a one o

f a

kind first ever H

mong Mixed Martial

Arts show. T

hey partnere

d up with

former UFC fighter

Jason Von Flue

to put the R

ising Sons o

f Calif

ornia

MMA event to

gether.

One the o

rga-

nizers, S

teve T

hao (and als

o Hmong

Tribune publisher)

found Hmong

fighters in Mich

igan, Minnesota,

Colorado and Calif

ornia to put on

a display of vario

us fighting disci-

plines for th

e Hmong co

mmunity to

see.

Cheng “Iron Legs” L

ee originally

hails from Des

Moines, Iowa,

but

was trai

ning in Minnesota

when

Thao contacted him. Lee

has a

strong back

ground in kickboxing

with power kick

s and str

iking. Lee

left M

innesota t

o Colorado to tra

in

for two months fo

r the R

ising Sons

of Calif

ornia event w

ith Sakomong-

kol Sitchuchoke, t

he five ti

me world

muay thai cham

pion from Thaila

nd.

Lee’s tra

ining partner

in Denver

is Longvie Lo. Lo also

is training

under Sitch

uchoke and has fi

ve years

of Braz

ilian Jujits

u training. H

is last

bout was a

knock out win.

Teng Ly hails from Sacr

amento

by way of France

and San Diego.

His fam

ily immigrate

d from Fran

ce

to the United

States an

d Ly lived in

Southern Calif

ornia for a

few year

s

when he was

a kick

boxer. He h

as

an impress

ive six knock outs a

s an

amateu

r fighter and briefl

y enter-

tained the id

ea of going to Thaila

nd

to further his fi

ghting study.

Jaysin Hang, a fly weig

ht from

Michigan was

scratch

ed from the

fight card due to

a hand an

d wrist

injury in mid December.

Peter Lo, a

welterweig

ht was s

cratch

ed from the

fight card due to

a throat i

nfection

that required

surgery

just last

week.

Lo hopes to show up to the ev

ent to

support the other fi

ghters.

Proto J is s

cheduled to

sing th

e

national

anthem alo

ng with some

other Hmong fighters

schedule f

or a

jujitsu tournam

ent.

Rising Sons o

f Calif

ornia will b

e

held at t

he Commerc

e Building in the

Fresno Fairg

rounds on Saturday De-

cember 2

9. Doors w

ill open at

3pm

and first bouts w

ill be a

t 4pm for a

three hour sh

ow.

SACRAMENTO, Calif

. -- At Susan

B.

Anthony Elementary

, Mr. V

ue’s kinderg

ar-

teners

sit on a

brightly colored

carpet a

s

they look up at him, re

peating so

unds of

the alphabet.

“Ahhh, aaay,

eeeh,”

he sings as the

children sing alo

ng. The sounds are not

in English. T

he school, l

ocated in

South

Sacram

ento, is home to

the only Hmong

dual-language

immersion program

on

the West

Coast — an

d the seco

nd in the

country after a

similar

program in St. P

aul,

Minnesota.

“The idea o

f the H

mong immersi

on pro-

gram is

so students w

ill beco

me bicu

ltural

and biliterate

in both English and Hmong,”

explains Lee

Yang (pronounced “Ya”)

,

the principal

and a former direc

tor of

Sacram

ento City Unified School Distr

ict’s

Multilingual

Literacy

Department,

who

spearhead

ed the program.

In the past

few year

s, language im

mer-

sion programs have sp

routed up acr

oss the

country, parti

cularly in

California,

where

the number near

ly doubled from 119 in

2000 to 233 in 2010, according to the C

ali-

fornia Departm

ent of Education. About

200 of these

programs ar

e in Spanish; th

e

rest are

in Mandarin

, Korea

n, Cantonese

,

Armenian, G

erman, Ita

lian and Jap

anese.

In 2011, Hmong was a

dded to the list.

But while

languages l

ike Mandarin

are

witnessing a r

apid rise in

global prest

ige,

the reward

s for st

udents who beco

me flu-

ent in Hmong may be le

ss tangible.

