Hmong Association of Washington (HAW)
Last Updated: May 19, 2009
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2009 Hmong Graduation Party
HAW is pleased to announce that we will be accepting names of the 2009 graduates in the Hmong community of Washington. Graduates need to receive either a high school diploma, an associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate’s degrees. If you, or someone you know, is graduating, please send us their information because it is vital to our community. HAW collects this information to know of the educational progress in our community.
HAW will collaborate with the Eastside Hmong Association (EHA) again this year to recognize our graduates. Below is the information for the party:
Highland Community Center
14224 Bel-Red Road, Bellevue, WA 98007
6:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
This year, HAW and EHA will be holding another scholarship opportunity for highschool graduates continuing on to higher education. There will be two scholarship awards valued at $250 each. Please see the application form here.
National Hmong Grave Desecration Committee - Update
The NHGDC held their third annual conference in Fresno, CA, over the weekend of March 28-29. Yee Xiong was able to attend and support the Committee. Vang Xiong, a long-time community leader from Spokane, is the NHGDC Chairman, and leads a national team in seeking a peaceful and just solution to the grave desecration in Thailand.
The NHGDC website is up www.nhgdc.org. Please visit the website to learn more on the facts of the issue, the progress of the Committee, the different organizations working together to resolve this issue, the solution proposed by the NHGDC, and more.
Hmong National Conference in the NorthWest
HAW has been approached by Hmong National Development to submit a bid to host the Hmong National Conference. HAW will be looking at the logistics of making this happen.
HAW has also communicated HND’s interest to the Hmong community in Portland, OR, to see if they are interested in also submitting a bid.
Will it happen in Seattle? HAW hopes so because this will be a big boost for our community and for Seattle to be able to host such a large event.
If you’re interested in learning more about how you can be involved, please contact HAW.