U. S. A. Iu Mien Parade For 50 Years In America 05 23, 2026 (1)

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[00:09:35]>> Good morning everyone.

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[00:10:23]Second session will be McKenzie and Jack and then at the end we'll be so AC news is here stationed here locally. um they will be airing it tonight at 5:00 pm capturing this whole event. I did a quick interview. I hope I did a good job representing us, our human community here today. So, um without further ado, I want to I don't want to take any more time. We're already kind of short um on schedule. As you guys can see, our schedule's very tight. So, we're going to go ahead and start if um with the um national anthem.

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[00:11:34]year celebration with us today. My name is Frank Zapan, chairman of the event.

[00:11:41]Uh ya tang is co-chair from Seattle Washington and so cochair from Portland Oregon co-chair from California.

[00:11:56]>> I am humbled to be chosen to lead this celebration.

[00:12:02]Why do we need to celebrate this 50 years celebration? We honor the past, uplift the present, and inspire future generation to embrace culture, identity, and language. At the same time, learn to adapt and build diversity in a strong American society.

[00:12:28]First of all, thank you to 50 year planning committee member. your dedication, volunteer, organize the events and decoration and activities and be a team player to accomplish this celebration.

[00:12:50]And also thank you to our financial donors.

[00:12:56]Your financial contribution make it possible to celebrate our human journey from survival to successful lives here in America and thank you to all winners business for being part of our celebration.

[00:13:18]Second, thank you to our union doctors, lawyer, educator, master degrees holder, bachelor's degree holders, our law enforcement officer, government workforce and business entrepreneurs.

[00:13:35]You are backbone to our union committee and contribute services to American society.

[00:13:44]Thank you to all young human performers.

[00:13:48]You are our hope and future to the next generation.

[00:13:54]I would also like to thank you all the elected official who spend their invaluable time to serve it with us today.

[00:14:06]You recognize us in your constituency and you set an example to inspire our young men to follow in your footsteps.

[00:14:18]One day we hope to see our union becoming elected official like you. Thank you for your leadership roles today.

[00:14:29]Uh thank you to international guests from China, Thailand, France and Canada.

[00:14:37]No matter where we union people live, we are as a family.

[00:14:43]Thank you to for you joining us today. I would also like to thank you to Lao PDR or Lao People Democratic Republic embassy representatives for uh from Washington DC and Lao People Democratic Republic, United Nation representative from New York as well as Mong Lao Kamu and other minority Laian representative leaders from our state who join us today. Your participation shows our unity and bonding together. So that's very unique.

[00:15:29]And thank you to our union grand priests and pastors for sharing our religious beliefs. We may have different faiths.

[00:15:40]Our belief pertain to a core value of love and prayer so that its members have a peace of mind and hope.

[00:15:54]Thank you to our community for coming out and showing support at our human 50 years in America event. And last but not least, thank you hi fivei band traditional drum player, flute player and your team for entertaining at the 50 years celebration.

[00:16:17]My message to you young man, we build a legacy you carry on. Okay, let's let's enjoy the fun and exciting activities today. Thank you.

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[00:20:33]chairman Frank chairman say coding All right. So, I just want to make a brief comment again. As I said, my name is T executive team, the key people. Okay. managed the we agreed and and uh they um the guests as well ei Jessica um Kit Elsie those are the Iun are our key people with our advisor to help with this event and on top of that we have our community 50 community planning committee member Langia for the way you were state international, China, Canada, Thailand and Laos and I think France too.

