UCLA

This thesis centers on Hmong women and Hmong feminist epistemologies in addressing violence in Hmong communities. Many studies seek to understand violence in the Hmong community in order to address it. Culturally competent state care has been heavily pushed, only to continue falling short of fully meeting the needs of Hmong women. Instead of investigating violence in the Hmong community to create culturally competent care, this thesis studies the Hmong Story YouTube channel, the care work of the channel’s host, May Vang, and neej neeg storytelling to consider what we can learn from how Hmong women are organizing for care and addressing violence in their communities.