I'm going to skip day 21 because it was not too eventful for myself. I was asked to make a presentation about the Hmong in American for a conference amongst the Hmong leaders. Having just one day to prepare, I spent the entire day putting together the presentation.
The meeting was today, the 22nd and I thought it went well. First off, I met one of my uncles here. I've never met the guy before but he's a doctor and says he knows my pops. I took a picture of him and send it home. My dad knows him too. Cool eh?
Anyhow... the conference. It went well. Some of the things they discussed were quite progressive, like addressing the inequalities between men and women in the community. It wasn't that I had low expectations for the people here but let me be honest and say that this is a society that has yet to accept man and woman as equal beings. I was excited for this topic and felt I offered constructive feedback on the situation in America.
I'll spare you the details of the rest of the conference. Just know that the folks here, like everywhere else, is looking for change and they know it is up to them to inflict this change in society. This is admirable anywhere you go.
This is a picture of some of the leaders having lunch (I didn't feel it was appropriate to take pictures during the actual conference). You can see there are women amongst this group as well.
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