Community Life
Ka Vang has frequently gone on the record as being opposed to legislation such as the Hmong Marriage Bill in Minnesota that she felt did not adequately provide protection for the interests of young Hmong women.
Vang's professional career has included work with several non-profit organizations, frequently those committed to issues for refugee women and children, including the Southeast Asian Childcare Initiative, Parents In Community Action, Lao Family Community, Asian Media Access, Planned Parenthood, and brief consultant work for the National Youth Leadership Council.
In recent years, she has worked for Hamline University and the Office of the Chancellor for MNSCU (Minnesota State Colleges and Universities) a statewide coalition of educational institutions.
In addition to her work on diversity in higher education, she is currently a columnist for the Minnesota Women's Press, and her work frequently appears in the Paj Ntaub Voice, one of the first Hmong literary journals in the world.
She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with her family.
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