Since

the first

wave of L

ao Hmong refugees

ar-

rived in 1975, their

culture and histo

ry has

slowly receded, an

d with it, their

language.

Pres

erving the P

ast

“They know that they are

Hmong,” says

Melany Lo, a 1

st grad

e parent in

the Hmong

program, “b

ut they don’t e

ven know the

traditio

n or culture.”

It’s a

concern sh

ared

by many in the community who fea

r that

in future g

enerations th

eir histo

ry will be

forgotten.

According to cen

sus data, a whop-

ping 45 percent of H

mong Americans ar

e

under the a

ge of 17. Pare

nts and tea

chers

expressed co

ncerns th

at their

culture and

language were

slipping away from this

younger genera

tion.

For Vue’s students,

that’s where

the

learning begins.

On one wall

in his class

room is a la

rge,

colorful tapestr

y. The embroidere

d quilt,

or story clo

th, depicts th

e histo

ry of the

Hmong people inclu

ding their migrati

on

from Laos to the U

nited State

s. Handmade

dolls dress

ed in traditio

nal Hmong clo

th-

ing sit near

the doorway.

The Hmong originated

in northern

China and later migrate

d south, where

about 9 million Hmong (ca

lled “M

iao” in

Mandarin) st

ill resid

e. Over t

he centuries

,

they continued to move southward

, settlin

g

in Vietnam

, Laos, Thaila

nd and els

ewhere.

As a people,

they have survived genocid

e

and war. In the 1

960s and 70s, th

e Hmong

in Laos were

recruited

to fight in the C

IA’s

“secre

t wars”

against th

e Communists

dur-

ing the Vietn

am co

nflict. W

hen that effort

was lost,

many fled to neighboring Thai-

land and ended up in ref

ugee cam

ps there

.

The first

wave of Hmong ref

ugees to the

United State

s arrived in 1975, an

d the most

recent w

as in 2005. Today there

are more

than 260,000 Hmong Americans.

All of th

e students in

the immersi

on pro-

gram are

of Hmong herit

age. One in

five

English lea

rners in the d

istrict

are Hmong,

the second larg

est group afte

r Spanish

speakers.

The majo

rity are

second or th

ird

generation, born in the U

nited State

s. As

with large n

umbers of U

.S.-born Hispanic

students, most a

re also desig

nated English

Language Lear

ners, which

means th

ey are

not proficient in

English when enteri

ng the

program.

But for Vue an

d his fello

w teachers,

that

isn’t exactl

y a disad

vantage.

Classroom instru

ction in the program

starts w

ith 90 percent H

mong in kinder-

garten, an

d is base

d on the “90/10” m

odel

where English

is slowly ad

ded each year

until fourth grad

e, when the s

tudents are

taught 5

0 percent o

f the ti

me in Hmong

and 50 percent in

English. That m

eans th

at

in the lower g

rades,

subjects su

ch as math

and science

are als

o taught in

the Hmong

language.

On one autumn day,

students in Makae-

Photo by Andria Lo

Meet the Hmong M

MA fighters Friday, Dec. 2

8th

in front of the C

ommerce Buildin

g at 2pm.

www.stevethao.com

ABCs contin

ued on page 7

Cheng “Iron Le

gs” lee sh

ows off h

is WWC belt.

Hmong national

Farmers organization

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long lo wins

mma FigHt

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NHAF Brings Hmong Farm Issues to Fresno

Fresno Welcomes HND

FRESNO - The National Hmong

American Farmers organization held

their fourth annual National Farm

Conference on March 27, at the Fresno

Ramada Inn. Hmong farmers, govern-

ment agencies and farming activists

from around Fresno and the country

came to attend the conference filling

up the Ramada’s main ballroom.

The conference brought Hmong

farmers from as far away as North

Carolina, Minnesota and Washington

State to attend. ChuKou Thao, the ex-

ecutive director of the National Hmong

American Farmers, Inc., believes that

the spring offer the best time to attract

Hmong farmers to find tim

e to attend

this conference. The conference had

workshops on California state regula-

tions, marketing of farm products, vari-

ous government resources for farmers,

panel discussion on a variety of small

farming issues and even lifetime

awards to individuals for their dedica-

tion and advocacy to the Hmong small

farmer.