[00:22:59]So I just want to end um because our time constraint the main goal of this event today is really to celebrate all of us to celebrate the unity of our union people. We are small in numbers but coming together we are huge and we can make a difference. As you can see, today's celebration is about our achievement from a humble beginning. Um, coming from nothing, having nothing, no finance, no education, um, not having any language, coming here, um, not knowing what's going to happen when we get here. But today marks uh, this year marks 50th uh, years of all of us union here in America. And we want to show that we have uh people who have achieved in many levels. We have doctors, lawyers, attorney, nurses, uh government worker, educators, military service uh vets and entrepreneurs, business owners, homeowners, very successful people. We are contributing to society. I am so thankful and grateful for all of you bringing your children, your grandchildren up, bringing your kids first generations, our young kids. Our goal is to preserve our culture, our language, and our tradition. And we hope that we will inspire our young. The goal is to celebrate, honor our past, celebrate our present, and embrace our future, hoping that our young generations will thrive and grow and see the importance of preserving our culture. We have our history exhibit here talking about the whole history timeline. So, I hope that every one of you will go through here and see our history. We spent the last 10 months planning for this, hoping to really preserve and honor and embrace our culture and um inspire our people. And thank you all for being here today.

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[00:26:31]All the ladies that's going to dance at the unity dance. Come around to the backstage in the cafeteria. So, we'll do a quick practice. Thank you.

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[00:55:54]Thank you very much. This song is a special dedication to uh the first European billionaire, >> Mr. Charlie Chapon's family uh he try to support this event like 25,000 US.

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[00:56:19]Please welcome my uncle Mr. just today for the celebration of the uh 50th year of anniversary of all of us coming to America.

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[01:00:19]Well, uh my time is very limited. So anyway, um first of all, I just want to again thank you all of you for coming to join this uh celebration of our EU's 50 years uh anniversary of coming to America. And uh first of all, I wanted to um uh thank um the Thai government uh for allowing us to come to Thailand. And then they even built u many camps to um to allow all of us refugees to come to Thailand to wait for uh our way to come to America. and also wanted to thank uh the American government at that time for allowing all of us to come to America and uh however without the sponsors we could not have been here. Uh but because of the sponsors um all the churches and individual sponsors because of your help your uh your sympathetic um heart uh that's why you have helped us all of us to bring all of us here to America to have u um better life to enjoy the freedom and opportunity and I so I'm I'm so proud of all of us and I can't thank enough the American government at that time and also the church um members and uh individual sponsors. I really really appreciate all of your you know your uh good heart at that time and uh right now look at our people you know how far we have gone from the tough life during the time we were running away from old our old country and uh because of that time was a war time and uh we have run away from our old country and to Thailand and then today we are here and uh so we have made so much progress our people uh we have uh many doctors uh doctorate degrees and u uh master degrees, bachelor's degrees and all a lot of business owners too. So, um anyway, I just wanted to mention our second family from uh from Thailand, uh Fu Wangu. He he and his his family uh came to America in the same year, 1976, but it was in November. Uh we came in 1976 uh on April 23rd. And after we came to Midland, Michigan, we lived there for uh a year a little bit over a year. But then uh we um happened to know that uh my cousin brother uh Fu came in with his family to America. We uh have connected with him and then we decided to move to Portland, Oregon to join him and uh we stayed in Portland, Oregon ever since.

[01:03:23]So anyway, we wanted to thank again all of you uh for your um kindhearted people that come to join us today and I want to thank our uh LA embassy uh personnels and also the uh our home brothers and who come to join us today.

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[01:09:01]Thank you so much all the dancers especially the class teacher winner for helping so fast with this you know because uh we just create this song um a few weeks ago and now you have taught your dancers so well. Thank you.

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[01:10:04]>> Okay. The next uh program we would like to welcome our major government official keynote that's major.

