What is Hmong Women Today?

Hmong Women Today (HWT)​ is a community benefit organization of women empowering women aiming to create opportunities for women to connect, empower and thrive. We believe that when a woman comes to know herself deeply and harnesses her creative power, she’s an asset to her family and her community. As a mother, wife, friend, sister, daughter, daughter-in-law, a woman who truly knows her worth and power, exudes CONFIDENCE, COMPASSION, and LOVE. Leading by example, she guides our children and uplifts our men while being a positive influence to all those around her.

Purpose

Hmong Women Today is a call for all women to come together, to lead passionate, inspiring and empowering lives so that they can influence positive change in the world.

Vision

We create opportunities for our members to come together to redefine, rediscover and reclaim our unique self in a space that honors vulnerability as our power. In addition, we use our platform to promote community projects, highlight emerging leaders and bring awareness to important conversations about the Hmong culture.

Core Message

We believe that when we create a safe space for women to connect with, learn from and support each other to grow, we can achieve self-actualization; therefore, embodying our confidence to lead a life of love, power and purpose.

Core Values

#Connect – We bring people together to establish know-like-trust relationships so that we can engage in meaningful conversations to create meaningful change. 

#Empower: We encourage and inspire others to take charge of their lives and give their best by being an example ourselves. 

#Thrive: We promote the importance of self-awareness, self-love and self-care as a necessary daily practice for a balanced life.

Today, HWT is among one of the largest Hmong women organizations in the US with 5 regional networks and 2700 members and growing!

We believe in living with passion and purpose.

We believe we have choices… and that we are free to
define our own life success and redefine our own self-identity.

We believe in being true to ourselves.

We believe in being vulnerable; not perfection.

We believe in trusting ourselves and that it’s OKAY to make
mistakes because that’s the very best way to learn and grow.

We believe in turning life setbacks into wisdom to
light the way for others.

We believe in collaboration and being a champion for others;
not competition.

We believe in being generous because it is in the giving that we receive.

We believe in going after what we want and going beyond
what our mothers thought was possible.

We owe it to ourselves!

Hmong Women Today creates opportunities for women to grow, lead and shine.

Since our launch in 2012, HWT has offered all of our events and services for free to the community (with the exception of the women retreat). We are not a nonprofit organization and we don’t have any grants or revenue. Nonetheless, HWT is able to fulfill its mission due to the support of families, friends and generous donors from our community.  For this spirit, we invite you to be a champion for Hmong women by making a donation to help sustain our programs and events. We welcome all donation levels and thank you, in advance, for your contribution.

Know that when you give to Hmong Women Today, you invest in the all-around success of women. And when women succeed, society succeeds!