The highlight of the conference was

lunch hour which featured two keynote

speakers. The first

was May Kia Yang

who is a successful poultry farmer

from North Carolina and also on the

USDA (United States Department of

Agriculture) Farm Service Agency Ad-

visory Committee. The second was the

charismatic Shirley Sherrod.

Sherrod has dedicated her life to

the minority and rural small farmer

and is one of the early leaders in

the

civil rights m

ovement in America. Her

speech about African American farm-

ers in the South resonated among many

Hmong farmers who lived through

racial discrimination and large com-

mercial companies taking advantage of

uninformed small farmers w

ho didn’t

know where to get resources and infor-

mation to get the best prices and best

ways of selling their goods. Sherrod’s

inspiration and passion comes from her

father being killed by a white farmer.

Even though she had hoped to escape

the South and the racial discrimination

there her father’s death gave her pur-

pose to stay and make a change.

Fresno will be hosting the 16th Hmong

National Development conference from April

5 to April 7 at the Raddison Hotel. The HND

conference has a mission to bring together

community members, professionals, politi-

cians, scholars, youth, business owners and

more to network, dialogue, and celebrate the

community’s accomplishments. Over the

course of the three-day conference, various

events are held to build capacity, educate at-

tendees on Hmong issues, and discuss press-

ing issues in the Hmong community.

Nearly 800 people from all over the coun-

try along with a few international guests will

be attending the event. The conference rotates

around the country every two years. The con-

ference has been held in Denver, Sacramento,

Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Washington

D.C in the past twenty years.

The three major areas of emphasis are

education, health and economic development.

Some workshops examples include: Hmong

Language at the Crossroads presented by

Bee Vang-Moua, University of Minnesota;

Nor Pau Moua, Hmong Txuj Institute; Do-

mestic Violence & Sexual Assault in Our

Hmong Community presented by Mary Lee

(Valley Crisis Center) and Bao Yang (Mar-

jaree and Mason Centre) and Financial and

Management Assistance for For-Profit S

mall

Business Ventures presented by Blong Lee,

Fresno Community Development Fincancial

Institution; Dawn Golik, U.S. Small Business

Administration.

The theme of this year will be the Journey

Forward. For more information look up http://

www.hndinc.org.

NHAF continued on page 4

Hmong Woman

Wins FisHing Derby

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WorlD boxing

CHamp results

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Fresno Celebrates Asian Fest

New Kind of Fishing

FRESNO, Calif. – A large turn-out

came to Fresno City College to celebrate

the diversity of the Valley’s Asian cultures

on Saturday, April 5. Organizers expected

nearly two thousand to show up throughout

the day and it was busy from morning till

the end of the day at 4pm.

Asian Fest featured traditional music,

dancers, art and a wide variety of food.

From Hmong sausages to Korean kalbi to

award winning papaya the lines were long

but the weather was perfect.

Vendors lined the walkway inside the

Fresno City College campus. From anime

to bonsai trees you could buy or experience

something interesting and Asian. There

were activities for kids to draw or create

art. The event is organized by FCC’s

Asian-American faculty and staff. It aims

to educate the community about different

Asian cultures through performances and

demonstrations.

Joan Burgess, who lives in the local

neighborhood, commented that, “The

event is a fabulous event that helps all

of us celebrate all the beauty of different

cultures.” Burgess said she’ll always at-

tend Asian Fest as long as she lives in the

neighborhood.

Local television personality Margot

Kim emceed the event.

Fresno’s dance group Tseem Tub Ntxhais was featured at Asian Fest.

Fresno City College Instructor John Cho was instrumental in creating Asian Fest.

A fly fisherman on the San Joaquin River.

Hmong people love fishing. Families

go out together and fish for many variet-

ies, including bass, catfish, crappie and

other fish. On any given weekend on the

waterways and lakes of Central California,

you’ll find Hmong fishing on the banks

and more recently on their boats.

