History of HAMAA

Activity was  principally  focused on  the  aforementioned  policing  by  Hmong   auxiliaries  attached  to  the  Minneapolis   Police  Department  and  operating through  HAMAA.   Block Captains  were organized for “Safe Neighborhoods”  and  reporting  of morally or legally improper behavior became a regular event in  support  of  cleaning  up  the  Hmong Community areas of South and Near Northside Minneapolis.  In 1993, the Council of Hmong Elders was  formed  with the  primary  role  of adjudicating  Hmong  Community  culture-based  conflicts, such as traditional marriage  rules  and   etiquette,   family   relations   and   spouse  abuse,  and especially the  exploding  number  of  cases of  parent-youth  cultural  conflict.  Parallel  to  those  responsibilities  went    the  role as  provider of qualified specialists for the court system. More details

Staff and Board

Staff: Perform a daily operations are conducted in accordance with written policy of the Board of Directors and in concert with the contracts and grant guidelines funding the activity areas. Staff is stabilized, growing at the rate of two annually (sustainable) and professional in training, experience and performance. The Employment Program receives the highest grades for performance in the City System. The Dance Class Team won acclaim again, taking first and second place in the Hmong American New Year Celebration at the Humphrey Dome in 2001. The Youth Program points to continually rising school grades of the young and an outstanding “Earning by Learning” book reading program that counted hundreds of books read by the students over the summer and fostered continuing enthusiasm from each young reader going into the new school year.

Youth

Volunteers are an important part of HAMAA, many high school and college age students volenteer their time at HAMAA. Without the many volunteers that we have, it would be very difficult to run many of the youth programs that we have at HAMAA. The Employment and Youth Program Directors joined forces to collect volunteer tutors for the summer and the new school year. All assist in basic educational actions with the youth, adult education and training programs. More details