Impact and Programs
Accomplishments
2014 Hmong Cultural Center Program Statistics
Adult Basic Education Program (Citizenship and English Classes for Adults)
340 students served with 25,247 hours of instruction
Qeej Musical Instrument Program
30 students served
Cultural Customs Program
30 students served
Hmong Resource Center Library
From January 1 to December 31, 2014:
Physical Visitors
361 Total Physical Visitors
Hmong (36.0%)
non-Hmong (64.0%)
From Twin Cities Area (68.5%)
From Outside Twin Cities (31.5%)
over 18 years (95%)
under 18 years (5%)
33,986 Hmonglibrary.org Unique Visitors
Hmong 101 Program
Groups Served Included:
Friends School of Minnesota, November 2014
Minnesota Library Association Conference, Mankato, MN, October 2014.
Family Wise, Saint Paul, July 2014
Twin Cities Friends Meeting House (Quakers), Saint Paul, July 2014
Dakota County (MN) Employees, June 2014
Great River High School, Saint Paul, June 2014
St. Paul College, April 2014.
Winona State University, Hmong Students Association, March 2014.
St. John Neumann Parish, Eagan, MN, March 2014.
GeaCom Inc. (Duluth, MN), March 2014
Current Goals
To serve at least 250 students in Adult Basic Education Classes;
To serve between 500-1,000 annual physical visitors to the Hmong Resource Center Library and History Center exhibits and to 20,000 unique visitors to its Hmong Resource Center Library webpage;
To serve 100 children, youth and adults in the Cultural Education programs (Qeej, Wedding and Funeral Song Instruction).
Community or Constituency Served
Hmong and refugees and immigrants from various backgrounds with Adult Basic Education and Cultural Education programming, the broader Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota population with Multicultural Education programming.
Geographic Area Served
Saint Paul and the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
