Ka Vang (RPA: Kab Vaj, Pahawh: 𖬖𖬲 𖬖𖬰𖬜; born 1975) is a Hmong-American writer [1] in the United States. Vang was born on a CIA military base, Long Cheng, Laos, at the end of the Vietnam War, and immigrated to the United States in 1980.

Feb 19, 2025 · With the stroke of his pen, Donald Trump showed us what America apparently means these days when it says “justice” — a return to the old order when only white men ruled the nation. These few...

Minneapolis (May 9, 2022) – Today, Meet Minneapolis officially announced Ka Vang [Gah Vah] as the organization’s first-ever Vice President of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). In this role, Vang will be responsible for developing a strategic vision and implementing a plan that advances the culture of equity, diversity and inclusion ...

Mar 19, 2025 · Ka Vang is a writer, playwright and children’s book author. She is the vice president of equity, inclusion, diversity and access for Meet Minneapolis, the tourism, convention and...

Apr 4, 2025 · Ka Vang is a contributing columnist for the Minnesota Star Tribune. She focuses on historically marginalized communities.

Feb 28, 2017 · APMG's Ka Vang describes the long journey that led her from a refugee camp in Thailand in 1975 to welcoming new citizens to America four decades later.

Ka Vang is the author of Shoua and the Northern Lights Dragon, a chapter book written for third grade students. The book was published in partnership by the Minnesota Humanities Center and the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans as part of The Reading Together Project.

Feb 10, 2013 · Poet and spoken word artist Ka Vang immigrated to the United States from Laos when she was just five years old. Originally a journalist for the Saint Paul Pioneer Press and Chicago Tribune,...

My name is Ka Vang. I am a writer, poet, playwright, storyteller, and social justice activist. I am also a Hmong refugee and this is my story. My story starts in Long Cheng, Laos. I was born on a CIA military base located in Laos in April of 1975, near the time when the Vietnam War officially ended. The US government w