Professional Hmong Women Association

This year, PHWA will be presenting a workshop The "Secret" Revealed: Tools for Personal and Professional Development at the Hmong National Development's 13th Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado from March 27-March 30, 2008.

If you are in the area, please come see us at the Marriott Denver City Center Hotel in Denver, Colorado.

February 18, 2008

SERIES OF WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS TO BUILD PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH IN THE HMONG COMMUNITY click here for the press release

February 18, 2008

TAX SEMINAR TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH TIPS TO SAVE AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE click here for the press release

Hmong American Institute for Learning (HAIL) along with the Center for Hmong Studies and the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library are hosting the launch of The Latehomecomer on April 10 at Concordia University (see the flyer for more details). Read the most recent review and interview of Kao Kalia Yang on her upcoming book The Latehomecomer. Open up the attached flyer below for more events and activities for The Latehomecomer.

Book note: The Latehomecomer, a stirring family journey
by Mark Weaver, TC Daily Planet
If you type the word “Hmong” into a Microsoft Word document, the spell check dictionary underlines it with a squiggly red line. The Hmong, a significant part of the Twin Cities community, are evidently unknown to Microsoft—and perhaps to most Americans.

Interview: Latehomecomer Kao Kalia Yang
by Mark Weaver, TC Daily Planet
Kao Kalia Yang ’s book The Latehomecomer tells the story of her family’s flight from Laos into Thailand , running from the North Vietnamese Army. Yang was born in the Bin Vinai Refugee Camp in 1980, and then at the age of seven came with her family to live in St. Paul.