Joe Bee Xiong

War to Peace

1961–2007

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Project Credits

Producer
Becky Marburger

Illustration
Kristen Howdeshell of The Brave Union

Animation
Brandon Ribordy

Animation Voice Over
Cara Yang, Joe Bee Xiong’s daughter

Voiceover Recording
Dean Kallenbach

Sound Design
Matthew Kramer

Audiobook Narration
Jonathan Horne

Audiobook Editing
Kerman Eckes

Captioning
Catie Pfeifer
Vicki Way Kipp

Educator Support Materials
Mia Forslund

Web
John Vieth
Erika Kachama-Nkoy
Tim Schneider

Design
Charles Barrows

Translation Services
Jzong Thao
University of Wisconsin-Madison Cultural Linguistic Services

Thay Yang
Milwaukee PBS

University of Wisconsin-Madison Cultural Linguistic Services

Special thanks to:
Joe Bee Xiong Family

Karen Jacobson
Chippewa Valley Museum

Joel Raney, Chippewa Valley Technical College

Long Vang, Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association

Executive Producer
Megan Monday

Director of Education
Alyssa Tsagong

Director of Television
Jon Miskowski

Story Advisors

Kristen Christopherson and students
Eau Claire Area School District
Eau Claire, WI
(2019)

Elizabeth Duellman and her students
Eau Claire Area School District
Eau Claire, WI
(2019)

Gwen Kong and the Lincoln Elementary Advanced Hmong Club
Madison Metropolitan School District
(2019)

Karla Lien
Eau Claire Area School District
(2019)

Kerri Lintl
Merrimac Community School
Merrimac, WI
(2021)

Darcy Maxwell
Summit Environmental School
La Crosse, WI
(2021)

Briana Odegard and her students
Eau Claire Area School District
Eau Claire, WI
(2019)

Mike Peplinski and his students
Eau Claire Area School District
Eau Claire, WI
(2019)

Tanya Schmidt
Oshkosh Area School District
Oshkosh, WI
(2021)

Blia Schwahn and her high school Hmong Club
Eau Claire Area School District
Eau Claire, WI
(2019)

Bradley Sommer and his students
Eau Claire Area School District
Eau Claire, WI
(2019)

Pua Song and her Hmong Culture class
Hmong American Peace Academy
Eau Claire, WI
(2019)

Chia Vang
Madison Metropolitan School District
(2019)

True Vue
Eau Claire Area School District
(2019)

Funding provided by

This project was part of Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Eau Claire, funded in part by Pablo Properties, Dick Cable Family, Ruder Ware, Holiday Vacations, John E. Kuenzl Foundation, Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation, Mark and Emily Blaskey in memory of Cheri Uelmen, Mel and Leann Breed, Sam and Suzy Murty, Trust Point, Presto Foundation, Royal Credit Union, Anonymous, The Eau Claire Community Foundation, including support from the Scobie Family Fund, the Daniel and Mary Ann Ogan Educational Fund and the Daniel F. and Margaret J. Brown Fund, Friends of Wisconsin Public Television, and the Wisconsin History Fund, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.