Power Up Eau Claire

06/13/2026

Happy Pride! Come day "hi" when you come to Chippewa Valley Pride in the Park at Phoenix Park!

Pick up some awesome merch and get your voting info for the upcoming Primary Election on August 11th!

P.S. how cute this pink tent!!!!

06/11/2026

The Community Wellness Market is open today from 5-630 PM at our office at the Banbury Place, Building 4 on Wisconisn St.

Check out the Hmong in-language video to see what we have to offer shoppers today!

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Community Wellness Market is a place of care, connection, and empowerment, meeting immediate needs while strengthening long-term community wellness by offering free access to healthy food and basic items and honoring personal choice.

The market is free to shop for anyone in need.

06/01/2026

We have some very talented young artists! Congratulations to our Chalk Contest Winners from the HMoob American Day Celebration!

05/21/2026

We had so much fun at the HMoob American Day Celebration! One highlight of the event is the Spicy Papaya Eating Contest!

Introducing this year's winner!

‼️CHOR HER‼️

Congratulations to being this year's fastest at finishing a VERY spicy (10 hot chili peppers spicy!) papaya salad!

A special shout-out and thank you to all of our contest participants! You showed up and your were brave and that is a huge win already!

Thank you to Mueang Thai Restaurant and Tam Sim Now for sponsoring this year's contest!

05/18/2026

So much joy all around at the HMoob American Day Celebration!

Once again, thank you to everyone who attended and helped make Saturday’s celebration so special. The energy, love, and sense of community throughout the day were truly beautiful to witness.

Saturday’s celebration was more than just an event, it was an honoring of everything our community has been through and everything we continue to overcome together. It was a reflection of the resilience, sacrifices, and strength carried by generations of HMoob families who endured war, displacement, and the challenge of rebuilding life in new places while still holding tightly to culture, tradition, and community.

To gather openly in celebration, to share our food, music, language, stories, and joy with friends, families, neighbors, and supporters across the Chippewa Valley and beyond is something deeply meaningful. In many ways, it is a visible act of healing, pride, and collective joy.

We are our ancestors’ wildest dreams.

Thank you for continuing to grow, uplift, and celebrate this community with us.

05/17/2026

Wrapping up another successful event tonight at the HMoob American Day Celebration!

At Power Up Eau Claire, we believe community is healing & that the very act of caring for one another is powerful, transformative work. In a world that often teaches disconnection, choosing to show up for one another with compassion, dignity, and love is an act of resistance and hope.

We believe joy is activism in action. Gathering together, celebrating culture, sharing food, laughing, dancing, and creating spaces where people feel seen and valued are not small things, they are how we reclaim our humanity, strengthen our communities, and imagine a more connected and liberated future together.

Thank you to all EVERY community member who attended, to our vendors, our youth entrepreneurs, performers, volunteers (& volun-told), community partners, and our staff & board members.

A very special shoutout to Chippewa Valley Indivisible for their assistance in tonight's event.

Thank you to our friends at the Eau Claire Transit and the Eau Claire Fire Department for being at the event and showcasing public services our community offers to families.

05/17/2026

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We’re at the Hmong American Day Celebration at the Phoenix Park Pavilion! Great music, artists, dancers, and food! Congratulations to Power Up Eau Claire on a fantastic event! And Jonathan got registered to vote!!

05/17/2026

ZPX at HMoob American Day Celebration

05/15/2026

The foundation of Power Up Eau Claire is to be visible, to take up space, and to be heard and be seen. We are E X C I T E D to do just that tomorrow AND the weather is expected to be in the high 70's!

Check out the map for a layout of all the things happening along with vendor information.

This is an all-ages, free, public community building event. All are welcome to join us in celebration.

We will also be hosting a meet and greet with ZPX by the Power Up EC's booth.

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"HMoob [American] Day Celebration is more than just a celebration. It is a beautiful showcase of our community coming together in public to celebrate and honor us, our history, traditions, and culture, and be in community with friends and neighbors-- AND to taking up space and being seen and visible because Eau Claire is home.

“With a history of genocide and conflict — staying quiet means staying safe,” said Thao.

But now, she says that it is more important to be visible — as she says, “to take up space” — leading to the formation of Power Up Eau Claire."

Throwback to this article from last year highlighting Power Up Eau Claire and HMoob American Day: https://www.leadertelegram.com/hmoob-day-celebration-gives-local-hmong-community-reason-to-celebrate/article_e8a071f2-1678-4856-8462-7f4c22d82b54.html

05/14/2026

May 14th marks the fall of Long Cheng in 1975, a moment that changed everything for our community.

It forced thousands of Hmong families into exile, carrying with them stories of sacrifice, survival, loss, and resilience. Many risked their lives alongside American forces during the Secret War, leading to the displacement, separation, and the difficult journey of rebuilding home in unfamiliar places.

Today, we honor our elders, our history, and the strength that continues to shape who we are. We honor those who endured unimaginable hardship so future generations could have opportunities, safety, and hope.

As we reflect on this history, we are reminded why spaces that celebrate HMoob identity, culture, and community matter deeply. Our stories deserve to be remembered. Our elders deserve to be honored. And our youth deserve to grow up with pride in who they are and where they come from.

We also reflect on the importance of protecting and honoring the humanity of all people. The harmful comments we sometimes see online are reminders that there is still work to do in building understanding, compassion, and respect across communities.

Our history has always taught us resilience. We come from people who survived unimaginable hardship and still chose to rebuild, care for one another, and create community wherever we went. That legacy continues to live on through all of us.

🚩Join us this Saturday for this year's HMoob American Day Celebration at the Farmers Market Pavilion at Phoenix Park starting at 5pm.

✅See the agenda and parking guide for more information.