United Hmong With Disabilities Inc

Our Mission and Vision

The mission of UHD is to build a disability justice movement within the Hmong community to create a future that is inclusive of Hmong people with disabilities. 

UHD aims to help to create and center Hmong people with disabilities in order to design their own lived experiences to lead the conversations into creating a broader movement, building bridges across disabilities, and building tools and sustainable methods.

The three main objectives for UHD are to: 

1) Address and dismantle ableism in the Hmong community

2) Amplify the voices of Hmong people with disabilities

3) Create awareness of issues faced by people with disabilities and promote inclusion

History

During the summer of 2019, a group of diverse Hmong individuals with disabilities from Washington and Minnesota who initially met online, gathered in St. Paul, Minnesota, to talk about their lived experiences. They realized that there was so much more to talk about and that more information, education and conversations are needed in the Hmong community about disability.

They connected and formed partnerships with other Hmong disability community groups such as Hmong Supporting Needs (HSN) and Supporting all Abilities Welcoming all Voices (SAWV).Through their shared visions of connecting and supporting one another to address the cultural and historical lived experiences that intersect their identities, they founded United Hmong with Disabilities (UHD).

In January 2022, UHD held its first virtual national conference, which convened over one hundred people nationwide to learn about disability in the Hmong community. This virtual conference garnered interest from a variety of folks involved in Hmong disability to build disability justice in the Hmong community. It is from this conference that we continue our mission to build a movement within the Hmong community to create a future that is inclusive of Hmong people with disabilities.

What Your Gift Will Accomplish

With your support, more Hmong members with lived disabilities experiences like the team will have the opportunity to thrive while making a difference within their own communities. As the saying goes: many hands make the work light. Together we can buoy the next generation and build a better tomorrow. Your contribution gift will support: 

• Training and developing future leaders with lived disability experiences
• Members' appreciation for their time commitment
• Host future conferences and workshops
• Provide accessible technology for members to continue the work such as but not limited to: ASL interpreters, language interpreters, interveners,       assistive devices technology, close captioning etc. 
• Allow United Hmong with Disabilities to be led by and for community members with all lived disabilities experiences 
• Help propel United Hmong with Disabilities as a newly established non-profit 501c3 for the greater Hmong community

We appreciate the generous support of our donor to help us accomplish big things!

Thank you!

[Image Description: A logo that has a simple blue and red Hmong cross-stitch pattern. Text below the logo reads, "United Hmong with Disabilities".]