July 2006 Bimonthly Digest #1 July 11, 2006
Hello HCSM Members,
We are excited to be in full swing with the transition to the 06-07 HCSM Board. We have great expectations and hopes of advancing the growth of HCSM and hope that you will continue to be a part of it. We are thrilled to announce our first-ever HCSM President’s Retreat, which will be happening early August. In addition to that, we have many other opportunities for you to consider as you take in some of that summer sun. More information is available below.
Table of Contents
- HCSM President’s Retreat – Deadline July 21st
- Team Chow Fa’s Production of Tou and Mai – July 13, 14, & 15
- CHAT’s 5th Annual Hmong Arts and Music Festival – August 26th
- Job Opportunity: Wilder Foundation
- Job Opportunity: AmeriCorps Position with Jane Addams School and Humboldt
- Volunteer Opportunity: Take Action MN
I. HCSM President’s Retreat - August 5-6, 2006
HCSM is pleased to announce the 2006 HCSM President’s Retreat at William O’Brien State Park in St. Croix, MN on August 5-6, 2006.
The purpose of the President’s Retreat is to initiate a strong network among incoming 2006-2007 school presidents/chairs/representatives of surrounding colleges and universities in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. The two-day retreat will focus on the importance of networking and how it relates to community empowerment. This will be achieved through cooperative learning, healthy discussions, and team-building exercises. Participants will strategically plan ideas, events, and programs that emphasize the importance of education and/or community activism on the campus, local, and state level. HCSM will establish a networking contact list that participants will be able to utilize throughout the school year.
All expenses (transportation, lodging, food, and supplies) for this retreat will be paid for by HCSM, however, priority will be given first to those holding official positions within their school organization next year, but HCSM encourages all to apply.
The deadline for HCSM President’s Retreat Application Form is Friday, July 21st at 4:00 pm. Send applications via email to: hcsm@hcsmstudents.org (This method is preferred). If you’d like to send it via air mail, mail out your application before Tuesday, July 18th to ensure the application is received before July 21st. You’ll be notified by Tues. July 25th to see if you have been selected to participate in the HCSM’s President’s Retreat.
The application form is attached to this email and is also available on our website. Directions of saving/completing the application can be found at our website. Refer to the registration packet for more details.
Questions, please contact:
Chai Lee, HCSM Public Relations Chair
Cell Phone: (651) 491-8084
Email: hcsm@hcsmstudents.org
II. Team Chow Fa’s Production of Tou and Mai - July 13, 14, & 15
“Tou and Mai” is a feature-length romantic comedy starring Houa Lee as Mai, Kenny Lee as Tou, and Diana Xiong as Bambi. The film tells the story about a rascal named Tou who is given one last chance to prove himself as a responsible and respectable man when his uncle offers him a job as a tutor for new refugee arrivals.
Through his new job, Tou meets Mai who recently arrived from the Wat Tham Krabok camp. Although Tou’s arrogance challenges their relationship at first, they gradually form a close bond with one another creating a number of problems between him and his girlfriend Bambi.
The film will features an original soundtrack by Hmong musicians such as Watching Leona, The Rice Channel, PHoice, and Shattered Echo’Z.
New available showings at Mounds Theater in St. Paul, starting Thursday, July 13th @ 8pm.
The movie DVD will be released, along with original movie soundtrack by November 2006 at the Minnesota Hmong New Year’s celebration!
Contact Kang Vang, kangvang@gmail.com or visit http://www.xanga.com/teamchowfa
III. CHAT’s 5th Annual Hmong Arts and Music Festival – August 26th
CHAT’s 5th Annual Hmong Arts and Music Festival will be happening on August 26th. They are searching for artists and asking for your help in getting the word out.
There are two options for artists: submit work to the Featured Exhibit at the Festival OR show off and sell their work in a vendor booth. OR…do both!
The Featured Exhibit is based on this year’s theme: The Hmong Chronicles. The Featured Exhibit will use art to serve as documentation of this very significant time in our history: the Hmong from the refugee camps in Thailand have come to merge with Hmong-Americans. This very much anticipated reunion has created a ripple in the settlement of the Hmong-American community and has triggered yet another evolution in the development of our people. Artists are asked to capture this moment and all that it encompasses in their artwork.
Please help CHAT spread the word so student artists can be featured at the festival! Contact Kathy Mouacheupao at 651-603-6971 or kathy@aboutchat.org for more info.
IV. Wilder Foundation
The Wilder Foundation, in part with AmeriCorps Promise Fellows, has several positions that begin September 1st, 2006 and go through August 31, 2007. As a part of their work, they sponsor some AmeriCorps Promise Fellows who work with them and some of their partners to address the achievement gap and school success for youth in St. Paul. The positions will allow you to work in schools and communities to develop opportunities for children and youth and to build resources for organizations to become more effective with youth. They have 5 openings (1 at Jackson Street Village a Wilder supportive housing community, 2 at Public Housing communities, 1 at Dayton’s Bluff elementary School and 1 at Cleveland Jr. High) this coming fall.
Also, their next round of Leadership Skills for Success, a 6-month leadership development program, begins in October, and they are in the process of developing a newly configured Youth Leadership Initiative that will foster personal and leadership development in multicultural and cultural specific groups. They will be recruiting youth and looking for community “coaches” to help them with the “curriculum,” activities and mentors for the youth (ages 14-18).
If anyone is interested in learning more about this opportunity please feel free to give Sally Brown a call at (651) 642-4091 or e-mail her at sab@wilder.org
V. AmeriCorps Position with Jane Addams School and Humboldt
Are you interested in working with the Hmong community? Well, there is a new and exciting full-time AmeriCorps position starting this fall with Jane Addams School (JAS) and Humboldt High School. If you would like to apply for this position, you may get applications at Neighborhood House on the West Side or call Laura Howting at (651) 789-2554. The position is with the Teen (refugee) Circle and the Hmong Circle at JAS as well as ELL classes at Humboldt, and to assist with the connection between Humboldt students and parents and JAS.
Visit the following website for more information: www.publicwork.org/jas/
VI. Volunteer Opportunity: Take Action MN
Take action and volunteer! There will be phone-banking volunteer opportunities at Take Action MN for the gubernatorial race this fall.
If interested, please contact Fue Khang: (651) 641-6199
We are looking forward to an exciting year and hope to see many of you at our events.
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- Author : Dang
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Wow this is very interesting. I hope in the near future Hmong NC would come up with something like this. I am very proud of us Hmong taking a role in our community.