Be Proud And Lets' Be Ready To Get Counted In 2010 US Census !

The US government conducts the Population Census every ten years (in a year ending with 0) to collect and process head count (not just of citizens, but also of residents, refugees, …) and demographics...... (Read More)

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Cyclone Nargis Relief Fund

As you may know last week the cyclone Nargis hit the delta region of Burma leaving millions of people homeless without food, drinking water or ...... (Click Here To Donate Or read more about donors and donations made by BAWA on behalf of donors.)

No Time for Dreams: Living in Burma under Military Rule

No Time for Dreams: Living in Burma under Military Rule By Carolyn Wakeman and San San Tin, Introduction by Emma Larkin has "SPECIAL ONLINE PRE-PUBLICATION DISCOUNT at $29.96 (25% Off). It is going to be published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. . Compelling images of cinnamon-robed monks confronting the guns and clubs of Burma's military junta outraged the world in September 2007 and San San Tin Inspired by the legacy of her father Ba Tin's struggle against British colonialism beginning in the 1930s, infuses her journey from school girl to journalist and, briefly, to businesswoman with an unbroken spirit of resistance. Offering a compassionate insider's view of politics, culture, religion, and family during nearly half a century of unrelenting dictatorship, this riveting personal story traces an arc of decline to reveal the bitter fate of a once-prosperous and cosmopolitan society. ...... (Read More)

Burma Day's Burmese National Flag Raising, 21st 8888 Anniversary Buddhist Swan offering and Commemoration Held In Berkeley

The city of Berkeley and San Francisco had declared August 8 as Annual Burma day and in Berkeley, City Hall, Burmese National flag was raised annually on 8/8/2009 at 8:8 AM. Many Myanmar Organizations in Bay Area also attended in this event. It was organized and sponsored by SAN FRANCISCO (BAY AREA) 8888 ACTION COMMITTEE comprised of BURMESE AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE, BURMESE AMERICAN WOMEN’S ALLIANCE, BUDDHIST PEACE FELLOWSHIP MOEMAKA MEDIA, CLEAR VIEW PROJECT, KACHIN HERITAGE ORGANIZATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 88 GENERATION STUDENTS & NLD MEMBERS, BURMESE YOUTH ASSOCIATION, ASSOCIATION OF BURMESE STUDENTS, CHIN YOUTH ORGANIZATION, DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR A NEW SOCIETY(DPNS), WORLD ARAKANESE ORGANIZATION, THONE YAUNG CHAL (TRI COLOR– USA).

Program Included:
1. City of Berkeley Annual Burma Day (Burma) flag raising to honor the people of Burma August 8, 1988 nation-wide uprising
Time: 7:30 am - 9 am (The event to begin at 8 am sharp; Flags to be raised at 8:08 am)
Place: Civic Center Park across Old Berkeley City Hall ( At the Corner of Allston Way & Martin Luther King Jr. Way ) 510-220-1323
2. 8888 Anniversary Buddhist Swan offering and Commemoration
Time: 10 am - 12 pm (Lunch will be served)
Place: Dhamma Aye Yake Burmese Buddhist Monastery
2523 23rd AVE, Oakland, CA 94606 3. 8888 Anniversary Day Ceremony
Time: 12 pm—3 pm
Place: Dhamma Aye Yake Burmese Buddhist Monastery