United Iu-Mien Community, Incorporated serving the Iu-Mien community in the Greater Sacramento Area Welcome to the Mien Community UIMC, Inc Office, 6000 Lemon Hill Avenue, CA 95824 Sacramento- (916) 383-3083 The mission of United Iu-Mien Community, Inc is to "help preserve and teach the Iu-Mien culture, assist Iu-Mien to adjust to living in America and to promote a healthy community through education, advocacy, mentoring, outreach and other support services and referrals that are culturally appropriate and in the spirit of collaboration to bridge cultural and language barriers in mainstream society. During the Vietnam War, the CIA recruited the Iu-Mien people and other mountain tribesmen from Laos to support their effort to prevent the spread of communism. The Mien sacrificed a great deal due to the lost of many friends and family members. Great Mien war heroes and soldiers fought bravely on behalf of their homeland and the United States. After the Fall of Saigon, Communist took power of the mountain regions of Laos and US forces were forced to withdraw from Southeast Asia. Multitudes of Mien and Hmong fled the mountains of Laos to refugee camps in Thailand and Vietnam to escape communist rule and persecution.