tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51532099566973019342024-02-06T23:29:16.875-08:00Street Stops to Mountain TopsTou SaiKo Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092920037376178930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153209956697301934.post-33851043808532397162015-04-08T09:27:00.002-07:002015-04-08T09:27:29.704-07:00SSMT Site Visit to Thailand with Tub XaivKos Lis and MaivDawb Lauj March 2015<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Here are the latest update for Street Stops to Mountain Tops March 2015:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">(This is just the start of many blogs I will be having about this trip.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Tub XaivKos Lis and MaivDawb Lauj is the Hmong language spelling for Tou SaiKo Lee and Mayder Lor. (I'll explain why I spelled it this way later.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We were the two people that went on this site visit trip and we hope to incorporate more artists that include Lue Thao Bboy Finisher, Longka Lor Bboy M-pact, <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.600000381469727px; text-indent: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">Sengvilay KidJungle Aphay</span> and more artists for the future project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Other supporters have been Mouakong Vang, Hlee Lee, John Lo, and Say Yang with many other amazing people along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The loose translation of Street Stops to Mountain Tops into Hmong is- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Txoj Kev rau Saum Roob</span></span><br />
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">-To create strong connections with orphanages, Hmong Thai students, organizations, artists and influential people.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">-To have discussions about the Street Stops to Mountain Tops project and get feedback from Hmong people in Thailand.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-To immerse ourselves into the way of life, struggles and gain a better understanding of Hmong people living in villages and o</span><span style="line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">rphanages</span><span style="line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of Thailand.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-To build partnerships with o</span><span style="line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">rphanages, </span><span style="line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hmong Thai students, organizations, artists and influential people to collaboratively work on this project and make it a success.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Highlights that I will be blogging about for the Site Visit Trip:</b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Our original plan was to have a site visit in December 2014 but it didn't work out.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Invitation by Bo Thao of AAPIP (<a aria-describedby="js_1ji" aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="js_1jh" data-gt="{"entity_id":"103487030284","entity_path":"\/pagelet\/pageletserver.php:PagePostsPagelet"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=103487030284&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22nf%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/aapip?fref=nf" id="js_1jj" style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;">Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy</a>) and Red Green River to visit Thailand to network for our project and participate in The Hmong Women's Gathering in Paklang Hmong Village of Nan Province.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">There were two fundraisers called Midwest Connection to support this site visit trip to Thailand, one in Milwaukee, WI and one in St. Paul, MN.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Preparation for our site visit trip to Thailand and all those that supported us.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Our performance based Breakin' Hip Hop dance and Spoken Word / Hip Hop workshops with children in a Child Care Center of a Hmong Village up on a Mountain of Nan Province, Paklang Hmong Village also of Nan Province, and two orphanages by Chiang Mai.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The people, culture, society and situation of Hmong in Thailand.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Our observations moving forward for Street Stops to Mountain Tops.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Thank you to all those that are involved and supported this project.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We finally have a logo created by friend and co-worker Mark Olivares:</span><br />
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Tou SaiKo Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092920037376178930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153209956697301934.post-74886074398488039192013-12-30T09:17:00.000-08:002013-12-30T09:17:06.087-08:00CONTACT INFO<div>
For more information contact:</div>
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Tou SaiKo Lee - tousaikolee@gmail.com<br />
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MouaKong Vang - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>vuemouakong@gmail.com</b></span></div>
Tou SaiKo Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092920037376178930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153209956697301934.post-67034144167894884822013-07-01T17:26:00.001-07:002013-07-01T17:26:43.739-07:00"Street Stops to Mountain Tops" (Project Description)<b id="docs-internal-guid-17df53a7-9cbd-5868-9cc2-475c91b548a1"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Street Stops to Mountain Tops</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> is a dynamic and meaningful project, which provides youth leadership development, creative opportunities, and exposure to the positive influence of Hip-Hop elements of Breakdancing and Music to under-serving Hmong youth and children living in villages throughout the world. The month long project will be in Thailand that will bring Hmong American Hip-Hop Artists from the United States to various Hmong villages in Thailand to establish an impactful movement of unity, expression and cultural connection.</span></span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-17df53a7-9cbe-1399-9b92-22de6d887053" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To nurture a motivational environment for </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hmong youth in villages</span><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to creatively express themselves through Hip-Hop artforms; to educate and empower Hmong youth to excel in their full capabilities, build self-confidence and make positive decisions in their daily lives</span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-17df53a7-9cc0-dde7-7607-00f107a0c791" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Advance Hmong-American Breakdancers as leaders beyond their communities through sharing their skills, gifted abilities, and values of dedication, training and work ethic in rural underserving communities; they will be able to cultivate and share their wealth of knowledge from their experience in Hmong villages back in the United States. </span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-17df53a7-9cc0-dde7-7607-00f107a0c791" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-17df53a7-9cc2-2eab-353a-632fe4a85bed" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Promote </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">SSMT</span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"> as an extracurricular activity for </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Hmong youth in Thailand </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">in the rural communities and emphasis on the importance of creative self-expression</span></b></span></b></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline;">-</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Encourage self-confidence in </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Hmong youth in Thailand </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">through learning new skills and positive reinforcement from mentors and peers</span></div>
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