A long history of fish in the diet has

created a whole culture around fishing for

Hmong families. But what is this new kind

of fishing where the fisherman hovers the

line like a helicopter blade with the line

coming back and forth until then finally let

loose the lure and line to plop it in front

of a fish? Fly fishing is what it is called,

and it has caught the imagination of many

Hmong anglers across the country.

From the streams of Montana to the

rivers of Minnesota and the ones that flow

from the Sierras of Central California, fly

fishing has found some enthusiastic new

converts. Conventional fishing consists of

pole, hook, line and bait. This new sport

has new terminology and different kinds of

Fishing continued on page 5

Alex VAng(559) 473-3884

ChuCk lee(559) 978-8019

CAll




“Only you can determine your destiny and work for your goals. Only you can change your future and your

socio-economic situation. Your future begins today, not tomorrow.”

-Dr. Kou Yang

Congratulations to all 2014 graduates.Hmong Tribune would like to thank these graduates who submitted their information to our special feature.

Mai HangStockton, CAUniversity of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Arts, Sociology

Jerry Wang Yee HerFresno, CACalifornia State University, FresnoBachelor of Arts, Sociology

Song HerFresno, CACalifornia State University, FresnoBachelor of Arts, Liberal Studies

Mikie LeeFresno, CAUniversity of California, MercedBachelor of Arts, Psychology

Dena VangStockton, CAUniversity of the PacificBachelor of Arts, Sociology

Mai YengVangStockton, CA University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science, Integrative Biology

Mary YangFresno, CAUniversity of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Public Health & Master of Social Work

La VangAtwater, CASan Jose State UniversityBachelor of Science, Health Science

William Yang *Merced, CACalifornia State University, StanislausBA Criminal Justice

Louisa Xiong Vue *Modesto, CAUniversity of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Arts, American Studies

Xue Vee Yang Fresno, CA University of California San FranciscoDoctorate of Pharmacy

Julie VueFresno, CAUniversity of California, IrvineBachelor of Arts, Political Science

* See page 6 for student profiles




FRESNO – Fresno Unified is working to en-sure that students maintain good nutrition, even during the summer months. Free meals will be available to all youth ages 1 through 18 at more than 40 locations throughout the city beginning Tuesday, June 17. No registration, application or demonstration of financial need is required, but meals must be eaten on site. For further information, call the Food Services Department at (559) 457-6250. The program is federally funded and administered by the USDA’s Office of Food and Nutrition Services. The district served nearly 200,000 meals last summer.

Schools nationwide serve more than 5 bil-lion lunches annually, more than half of them to students eligible for free and reduced pricing. In Fresno Unified, more than 80% of Fresno Uni-fied students are eligible for free and reduced price meals.

FreeSummer

Meals Available for Fresno Children

Graduating Student Profiles

Edison High 540 E. California, 93706

6/17 -7/1---7/8-7/22 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Duncan High 4330 E. Garland, 93726

6/17 -7/1---7/8-7/22 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

McLane High 2727 N. Cedar, 93703 6/17 -7/1---7/8-7/22 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Roosevelt High 4250 E. Tulare 93702 6/17 -7/1---7/8-7/22 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Phoenix Secondary 2445 W. Dakota, 93705

6/17 -7/1---7/8-7/22 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Rata 1373 W. Mesa, 93711 6/17 – 7/15 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Cal State University, Fresno

5241 N. Maple, 93740 6/17 – 7/15 11:30 – 12:30 M-Thurs

J.E Young (Blackstone)

822 N. Abby,93701 6/17 -7/1---7/8-7/22 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

J.E Young (Millbrook) 3058 N. Millbrook,93703

6/17 -7/1---7/8-7/22 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Ramacher School 710 N. Hughes,93728 6/17 – 7/15 10:30 – 11:30 M-Fri

Adult Transition Program

3132 E. Fairmont,93726

6/17 – 7/15 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Calwa District Park 4545 E. Church,93725 6/16 – 8/14 11:30 – 12:30 M-Fri

AME Zion Church 1838 W. Kearney,93706

6/16 – 8/14 11:00 – 12:00 M-Fri

Lincoln Elementary 1100 Mono, 93706 6/17/14 – 7/11/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Lowell Elementary 171 N. Poplar, 93701 6/17/14 – 7/11/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Muir Elementary 410 E. Danette, 937282

