2025 Wrap Up: 50th Joint Commemoration, Connected Histories & Solidarity

December 10, 2025 - By Chinda Kim Gregor

What I remember most about those first 50th Advisory Council meetings is our shared excitement and purpose we felt. From the very beginning, we all believed deeply in the vision of creating a joint commemoration to honor and celebrate the contributions of our communities coming together.

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St. Paul – From Mountains to Lakes: Celebrate HERstory

Join the Minnesota Humanities Center and Hnub Tshiab: Hmong Women Achieving Together (HWAT) as we celebrate with Kaohly Vang Her a defining moment in St. Paul and Hmong history, the election of Her as St. Paul’s first women and first Hmong mayor. Read More

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St. Paul – From Mountains to Lakes: The Museums We Carry

From Mountains to Lakes: The Museums We Carry is a daylong retreat that brings together Hmong cultural bearers, educators, and community leaders to examine the dangers of cultural extinction and explore collective ways to preserve identity. Read More

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Minneapolis – 50th Anniversary Joint Commemoration Immersive Digital Experience

Walk through a history of the shared – similar yet very different – journeys of the Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, and Vietnamese communities, and Minnesota’s U.S. Vietnam Veterans, as they navigated war, refugee camps, and their eventual new lives in the United States. Read More

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St. Paul – 50th Joint Commemoration Community Events

Enjoy food concessions, craft vendors, entertainment, exhibits, artifacts, and much more, representing Minnesota’s vibrant Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, and Vietnamese communities, and Vietnam War era Veterans from their experiences in 1970s Southeast Asia to refugee camps and their harrowing journeys to Minnesota. Read More

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Maplewood – Feeding Our Soul: The Essence of Asian Joy

As part of our Feeding Our Souls: The Essence of Cultural Joy series, the Minnesota Humanities Center invites you to an engaging Night Market Pop-Up learning experience celebrating the stories, sounds, and street foods that bring communities and neighborhoods together. Read More

“alternative routes” – a celebration of queer southeast Asian creativity and curiosity, curated by the Paper Lantern Project

June 5, 2025 - By Rae Rowe

2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Southeast Asian settling in Minnesota, making it home. It also marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Wars in Southeast Asia. The 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War or the American War in Vietnam. It’s also the Year of The Snake—a year of transformation.

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St. Paul – Ancestral Art – Hmong Weaving & Textile Retreat

K-12 Educators will receive 3 clock hours. Join us for a daylong retreat with master weaver from Thailand, Ms. Li Sawangcharoensap (Lig Yaaj). Her presence will offer rare, hands-on opportunities for Hmong Americans and the broader community to engage directly with an ancestral art form that has largely remained unseen outside Southeast Asia. Read More

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Hampton – Learning from Place: Watt Munisotaram (Cambodian Temple)

K-12 educators will receive 3 clock hours Join us for an immersive cultural learning experience at Watt Munisotaram, the largest Cambodian Buddhist temple in the United States, located in the serene countryside of Hampton, Minnesota. Read More

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St. Paul – From Mountains to Lakes: Stories Of Hmong Women

MHC is proud to collaborate with Hmong Women Achieving Together to host From Mountains to Lakes: Stories of Hmong Women, an event recognizing the perseverance and contributions of Hmong women in Minnesota since arriving nearly 50 years ago. Read More