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Round Table Water Discussion with State Senator Melissa Hurtado
November 12, 2019. ABIRC joined the State Senator Melissa Hurtado on the round table water discussion concerned with the SEA community of the Central Valley. “Today our Southeast Asian farmers are faced with many challenges which include representation, cultural and language barriers. In the last few years, we’ve searched for opportunities to include the Southeast[…]
Hard works… Pay off!
Today, Zia picked up his first paycheck. After many months, ABIRC and the University of Cooperative California Extension, Fresno has helped Zia become an official vendor for the Fresno Unified School District. The first order of Thai chili was distributed at the Nutrition Center and will soon be cooked into sweet and chili sauce. In the[…]
1st HMong Leadership Cohort Graduation
Congratulation to the 1st HMong Leadership Cohort on their success in completing the program. Special thanks to PGE and Chevron for making this opportunity happen and Wayside Noodles for providing dinner to everyone.
Last Cohort Meeting
Asian Business Institue and Resource Center are proud of our first Hmong Leadership Cohort for their time and effort by attending all of the workshops provided by ABIRC. The final workshop of the first Hmong Leadership Cohort ended with councilmember Esmeralda Soria updating the cohort about the importance of the 2020 Census, more Asian businesses contracting[…]
Meeting with Jim Costa
July 8, 2019, Asian Business Institute and Resource Center hosted a meeting with Congressmen Jim Costa. Attendees including members from Lao Veterans of America Institue, Greater Health Fresno, Valley Small Business Development Corporation, Asian Business Institute and Resource Center, and local Southeast Asian farmers and small business owners voiced their concerns and opinions about current[…]
Fresno Unified School District Thai Chili Taste Test
July 9, 2019, ABIRC along with Zia Thae Farms and University of California Cooperative Extension arrived at the Fresno Unified School District Nutrition Center to discuss with the representatives of The FUSD’s Purchasing and Food Program about a Thai Chili dish. Chef Eli at the Nutrition Center created two recipes with the Thai Chili consisting of[…]
Cohort Meeting about Funding
June 25th, 2019, The sixth meeting of the first Hmong Cohort was held at Valley Small Business Development Corp. With three guest speakers who were Erica Cabrera from Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Bryn Forhan from The Forhan Company who also represents Chevron, and Kee Xiong from Pacific Western Bank spoke about the process of[…]
Fresno Unified School District Tour
To further support the discussions of a Farm to School program between Fresno Unified School District and the South East Asian Farmers, Asian Business Institute and Resource Center took local South East Asian Farmers to tour FUSD Nutrition Center. The tour of FUSD Nutrition Center was to inform the local South East Asian Farmers on[…]
New Police Chief Search
May 23, 2019, City of Fresno hosted a meeting at the Fresno Center to discuss with the Hmong community about selecting a new police chief. Many responses from the Hmong community consisted of hiring more Hmong staff and active community engagement. Over 50 attendants from different Hmong organizations including the Asian Business Institute and[…]