Explore Hmong culture at ‘Taste of Toj Roob’
10/24/2014
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Discover the culture and foods of Southeast Asia at the 14th annual “Taste of Toj Roob-The Mountains: Footprints from the Mountains,” sponsored by the Hmong and Southeast Asian American Club student organization at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

A celebration of Hmong culture, it will be held Saturday, Nov. 8, in the Laird Room of the Dreyfus University Center, 1015 Reserve St., Stevens Point. Doors open at 4 p.m., and a program and dinner begin at 5 p.m. Cher Thai Lee, a Hmong literacy teacher in Appleton schools, will be the keynote speaker. Maysee Yang Herr, associate professor of education at UW-Stevens Point, will welcome participants. Free entertainment begins at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets for the dinner and program are available in advance for $12 per person or $15 at the door. Groups of eight or more may purchase reserved seat tickets for $10 per person. Children age 10 and under are free. UW-Stevens Point students, faculty and staff with ID may attend for $10. Tickets may be purchased at the University Information and Tickets Office in the Dreyfus University Center or by calling 800-838-3378.

For more information, email haseaac@uwsp.edu or go to http://stuorgs.uwsp.edu/haseaac.

 

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