United Hmong SW MN - Membership

The Hmong Language and Culture Program is an essential investment to preserve cultural identity, maintain language confidence, and inspire educational opportunities. Our children need to deepen their reading and writing in Hmong, strengthening a skill that connects them to family, community, and heritage. They should also explore Hmong history and cultural traditions to help them understand where they come from and how their story fits into a larger narrative. Just as importantly, this program creates space for our children to imagine their futures by introducing them to higher education pathways and career possibilities, showing them that their cultural knowledge and academic goals can grow together. By combining language learning, cultural pride, and future planning, this program empowers young people to step into adulthood with a strong sense of who they are and what they can achieve.

Membership Criteria:

• A Hmong descendant
• 18 years old or older
• Live in Southwest Minnesota

Membership Benefits:

• Voting Rights
  Member who is 18 years old or over can cast a vote for decisions, directors, or elections within the United Hmong Southwest Minnesota,Inc.
• Student Scholarship
  Member, any age range, adult or kid, can apply, based on qualification, to receive many of the scholarship annually.
• Funeral Support
  Whenever a member of a family pass away, adult or kid, the family will receive the following support.
• The family receives $200.00 to support the funeral
• The family receives 100 lbs. of Jasmine rice to support the funeral
• Culture or Ritual Ceremony
  If there is an event, funeral or wedding, occurs with a member or a family, the following assistance will be provided per request or as needed. This is purely manpower and coordiation, not monetary support.
• Plan and/or coordinate funeral ritual as needed. (Traditional Hmong funeral ritual, Christian funeral ritual, & Hmong American funeral ritual)
• Plan and/or coordinate wedding celebration as needed. (Traditional Hmong funeral ritual, Christian funeral ritual, & Hmong American funeral ritual)
• General assistance with everyday family needes (E.g., legal, automative, food, education, jobs, transportation, travel, etc.). This is case-by-case based and if resource is available.

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Head of Household*

Spouse

Number of boy in the family:

Number of girl in the family:

By completing this registration form, you acknowledge that all information entered is correct. By signing this form, the persons below individually, and on behalf of my heirs, successors, assigns, and personal representatives, release United Hmong Southwest Minnesota and it’s staff from any and all liability whatsoever for damages, losses, or injuries including death, that I may sustain to my person or property, arising out of, resulting from, or occurring during mine/or my child’s participation in this Hmong Culture and Language Program or any travel incident thereto, from any liabilities.

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