[01:10:13]Good morning. You guys look beautiful out there. It's uh it's my uh pleasure today on behalf of the city of Sacramento as the mayor of Sacramento to join you in celebrating a very special day, very special weekend, the 50th anniversary of the United Men community right here in America, right here in California, right here in Sacramento. As you know, you know, after the the uh American troops withdrew from Vietnam in 1973 and after the fall of Saigon, many of you and your ancestors came to American California. There are 50,000 of you here in America today, 20,000 here in Sacramento. So for 50 years, we're proud that Sacramento has welcomed refugees, welcoming people looking for a better chance for a way for their family. And really, today is a celebration of not only your success, but the resilience and the sacrifice of you and your family. So the city of Sacramento stands by the United community for 50 years strong. And more importantly, in this day and age when there's a lot of conversation about immigration and immigrants and refugees, this is a reminder of the beautiful history of our country, welcoming people to our to our great capital city of Sacramento. So, thank you for being involved in education and business and uh nonprofits and community, but most importantly, what I'm excited about is you're able to teach us something about your community. Not only do you value your culture, you make sure that the rest of us understand the traditions of the United Union. And we see that with certainly your kids here today. So, we have a proclamation here on behalf of the city of Sacramento recognizing May 23rd, 2026 as the 50th anniversary in America, celebrating our United community. Congratulations How about right over here, Anna?

[01:12:40]>> Okay.

[01:13:03]Next we have Assembly Member Stephanie Newin. She's going to come up and present another proclamation. So let's welcome Stephanie.

[01:13:12]>> Thank you. how how exciting it is to be here and celebrate 50 years with all of you. Congratulations. Happy anniversary on this 50th year. What a joy it is to have the community a part of our community here in Sacramento. I can tell you prior to being in the legislature, I ran an organization called Asian Resources and our UN community was one of our most beloved community that came in and made sure that we included them at the table because for the longest time it was always just the Vietnamese community, the Chinese community, the the the Japanese community. And then we wanted to make sure that everybody knew that there is a Yumian community that is very vibrant and very active here in Sacramento. And so I want to thank you for having us all here on behalf of the state of California in the assembly. I'm so proud to be able to present this resolution to the community on your 50th anniversary. I can also tell you this.

[01:14:20]I'm the first Asian-American woman to serve in this position at the state capital, but I would love to see a you man be at the capital with me, too. And so it's going to take all of you to make sure you elect somebody from your community to serve on school boards, city councils, mayors, governors, maybe one day the president of the United States.

[01:14:52]>> But it starts somewhere and it takes all of you. I come from a family where my parents wanted me to be a doctor, lawyer, engineer, and I did none of that. And what I ask for you is that you tell your children to look into being a part of this community because if you're not here, people will forget about you.

[01:15:13]They will overlook you. But we're so fortunate to have a mayor in Sacramento, a mayor in Elgro, a board of supervisors, and others that will always be on your side. But I need your help. I need you to also encourage little boys and little girls to look at running for office so that you can also be represented. Thank you so much. Happy 50th anniversary. Thank you for having us all here.

[01:15:48]Mayor 2000 1999 actually we bought our first house in El Grove. So then maybe family a lot of people in Elgroveve. So Bobby Sting mayor Bobby Sting Allen is from Elgrove mayor of Elgrove.

[01:16:12]All right, good morning everyone.

[01:16:16]Today we proudly celebrate the UNEN 50th anniversary arriving in the United States. A moment to honor the strength, resilience, culture, and contributions of the Union community throughout our nation and right here in our local communities. For generations, man-ameans have enriched our schools, businesses, neighborhoods, public service, and cultural life. The man story is one of courage, sacrifice, perseverance, and hope. It is a story rooted in family, tradition, and an unwavering commitment to creating a better future for the next generation.

[01:17:07]As we reflect on the past 50 years, we honor the elders and pioneers who carried traditions across oceans, overcame unimaginable hardships, and built strong foundations for future generations.

[01:17:29]But today is also about looking forward.

[01:17:35]The next 50 years belongs to our young people, the future leaders, educators, entrepreneurs, artists, and public servants who will continue to shape a stronger and more inclusive America.

[01:17:53]Our shared responsibility is to ensure that they inherit opportunities, representation, equity, and communities where they can thrive while proudly embracing their identity and beautiful and rich heritage. The Union community's future is bright, powerful, and full of promise. As we celebrate today, let us continue building bridges, uplifting one another, and ensuring that the next 50 years are defined by unity, opportunity, and progress for all. Thank you everyone and congratulations.