6/17/14 – 7/11/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Norseman Elementary

4636 E. Weldon, 93703

6/17/14 – 7/15/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Powers-Ginsburg Elementary

110 E. Swift, 93704 6/17/14 – 7/15/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Pyle Elementary 4140 N Augusta, 93726

6/17/14 – 7/11/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Storey Elementary 5250 E. Church, 93725

6/17/14 – 7/15/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Turner Elementary 5218 E. Clay, 93727 6/17/14 – 7/11/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Webster Elementary 2600 E. Tyler, 93701 8/4/14 – 8/15/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Williams Elementary 525 W. Saginaw, 93705

6/17/14 – 7/15/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Wolters Elementary 5174 N. First, 93710 6/17/14 – 7/15/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Vang Pao Elementary 2323 E. McKenzie, 93701

6/17/14 – 7/15/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Ahwahnee Middle 1127 E Escalon, 93710

6/17 -7/1---7/8-7/22 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Computech Middle 555 E. Belgravia, 93706

6/16/14 – 7/2/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Cooper Academy 2277 W. Bellaire, 93705

7/18/14 – 8/8/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Ft. Miller Middle 1302 E. Dakota, 93704

6/17/14 – 7/11/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Tioga Middle 3232 E. Fairmont, 93726

6/17/14 – 7/15/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Scandinavian Middle 3216 N. Sierra Vista, 93726

6/17 -7/1---7/8-7/22 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Tehipite Middle 630 N. Augusta, 93701

6/17/14 – 7/15/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Terronez Middle 2300 S. Willow,93725 6/17 -7/1---7/8-7/22 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Wawona Middle 4524 N. Thorne, 93704

6/17/14 – 7/11/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Kings Canyon Middle 5117 E. Tulare, 93727 6/17 -7/1---7/8-7/22 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Tenaya Middle 1239 W. Mesa, 93711 6/17 -7/1---7/8-7/22 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Cambridge High 1001 S. Chestnut, 93727

6/13/14 – 7/11/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Fresno High 1839 N. Echo, 93704 6/17 -7/1---7/8-7/22 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Fresno Unified School District Office of Communications

2309 Tulare Street ~ Fresno, CA 93721~ (559) 457-3733

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Micheline Golden [email protected] (559) 250-7687

June 16, 2014

MEDIA ADVISORY

Free Summer Meals Available for Fresno Children

FRESNO – Fresno Unified is working to ensure that students maintain good nutrition, even during the summer months. Free meals will be available to all youth ages 1 through 18 at more than 40 locations throughout the city beginning Tuesday, June 17. No registration, application or demonstration of financial need is required, but meals must be eaten on site. For further information, call the Food Services Department at (559) 457-6250. The program is federally funded and administered by the USDA’s Office of Food and Nutrition Services. The district served nearly 200,000 meals last summer.

Schools nationwide serve more than 5 billion lunches annually, more than half of them to students eligible for free and reduced pricing. In Fresno Unified, more than 80% of Fresno Unified students are eligible for free and reduced price meals.

SCHOOL NAME ADDRESS DATES OF SERVICE MEAL TIMES

Addicott Elementary 4784 E. Dayton, 93726

6/17/14 – 7/15/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Anthony Elementary 1542 E. Webster, 93728

6/17/14 – 7/11/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Birney Elementary 3034 E Cornell, 93703 6/17/14 – 7/11/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Greenberg Elementary

5081 E. Lane, 93727 6/17/14 – 7/15/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Lawless Elementary 5255 N. Reese, 93722 6/17/14 – 7/11/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Leavenworth Elementary

