Today April 22, 2016, we have a group of employees from Zelle, ESG, and few community members come together to help keep our little North Loop playground area clean so that the kids can enjoy the playground.
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By Ben Bartenstein | bbartenstein@pioneerpress.com | POSTED: 08/03/2015 06:55:14 AM CDT
In the months after she went deaf, Mai Vang, 35, found solace picking up trash from streets and organizing fundraisers to support her neighbors on St. Paul’s East Side.
Now, a local business and a collection of online benefactors are returning the favor.
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January 30th, 2018 by Will Cave, Organizer
On Sunday, January 14th, Mai Vang’s, East St Paul’s own Eggroll Queen, nightmare came true. While getting ready to serve for a fund-raiser, her food trailer caught fire. The flames ravaged her trailer & it was destroyed. Mai was devastated.
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By Kaitlyn Cheung, Grace Moon and Souichi Terada
St. Paul East Sider Mai Vang isn’t your typical housewife. Every morning, she wakes up at the crack of dawn, gets in her inconspicuous sedan and immerses herself into her latest favorite anime fan fiction as her husband Chai Xiong drives her across town so she can fry up crisp, golden eggrolls by the dozens.
Mai spent her childhood in a Thai refugee camp and moved to the United States when she was eight. Although it’s been more than 30 years, she still remembers her parents’ stories about the Hmong people in Thailand.
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Read more at https://voices.aaja.org/index/2019/8/1/minority-within-a-minority-the-making-of-the-southern-and-midwestern-asian-american-identity