Hello Salem!

With Thanksgiving around the corner, I wish you and your family the very best.  A great time to spend with family, appreciate and count our blessings, and acknowledge the colonial history that is deeply tied to our Indigenous people.

This time of the year is also Hmong New Year!  Hmong New Year is not a specific day but rather a time period that follows the lunar calendar.  Hmong New Year is celebrated between mid-October to the end of December.  Each Hmong community celebrates it differently but all have some sort of community event.

Hmong New Year is to celebrate this year’s harvest, give thanks and appreciation to our ancestors who continue to look after us, and also to welcome good fortune into the new year.  It was an honor to be invited as a speaker for Oregon Hmong New Year this year.

Nyob zoo xyoo tshiab (Happy Hmong New Year!)!
Mai