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Poor Amina
As a second-generation Hmong-American, I am constantly haunted by the Hmong narrative, a story that is “inherently” my own as it is unbelonging to me, elements of my core being stemming from that of the Secret War in Vietnam, diaspora, and cultural brokenness.
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Rising Power
“Rising Power” brings us to Madison, Wisconsin, where we meet community organizers Kabzuag Vaj and M Adams, co-directors of Freedom, Inc.
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The Dead I Know: Incantation for Rebirth
Poems reflect on and portray the Hmong experience both in Asia and in the U.S., and the struggles Hmong families go through in assimilating to U.
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The People Closest to the Pain Need to Lead
Host A’shanti Gholar speaks with Kabzuag Vaj, the co-founder and co-executive director of Freedom, Inc—an organization that focuses on ending violence against people of color, women and youth.
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There’s ’no word for queer’ in the Hmong language.
SUNAH wants to replace negative vocabulary from other Asian languages that some Hmong speakers use to refer to LGBTQ people. They used their time as an visual artist at The Cedar performance venue to craft new, positive alternatives in the Hmong language that translate to rainbow, butterfly, and handsome women, among others.
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