Here’s a sneak peak at what’s inside the latest issue of 18XEEM!
A warm and delicious recipe
Poems & Testimonies “What I Love about…”
As the editor, and creator of 18XEEM, a cultural Hmong magazine, my goal is to preserve our culture, our people, and to document our achievements through language and art, so that it can continue to exist, when we all cease to exist. I hope that you all will help support this magazine so that it can continue to grow, and to reach more individuals; so that not only can they learn about a culture, through reading, but that those who were once a part of this culture, will also remember their history and their heritage, and their humble roots.
Secondly, my goal was to showcase a beautiful and unique people, who, too often, are portrayed negatively in the mainstream media. Who, too often, is also mistaken, unknown, quiet, and unprivileged because of a language or cultural barrier. No one should be the main author of our culture and our people more than ourselves.
18XEEM is meant to be shared and given to those who know least, and I hope that when you finish reading, that you will pass it on to a friend, or a co-worker.
In this issue, we are celebrating the Hmong around the world, and although we could not cover every country, we hope that this will give you an idea of how far the distance separates us from each other, yet how close we still are, in our language and our clothing.
This is something that is so unique to the Hmong, and I hope it will inspire you to seek for more answers that we may not have covered. Thank you to everyone who has continued to support us and to those who we will meet along the way.
A story about a Hmong boy and his family; and how we can learn from their tragic experience.
In the fall 2006, a diverse group of people came together in response to a tragic killing of teenager named Chonburi Xiong, a Hmong American youth. Since that time, we have become determined to better understand the problems we face and to develop positive solutions that will improve relations among all people in the community.
When negative things happen, it is tempting to just say, “That doesn’t concern me. I’ll just mind my own business.” However, we understand that problems will not go away on their own. We all have a responsibility to become a part of the solution because we are all affected by the things that impact our families, neighbors, and friends.
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Caroline Vang spent the entire Friday night making signs for the next morning. “We need another Senator Mee Moua” she wrote on one of the signs. In the early morning, the signs would be placed around the tent where a group of her friends and colleagues were going to register their fellow Hmong-American citizens to vote in the United States. It was the annual Hmong Sports Festival in Michigan, and it was time that someone step forward to make the community transition into becoming full-fledge US citizens. But while Caroline was busy registering her fellow Hmong to become active voters in the democratic process, she would not be allowed to fill out her very own form.
Twenty-three years ago, Caroline Vang was born to Guy and Genevieve Vang in France. Just 5 years later, Guy would bring his two French daughters and his wife to the United States. For 18 years, his family lived and worked in the United States. For 18 years, Caroline and her younger sister Melanie went to public schools. And within those 18 years, Guy and Genevieve had two more children, Stevan and Christine.
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