Hmong Cultural Center Of Minnesota

TO PROMOTE THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, ADULTS THROUGH EDUCATION WHILE PROVIDING RESOURCES THAT ENHANCE CROSS CULTURAL AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN HMONG AND NON-HMONG

ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THEY INCLUDE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) CLASSES, OCCUPATIONAL ENGLISH CLASSES JOB COUNSELING SERVICES AND CITIZENSHIP CLASSES. HMONG CULTURAL CENTER IS A MEMBER OF THE SAINT PAUL COMMUNITY LITERACY CONSORTIUM. CITIZENSHIP AND SOME ESL CLASSES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. 161 STUDENTS SERVED WITH 11,879 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION IN 2021

RESOURCE CENTER AND MUSEUM FOR LOCAL AND NATIONAL USE. THE COLLECTIONS OF THE HMONG RESOURCE CENTER LIBRARY INCLUDE MORE THAN 800 HMONG-RELATED BOOKS, 400 HMONG-RELATED THESES AND DISSERTATIONS, 1000 HMONG-RELATED ACADEMIC JOURNAL ARTICLESS AND OVER 3,500 HMONG-RELATED NEWSPAPER ARTICLES. THE LIBRARY ALSO HOSTS A GROWING VIRTUAL LIBRARY COLLECTION ON THE INTERNET (WWW.HMONGLIBRARY.ORG). THE HMONG CULTURAL CENTER MUSEUM PROVIDES A GROWING SELECTION OF INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AND INTERPRETIVE MATERIALS THAT TEACH VISITORS ABOUT HMONG CULTURE AND HISTORY WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE EXPERIENCES OF HMONG MINNESOTANS AND THE RICH HMONG FOLK ARTS TRADITION EXHIBITS INCLUDE 25 MUSEUM-QUALITY DISPLAY PANELS, 7 INTERACTIVE STATIONS AND 8 DISPLAY CASES OF HMONG CULTURAL OBJECTS ALONG WITH AN ONLINE EXHIBIT (WWW.HMONGHISTORYCENTER.ORG) 320 TOTAL PHYSICAL VISITORS TOURED THE MUSEUM OR USED THE LIBRARY

CULTURAL PROGRAMS. HMONG WEDDING AND FUNERAL SONGS PROGRAM - THIS 28 YEAR OLD PROGRAM TEACHES ADULTS AND YOUTH TRADITIONAL ORALLY RECITED SONGS AND PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH MEEJKOOB (THE TRADITIONAL HMONG MARRIAGE CEREMONY) AND KEV PAMTUAG (FUNERAL CEREMONY) IN ORDER TO HELP ENSURE THE SURVIVAL OF HMONG CULTURE AND TRADITIONS. 33 STUDENTS WERE SERVED IN 2021 QEEJ MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PROGRAM - THE POPULAR AFTERSCHOOL QEEJ CLASSES TEACH STUDENTS IN THE ART OF THE QEEJ - A TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENT WIDELY KNOWN AS A CULTURAL SYMBOL OF HMONG IDENTITY. LESSONS INCLUDE PLAYING AND DANCING WITH THE QEEJ INSTRUMENT. 12 STUDENTS WERE SERVED IN 2021. HMONG 101. - TO RESPOND TO THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION ABOUT THE HMONG EXPERIENCE, HMONG HISTORY AND CULTURE AND HMONG AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE U.S., THE HMONG CULTURAL CENTER PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE AND INTERACTIVE AND ONLINE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE HMONG TO GROUPS IN MINNESOTA, THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES (WWW.HMONG101.COM). APPROXIMATELY 1,500 ATTENDEES IN 2019.