Time to stop deportation on our families, and keep us together. Comprehensive Immigration Reform, and Intersectional Justice NOW!
37-30 MARRIAGE EQUALITY for MINNESOTANS !
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13, 2013 by mwsmovementMarriage Equality is now here in Minnesota! Today Minnesota senate just passed marriage equality, and now the next step is Gov. Dayton’s signature, which he already gave his word that if it shows up on his desk, he will sign it! Minnesota the 12th state where same-sex couples could legally get married now!
At the Capital Rally For Marriage Equality for Minnesota.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 9, 2013 by mwsmovementIt was an incredible experience to be at the Capital this past Thursday on May 9 to support and stand up for Marriage Equality.
The Minnesota House of Representatives voted 75-59 to extend the freedom to marry to same-sex couple!!!
We’re almost there Minnesota but were not just done yet. We now must do everything to get our Senators to vote Yes on Monday!
Raise Up the Hmong LGBTQ Narratives at Soul Friday!
Posted in Activists, Advocacy, Artists, dance party, Hmong, LGBTQ, Minnesota, QPOC, queer womyn of color, social justice, Soul Friday, WOC on February 28, 2013 by mwsmovement
Come kick back and have some fun with us at Soul Friday this Friday, March 1, 9pm at Hells Kitchen! Bring a friend(s)!
Soul Friday is a Monthly dance party created for queer women of color and friends. Everyone is welcome! This month Soul Friday is supporting MWSMovement.com through their Community Give Back. We are working and organizing to ensure support, acceptance, safety, creative expression and education in our Hmong and larger community through an intersected social justice framework. Proceeds at the door, which is a $5 entrance fee, will be donated to our work.
In April, we’ll be heading to 16th Hmong National Development Conference in Fresno, Ca to outreach and organize inclusivity on Hmong LGBTQ justice. There will be over 1,000 attendees from all sectors of leadership, community, activism, academia, professionals, and elected officials. Soul Friday’s Community Give Back will support our efforts and ensure Hmong LGBTQ justice is part of the local and national narrative and the Hmong American Journey Forward.
Soulfriday, spinning the best in old school, R&B, old and new hip-hop, house, and more.
Late night food specials from from 9 p.m.- 1 a.m.
Drink specials! $3 Michelob Golden Light, PBR, and Miller tap; $5 Jameson;
$4 Soul Friday shot; $7 Any beer special and shot of Jameson or SF shot.
9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
21+
$5 at the door
LOCATED AT:
Hell’s Kitchen, 80 South 9th St
(just 1/2 block east of the Nicollet Mall), downtown Mpls.
There is a parking ramp adjacent to Hell’s Kitchen and it’s just four blocks from the Nicollet LRT
HND’s Top 5 IMPACT Award: Linda Hawj
Posted in April 2013, California, Fresno, Hmong, Hmong National Development Conference, HND, IMPACT Award, Innovator, Linda Hawj, Mentorship, Minnesota, organizers with tags changemaker, Conference, Forward, hmong, HND, HND2013, IMPACT Award, intersected, lesbian, Linda Hawj, Linda Her, National, Organizing, queer, social justice, womyn on February 28, 2013 by mwsmovement
2013 Top 5 HND IMPACT Award Recipient
Hmong Nation Development’s Conference Committee announced the Top 5 IMPACT Award this past Monday February 25, 2013 and we are excited that one our MWSM organizer, Linda Hawj has been selected as a recipient with other 4 Change Makers and Leaders. Thank you all for the support, outreach and votes!
The ceremony will take place at the 16th HND’s Conference – The Journey Forward: The Next Chapter of Hmong Americans, April 6. There will be over 1,000 attendees from all sectors of leadership, community, activism, academia, professionals, and elected officials.
More information about attending the HND Conference and the Top 5 IMPACT Award can be found here: 2013 HND Conference
HND Conference IMPACT Award: VOTE for LINDA HAWJ
Posted in Hmong, Hmong National Development Conference, HND, IMPACT Award, Linda Hawj, Mentorship, Minnesota, VOTE on Facebook with tags activist, advocacy, artist, California, Fresno, Hmong National Development Conference, HND, IMPACT Award, innovator, leader, lesbian, LGBTQ, Linda Hawj, mentorship, Minnesota, organizer, Vote, womyn on February 8, 2013 by mwsmovementThanks for visiting our website! We’ve been hiatus for a while after the 2012 Election Campaign, but we’re back and refreshed for 2013. To start off, we want to invite you to take 30 seconds to support and get to know Linda Hawj a change maker in our community through 2 actions below:
1. VOTE for Linda Hawj for her Innovation, Advocacy, and Mentorship for the Hmong National Development Conference’s (HND) IMPACT Award. -https://www.facebook.com/HmongNationalDevelopment/app_162850930432266
2. If you VOTED for Linda Hawj, to ensure she is the Top 5 IMPACT Award Recipient by February 14, 2013 at Midnight (Central Time), you must help by copying and sharing the information below in the quotation marks on your Facebook page/social media:
“Never before, has there been a Hmong lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer recognized for their leadership, community organizing, art, and as a change maker in our Hmong community, nationally. Since this IMPACT AWARD is part of the biggest Hmong National Conference in history, we want to support Linda Hawj who identifies as a Hmong lesbian/queer womyn, to highlight her as an Innovator, Advocate, and Mentor. In the past 4 years, she has changed many people’s lives through courageous leadership, community organizing, commitment, and love for her Hmong community.”
CLICK ON THIS LINK TO VOTE FOR LINDA HAWJ and Thank you! :
https://www.facebook.com/HmongNationalDevelopment/app_162850930432266
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Deadline to cast your vote for Linda Hawj for HND’s IMPACT AWARD is February 14, 2013 Midnight (Central Time).”
Linda Hawj canvassing at the St. Paul Hmong New Year about the 2012 Election.
Linda’s BIO:
Linda ‘Nkauj Xwb’ Hawj is a multi-disciplined Artist utilizing writing, poetry, spoken word, hip hop and filmmaking as forms of self-healing, empowerment, reflection, and to speak truths that are often silenced, marginalized or eliminated by oppressive systems. As an activist, she advocates for justice through multiple lens: gender, racial, reproductive, immigrant, refugee, and Hmong transgender and queer justice. In 2012, she was Minnesota’s St. Paul Field Organizer for President Obama’s Grassroots Campaign, and organized to defeat the MN Marriage and Voter ID Amendments.”
Thank you so much for your support and please remember to share your support in inviting your family and friends to vote for Linda Hawj via Facebook!
Rootscamp 2012 with New Organizing Institute!
Posted in 2013 organizing, RootsCamp 2012 with tags 2012 Election, 2013 organizing, NOI, organizers, QPOC, rootscamp on November 30, 2012 by mwsmovementWith relentless efforts of fundraising and writing scholarship letters, Mari (left), Linda (middle), and Chong (right) were able to attend Rootscamp 2012 with NOI and meet various of great organizers from all across the U.S doing great organizing work. We all had a great experience learning from organizers from all over the US to debrief about 2012 Election and campaigns. We also made plans for next steps in organizing for 2013. Through the intense weekend, we were able to take care of ourselves and enjoyed the beautiful sight of Washington D.C.