4420 E. Thomas, 93702

6/17/14 – 7/11/14 10:00 – 11:00 M-Fri

Louisa Xiong VueLike many other

low-income first gen-eration Hmong col-lege student, I faced many challenges and struggles in higher education. I struggle

to not only exist at one of the top public university in the world, but also as a hu-man being working everyday to negotiate my very existence and identity. Leaving home was in many ways a form of Ameri-canization for my entire family and I. We lived through a secret war but our greatest war has been to survive the dismantling

of our culture, history and family. The colonially imposed idea of an education as the ultimate savior of our futures neglected our lives as refugees seeking a refuge in our land of refuge. Having been tracked by those who “knew better” and being told throughout my life that I was incapable of making decisions for myself, my dreams barely survived my undergraduate career regardless of my own conscious strength and the support of many programs. Being immersed in the world renowned intel-lectual diversity at Cal, I quickly learned of the reality that my dreams, which carry the lives of so many, was not only greatly stunted but also psychologically killing me at the institutional level with few knew of

my suffering. Ultimately, the only resolution that saved me came from knowing about my history, struggles and life where born from generations of suffering and pain. This knowledge and the undying faith my loved ones and programs such as the Gates Millennium Scholars Scholarship Program gave to me life again from a depth of great darkness no words could ever express. And above all of my pain and suffering, I like to believe I have triumphed overan institution and a world designed to neglect people like myself. Further the truth is that it has only begun as there are many more roads to pave ahead for more than just myself. There has not been a day of my life where I have not felt fear or pain and for that very reason I refuse to leave behind a world where we have lost more than we have triumphed. I do it for myself, my family, my com-munity, my world, and most im-portantly the ones who have lost their lives seeking a world they believed could give their children more than even they could have ever imagined.

William Yang

I wanted to share some of his struggles to motivate cur-rent students. I started college in 2008 and I was enjoying the independence that comes with living away from home and was reckless with my financial aid. I struggled with school and my grades dropped pretty low. I was place on academic probation. Then Igave up and dropped out of college after Spring 2010.

I returned to live with his parents back at home and people started to label him as a failure. I felt like I had no direction, had no job, no life and no goals. I knew that I needed to mature and grow up a little bit. Later I became aware of the common issues that first generation and students of color and immigrants faced in college. I was inspired by see-ing the challenges many of these students strived to overcome. So I decided to go back to school at Merced Community College in 2011 and declared a major in Criminal Justice.

Now more focused and with the support of peers I improved in my classes. A year later Icomplet-ed my Associates degree and was able to transfer back to CSU Stan-islaus in Fall 2014. This Spring I was able to achieved straight A’s and made the Dean’s list. I had to find out the hard way but realized that failure brought out the best in me.

WAnt tO AdVeRtise inthe hmOng tRibune?

CAll Alex VAng (559) 473-3884 OR ChuCk lee (559) 978-8019




Employment & Eligibility Specialist(Bilingual: Hmong)Butte County

Salary:$14.95 - $20.04 Hourly$1196.15 - $1602.95 Biweekly$2591.66 - $3473.06 Monthly$31099.95 - $41676.75 Annually

Opening date: 06/12/14Closing date: 07/13/14 05:00 PM

Summary: This is a HMONG bi-lingual recruitment only. Only apply if you speak and write HMONG.

Under general supervision, determines the eligibility of applicants and recipients of the Department Employment & Social Services (DESS) public assistance pro-grams through interactive interviews and fact gathering; provides guidance and work plans to resolve employment barri-ers.

FLSA: Non-Exempt

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:Essential Job Functions: Essential func-tions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills and other characteristics. The list that follows is not intended as a comprehensive list; it is intended to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsi-bilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed, and may be required to perform additional, position-specific tasks.

• Interviews clients with complex barriers to employment and self-sufficiency to determine client eligibility for public as-sistance programs and services; manages employment and social services plans for clients.

• Reviews and analyzes client data to de-termine appropriate services under local, state and federal criteria; screens infor-mation for accuracy; requests required documents; verifies and validates data.

• Assists clients in accessing community

services; refers client to supportive services; counsels clients, initiates and monitors job search activities, and as-sists in the identification and removal of barriers to self-sufficiency and employ-ment; may recommend or perform skill testing services.

• Collects and reviews eligibility informa-tion and documentation to determine initial and continuing eligibility for aid programs; investigates claims and docu-ments actions.

