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| Walking in the Rain is a most humbling experience.
Spent a weekend in Portland for HND Board Retreat learned a lot of new things and planned for the next six months. Took on more responsiblities again then maybe I shouldnt have but thats how life is. Had an awesome community reception met interesting people saw some old friends back from the HND conference in DC back in 2003. Good to know they are doing extemely well because of their experience. In addition to the retreat this weekend was also a weekend full of story telling about Hmong life back in Laos. My professor shared his usual stories of his life in Laos... and I got to meet some long lost relatives who I never met for the first time. They were really interesting and glad to meet me because they always heard so much about me but meeting in person was quite different. I had to speak Hmong fluently for hours and hours. My uncle shared many interesting stories of my dad and grandfather and great great uncles and grandfathers stories that were even passed on to him when he was young. A quite interesting moment exceptionally surprisingly to learn everything. Didnt take much pictures because it was rainy so I just left my camera in my room. Definately a place to visit again :)
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| A historic night for the Hmong American community in Fresno, California. Two
Hmong Americans successfully won elections: Blong Xiong for Fresno City
Council and Dr Tony Vang re-elected to the Fresno Unified School Board.
Election results source:
http://www.co.fresno.ca.us/2850/Results/results-1.htm
FRESNO UNIFIED NO 4
TONY VANG 24186 56.21%
JULIE HORNBACK 18751 43.58%
Write-in Votes 92 0.21%
FRESNO CITY COUNCIL NO 1
BLONG XIONG 4393 53.53%
SCOTT MILLER 3796 46.25%
Write-in Votes 18
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Great news to share regarding the Hmong American community in CA & MN.
Xiong wins City Council seat
He will be first Asian-American to sit on Fresno City Council after
defeating Miller by 600 votes.
By Matt Leedy / The Fresno Bee
11/08/06 04:28:22
Blong Xiong handily won election to the Fresno City Council on Tuesday,
becoming the first Hmong in California to win a city council seat.
He also will become the first Asian-American to sit on the Fresno City
Council when he is sworn into office Jan. 2 during the board's first meeting
of 2007.
Read entire article: http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/11897.html
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Other surprises included a shakeup of Fresno Unified School District's Board
of Trustees with the election of newcomers Cal Johnson and Michelle Arax
Asadoorian. In addition, two incumbents opposed by the Voices for Excellence
slate -- Valerie Davis and Tony Vang -- held off their challengers.
Though the vote suggests that the district's teacher union will flex more
muscle on the school board, all of the winners are high-quality individuals
whom I expect to continue the push to turn around Fresno Unified.
Read entire article: http://www.fresnobeehive.com/elections/
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MN Local election results. Both MN State Senator Mee Moua and MN State
Representative Cy Thao won successful re-election campaigns to the MN State
legislature (in Califonia this is refer to as State Assembly)
MN State Senate
District 67
26 of 26 precincts (100%) Percent of vote
Mee Moua, D* 13,509 69%
Richard (Rick) Mulkern, R 6,005 31%
MN State House
District 65A
11 of 11 precincts (100%) Percent of vote
Cy Thao, D* 5,813 81%
Paul Holmgren, R 1,393 19%
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| Today is Elections please go out and exercise your voting power.
Today could be a historic day for the Hmong community of Fresno and for all
Hmong in California.
http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/9367.html
Council run motivates Hmong
Win or lose, Blong Xiong will draw Southeast Asians into Fresno's civic
life.
By Matt Leedy / The Fresno Bee
10/25/06 03:58:19
Click link above to read entire article.
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