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Return to "Working with Hmong Audiences"
Hmong in Minnesota and Wisconsin
Characteristics
- Minnesota Public Radio produced a slide and audio show about Hmong in Minnesota in March 1999, entitled, "This Is Home." The audio and some slides are available at the following web address: http://news.mpr.org/features/199903/08_nymanl_home/
- An overview of the Hmong in Minnesota is provided by the Lao Family Community of Minnesota. The description includes a general description of the income, educational level and family characteristics of the Hmong living in St. Paul in the 1990s. Web address: http://www.laofamily.org/lfcm.htm
- "The Ordeal of Immigration in Wausau" by Roy Beck is an 8-page article from The Atlantic Monthly in 1994. The article describes the impact of the Hmong immigration into Wausau, Wisconsin on the families and social structures of both the white and Hmong communities. Web address: http://www.como.stpaul.k12.mn.us/Vue-Benson/Beck_Ordeal.html
Demographics
Extension Programming with Hmong Audiences
- Marathon County, Wisconsin (http://uw-ext.co.marathon.us/hmong.htm)- a description of educational programs that are on-going in this central Wisconsin county.
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