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Hennepin County Library/ Brookdale Library International Teen Club (ITC)

Hennepin County Library/ Brookdale Library International Teen Club (ITC). Amy McNally Hennepin County Library. Agenda. Brief overview of the Hmong people International Teen Club (ITC) Short video of ITC. China – 4,500,000 (estimate) Vietnam – 558,000 Laos – 316,000 Thailand – 124,000

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  1. Hennepin County Library/ Brookdale Library International Teen Club (ITC) Amy McNally Hennepin County Library

  2. Agenda • Brief overview of the Hmong people • International Teen Club (ITC) • Short video of ITC

  3. China – 4,500,000 (estimate) Vietnam – 558,000 Laos – 316,000 Thailand – 124,000 Burma – 2,656 Western Countries United States – 200,000-250,000 France – 15,000 Australia – 1,860 Canada – 640 French Guyana – 1,800 Argentina – 250 New Zealand - 150 Germany - 70 The word Hmong means free. They are a group of mountain-dwelling people who lived mainly in Southern China, primary in the Guizhouand, Yunna provinces. Hmong Population Aroundthe World Today Estimates from Dr. Nicholas Tappand Dr. Gary YiaLee,http://members.ozemail.com.au/~yeulee/Topical/12point%20statement.html/Hmong Resource table data from the Hmong Cultural Centerhttp://www.hmongcenter.org/

  4. Brief Timeline Overview • 1790-1860 A.D.: Many Hmong migrate out of China to Laos, Northern Vietnam, and Thailand • 1963-1975: The Vietnam War and the U.S. Secret Army in Laos • 1975: Hmong Refugees Move to Thailand • 1976 to Present Time: Hmong refugees move to the U.S., France, Australia, French Guyana, and Canada • December 2003: U.S. State Department agrees to accept applications for resettlement from 15,000 Laotian Hmong refugees living in Wat Tham Krabok, Thailand • 2004-2006: More than 15,000 Hmong refugees from Wat Tham Krabok arrive in Minnesota, California, Wisconsin and other states The photo shows a Black Hmong boy in Vietnam. Hmong began moving to Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries at the end of the 18thcentury. The photo is from the Tribal Textiles website:http://www.tribaltextiles.info/Assets/images/Vietnam/Black_Hmong/9510I37T.JPG

  5. Top 10 Hmong Populations by State California – 71,244 Minnesota – 49,200 Wisconsin – 38,949 Michigan – 8,686 North Carolina – 8,451 Colorado – 3,875 Georgia – 3,407 Washington – 3,050 Oregon – 2,729 Florida – 1,856 Top 10 Hmong Metropolitan Areas in the U.S. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN – 40,707 Fresno, CA – 22,456 Sacramento-Yolo, CA – 16,261 Milwaukee-Racine, WI – 8,078 Merced, CA – 6,148 Stockton-Lodi, CA – 5,653 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI – 4,741 Wausau, WI – 4,453 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC – 4,207 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI – 3,92620 209,000 Hmong Estimated in the U.S. 2006 American Community Survey

  6. Hmong Cultural and Resource Center 995 University Avenue, Suite 214 Saint Paul, MN 55104 651-917-9937 www.hmongcenter.org| mongcultural@yahoo.com

  7. Mission: “Toengage Hmong youth in creating programs for other Hmong youth at the library and exposing them to a positive environment while maintaining their Hmong roots.” Goals: “To encourage youth leadership, community involvement, asset building, and life-long learning.” Brookdale LibraryInternational Teen Club

  8. Who are the ITC Teens? • Hmong teenagers, ages 12 - 18, who live in the cities of Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center and Minneapolis. Students come from five different school districts. • Participants are the children or grandchildren of first generation Hmong immigrants who primarily came to the United States in 1980's. The Hmong population in the Twin Cities is the largest in the United States with many families living in the northern suburbs.

  9. ITC is built on the core values from YALSA's New Directions for Library Services to Young Adults (2002) focusing on outcomes for teens.

  10. Developmental Assets Planning for ITC began with staff reviewing the Development Assets model from the Search Institute.

  11. Encouraging Youth LeadershipHmong New Year celebration at Brooklyn Park Library

  12. Hmong New Year CelebrationBrooklyn Park Library

  13. Learning to Play the Traditional Hmong Flute

  14. Performed at the Hmong Culture Celebration at Brookdale Library

  15. Making Shakers forBrookdale Library Baby Storytime

  16. Making Bilingual Buttons for Hennepin County Library Staff

  17. Community InvolvementStaffing Booth at Brooklyn Center Night Out Event

  18. Eighty Scarves Knitted and Distributed at Homeless Shelter

  19. Making Valentine Cards for HCL Homebound Customers

  20. Participating in the HmongNew Year Parade

  21. Staff MELSA booth atHmong New Year Celebration

  22. Asset BuildingPartnering with Asian Media Access – a community based organization – to write, direct, and act in a short film on using your local library.

  23. Learning the Art of Script-Writing

  24. Learning How to Act

  25. Learning How to Direct

  26. Lifelong LearningPoetry writing w/ Hmong author Mai Neng Moua,co-author of “Bamboo Among the Oaks”

  27. Book Signing by Mai Neng Moua

  28. Hosting Book Club

  29. Book Discussion Group

  30. Poetry Slam w/ Hmong rap artist,Tou Saiko Lee “Delicious Venom”

  31. Getting Warmed Up

  32. Youth Development ITC is an example of a library working with teens, not for teens. In ITC, teens are treated as individuals, not stereotypes.

  33. Youth Advocacy ITC members have advocated for their program before the Brookdale Friends of the Library, and through products such as the ITC DVD have become advocates for other teens and new immigrants.

  34. Youth Participation The core principle of the ITC is active youth participation.

  35. Collaboration Partners in programs have included Park Center High, MELSA, the Minnesota Humanities Commission, and Hmong Women's Circle.

  36. Information Literacy The Library has conducted information literacy workshops for ITC students, as well as inviting them to contribute to the library's web page.

  37. Adolescent Literacy Book discussion groups, poetry slams, writing workshops, and the ITC poetry publication have all promoted reading among ITC members.

  38. Learning and Achievement The ITC has been a model for other OST programs at the library.

  39. Library Foundation Programming is funded through the Library Foundation of Hennepin County. The Foundation has supplied about $3,000 annual to fund all aspects of the program, such as: • book discussions • hiring performers, and • creating ITC T-shirts

  40. Library Board AwardAmy Ryan, Library Director

  41. Hennepin County Library/TeenLinks Poetry with Mai Neng Moua, Writer-in-Residence andeditor of “Bamboo Among the Oaks” http://www.hclib.org/teens/hmongpoetry2.cfm Poetry with Tou Saiko/ Delicious Venom http://www.hclib.org/teens/hmongpoetry3.cfm Podcasts What is the International Teen Club (ITC)? http://www.hclib.org/teens/Podcasts.cfm?ID=8 The history of the International Teen Club (ITC)? http://www.hclib.org/teens/Podcasts.cfm?ID=10

  42. Thank You! Play video

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