Hmong Cultural Heritage Microgrant Awardees
November 2019 – May 2020
Total Awardees: 8
Total Awarded: $37,090
Total Cities: 3
Hmong American Day - $5,000
St. Paul
Hmong American Day will collaborate with Hmong for Native Speakers courses in the Osseo School District at Park Center Senior High and Osseo Senior High to provide engaging activities that invite students to continue with their learning and sharing of Hmong language and culture.
Hmong Archives - $4,000
St. Paul
Hmong Archives will: photograph all items of the Martha Kaufman-Zimmerman Collection and four archival boxes of objects of Wat Tham Krabok, and post them on their website; publish books in Hmong and English with selected images and texts; and record, transcribe, and translate video interviews with Hmong elders.
Hmong Cultural Center of Minnesota - $3,090
St. Paul
The new theater room exhibit will allow visitors to view clips of historical documentaries about the Hmong diaspora and Hmong American Experience.
Hmong Museum - $5,000
St. Paul
Hmong Museum will pilot a program around the practice and teaching of Hmong elders’ knowledge and skill around a folk art activity, such as bamboo basket weaving.
Hnub Tshiab - Hmong Women Achieving Together - $5,000
St. Paul
Hnub Tshiab will create a personal development workbook that will supplement their book titled Staring Down the Tiger: Stories of Hmong American Women, which provides a platform to tell stories of Hmong women.
Pha Association, Inc. - $5,000
Brooklyn Park
Elders and youths will engage with each other to strengthen their proficiency in the Hmong language and Hmong alphabet through lessons.
The SEAD Project - $5,000
Minneapolis
The SEAD Project will develop free online resources that teach Hmong language and culture to the public.
Tou SaiK Unites - $5,000
St. Paul
Tou SaiK Unites implements Unified Worldwide, a Hmong language Hip Hop project which includes creating and sharing songs accompanied by a curriculum to relearn Hmong language through writing lyrics.