[01:18:43]And I will present the city of Elgrove's proclamation to community representatives. Thank you.

[01:19:43]Okay. Up next we have Rich Desmond Destin from the county of uh super board of supervisor of Sacramento County and he will be presenting another proclamation resolution on the behalf of the Sacramento County Board Supervisor and he is a board supervisor himself.

[01:20:03]Thank you.

[01:20:04]>> Thank you. Thank you so much. And could you have asked for a better day to celebrate 50 years of the Yumian community in in the United States? This is just an amazing day, amazing turnout, amazing venue here, and it is truly an honor for me to be here representing the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors.

[01:20:22]And you know, this this actually I have a personal connection with the community. I was a teacher here at Hyram Johnson for for one year and that was kind of my first exposure to the Myan community in Sacramento and I was exposed to to the richness of the culture, the the the complexity of the culture and how many things how many wonderful things that the culture brings to Sacramento. So for me it's almost like coming full circle to be here to to present this resolution today to you to celebrate 50 years 50 years of enriching Sacramento. 50 years of of building careers in in education and medicine and small business and community advocacy.

[01:21:03]The yum yum yen community in Sacramento has done so much for us in Sacramento County and it is it is a hallmark to what this community is about in Sacramento. welcoming people from diverse backgrounds, from different cultures who celebrate their cultures, who educate people about their cultures, but also come together as Sacramentoans and Californians and Americans. And that is what is so wonderful about the day today. And it's an honor for me to be here to celebrate with my colleagues in the city of Sacramento and the state legislature and to acknowledge you and present you with this resolution from the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. congratulating you on 50 years in the United States and and really bragging that about let's see between 50 and 70,000 yum people in the United States 20,000 of them in Sacramento County and I could not be prouder to represent the jurisdiction that has the largest concentration of union people in the United States. Thank you and congratulations.

[01:22:16]Thank you for all US uh official be here today. Uh we call Sacramento is our hometown. Thank you so much.

[01:22:29]>> On behalf sorry on behalf of our 50th union community planning committee and our executive team we thank all of you for being here. We know how precious your time is, how valuable it is, but yet on this hot day, you still took the time to come out here and celebrate with us. And giving us that recognition, that resolution means a lot to the whole community. This create visibility for all of us. Like I said earlier, although we're small in numbers, but in unity, we are can be massive. We can make a difference. We do impact. We do make it.

[01:23:06]We do make a difference. And we want to be put on the map to be recognized who we are on any census. You don't see men or ilian on any of the senses. And we hope one day that we can make can create that change. Thank you.

[01:23:23]All right. They want us to come come all of you to come down uh and we're going to take a picture with our international guests. We have uh our representative men from China, uh Thailand, Canada, France, and it looks like we have Laos, too. So, let's come on down. Thank you.

[01:23:40]Uh all the guests, our VIP guests, they want to take a moment to take a picture, assembly members, mayors, co-chairman, representative of Oregon State and Washington State.

[01:24:06]Again, this would not happen without all of you and our planning committee members. So there's so many to name.

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[01:26:16]I forgot to acknowledge Seattle performers. Ready, Vicelia, Merced, Orville, um, Elro, Sacramento, everybody is here. I need you guys to spread out, ladies. You guys are not spread out.

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[01:26:48]Spread out. Okay, everybody. We're giving you a chance.

[01:26:55]Orville, Oregon. Ready? Sacramento, Elkro, Merced, Vicilia. Are we all here?

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[01:27:32]You have that Boy, spread out the oil. Have fun, ladies. Just have fun. This is just a beautiful line dance. We're all just here to have fun. Enjoy yourself. Don't worry about making mistakes. If you do, just retract. Come back. You'll be fine.

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[01:30:30]Come forward. Come forward.

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[01:30:49]Everyone enjoy today. Thank you. Okay.

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