• Explains social services rules and regulations to clients and apprises them of their rights, responsibilities and eligibility for public assistance programs and services; assists parties in the completion of forms; searches files and other documents for required and relevant information.

• Performs case management functions; organizes files; prepares and mails cor-respondence; reviews case information and status; updates database and assures accuracy and completion of application, declaration forms and computer input; generates and processes a variety of legal documents and other related ma-terials; compiles and analyzes statistics; works as part of an integrated case management team.

• Organizes caseload so that necessary case records and documents are processed and updated within specific time limits established by regulation and local policy.

• Completes registration/contractual process for enrollment into appropriate eligibility services; assesses client compliance to rules and regulations, and applies sanctions as required or directed.

• Resolves discrepancies by securing documentation, records and other con-firmation from other entities; evaluates potential for fraudulent situations and reports to supervisor as required.

• Approves and provides supportive services and ancillary payments.

• Inputs client application information and client statements into statewide auto-mated data system; reads and interprets computer-generated reports.

• Adheres to the standards of the Privacy Act of 1974, {U.S.C. § 552A} as amended; maintains and enforces all aspects of confidentiality of client information.

• Supports the relationship between Butte

County and the constituent population by demonstrating courteous and coop-erative behavior when interacting with clients, visitors, and other employees.

• Performs related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalent GED certificate.

• One (1) year of work experience as an Eligibility Specialist OR two (2) years in customer or clerical services interview-ing or gathering information for business purposes.

• Valid State of California driver’s license may be required.

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL REQUIRE-MENTS: • Work is performed in an office environ-

ment.

APPLICATIONS MAY BE FILED ON-LINE AT: http://www.buttecounty.net/personnel

3-A County Center Drive Oroville, CA 95965 530-538-7651

[email protected] Position #145344137 EMPLOYMENT & ELIGIBILITYSPECIALIST (BILINGUAL: HMONG) LG ——— ——— ——— ———————

Engagement and Data Coordinator

Job description2614 - 36th Street Sacramento, CA 95817T 916-699-0671 www.ubuntugreen.org Copyright 2010 Ubuntu Green

Engagement and Data Coordinator Organization: Ubuntu Green, www.ubuntugreen.org Location:Sacramento, CA Hours: Full Time 35-40 hours a week. Start Date: June/

July 2014

Organizational Description - Ubuntu Green is a 501c3 non-profit organization, committed to promoting healthy, sustain-able and equitable communities through advocacy, education, and community development and empowerment.

Job Description - The Engagement and Data Coordinator will coordinate our research and data and support our com-munity engagement, advocacy and policy work and other functions, as needed. The Data and Engagement Coordinator will report to the President and CEO. The Coordinator must be familiar with GIS, Google Earth/Maps, Microsoft Office/Outlook, Dropbox, and various social networking platforms.

Essential Functions: Research and Data Coordination Coordinates the use of data and research in all aspects of the organizations work, including the use of mapping and coordi-nation with organizational and university partners.

• Assist with trainings of residents, youth and community partners on how to use data and research for advocacy.

• Community Engagement Assist in establishing and maintaining an active and positive working relationships with community members, and local and regional nonprofit organizations.

• Participates in community outreach and engagement activities.

• Assist in planning of community events.• Policy and Advocacy Support

Monitors local, state and federal legisla-tion policy.

• Attends local and regional legislative/regulatory hearings.

• Qualifications B.A. in public administration, public policy, social work, political science, geography, community/economic devel-opment or related major.

• Experience and ability to work with diverse staff and populations.* Bilingual and Spanish, Hmong, or Vietnamese a plus.* Excellent communications, writing, management and interpersonal skills.* Motivated and independent worker.* Creative and flexible thinker.* Excellent computer skills.*

2614 - 36th Street Sacramento, CA 95817 T 916-699-0671 www.ubuntugreen.org

1-3 years of work experience.

History in working in one or more of the following areas: social justice, environ-mental justice, community development, economic development, gre·en movement, environments, or etc. Familiar with working online and with social networking.* Salary Range Starting salary will be $30,000 - $35,000 a year.

Send resume to [email protected].

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Hmong Tribune June 2014