Big Read: Hmong American Farmers Association (HAFA) Online
Janssen Hang is the Executive Director and a Co-Founder of the Hmong American Farmers Association (HAFA), a membership-based nonprofit that was created to advance economic prosperity for Minnesota based Hmong farmers and their families. Using a racial equity and community wealth building model, HAFA works with farmers to develop cooperatives that facilitate access to land, new markets, business development, trainings and research opportunities.
Join Janssen this coming week as he discusses the importance of sustainable agriculture and its lasting effects on our local ecological systems. Furthermore, Janssen will also be covering the crucial roles that immigrant farmers play in our local food systems and how their collective actions are key to creating true, unhindered community wealth.
- Date:
- Tuesday, June 8, 2021
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Library:
- Stillwater Public Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Books, Authors, and Writing Health and Wellness Lifelong Learning
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
This event is part of the NEA Big Read in the St. Croix Valley. Join your St. Croix Valley neighbors in reading The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang. In June, we celebrate the arts with activities related to themes found in the book. Visit artreachstcroix.org/bigread for a complete list of events, registration, protocols, accessibility, and more.
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Locally, the Big Read in the valley is presented by ArtReach St. Croix in conjunction with program partners including Valley Bookseller, Marine Mills Folk School, Twin Cities PBS (TPT), Stillwater Public Library and other library branches located between St. Croix Falls, WI and Hastings, MN.