No Time for Dreams: Living in Burma under Military Rule
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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.
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On Feb 10th, 2008, BAWA held its annual Election meeting, in which new officers were elected through popular vote for the 2008-2009 term.
From our secretary, Myat:
Dear BAWA Members,
2008 BAWA annual general meeting was held on February 9th 2008 and new Board of Directors was elected for 2008-2009 term with popular votes and Executive Committee was appointed by the Board of Directors. Board of Directors elected includes Daw Mabel Tun, Myat Wutyee Ohn, Manny Hwe, Htwe Htwe Win and Aye Aye Maw. For BAWA EC, BAWA Board of Directors had chosen Daw Mable Tun as President, Daw Aye Aye Maw as Vice President, Tha Zin Moe as Treasurer, and Myat Wutyee Ohn as Secretary. To reinforce our BAWA EC, BOD had appointed Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Web/Info Group as well. Additional BAWA EC includes Nandi as Assistant Treasurer, Manny Hwe as Assistant Secretary, and Khin Hlaing Soe, Kalyar and Khine Moe Htut, Saw Myat Pyay Sone and Htwe Htwe Win as Web/Info Group. Thank you to those who attended the meeting and voted the Board of Directors election. To those who could not join the meeting, post your questions and/or comments on BAWA_all yahoogroups wall post. Besides, I would like to inform you that BAWA web site is under construction. Please voice your input for BAWA website. See BAWA website at www.bawasf.org or http://www.bawalliance.org/
Best Regards,
Myat Wutyee Ohn
Secretary
Please refer to the about or contact page for the list officers.
On September 21, 2008, WAWA participated as part in raising fund for Nargis Children Victims in Myanmar at Newark Pavilion, Fremont.
Duration was from 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM.
" I want to inform you all for today event.
It was successful and we sold out everything in short time.
We sold about 160 fried quails and seehtamin. We got $704.00 and donated all to the fund raising committee.
I am so proud as a BAWA's member for donating that amount of money. It is a great team work.
Thanks for all members, ECs , Myat, Thazin, Nandi, Kalyar especially Yasmin for seehtamin and Thwe Thwe for helping at front booth.
And also Daw Khin Tint Tint, Nwe Ni and Aunty Ei who help alot at this event." BAWA EC member Ma Aye Aye Maw said.
9/22/2008
BAWA
8888 20th Anniversary and Burma Day Successfully held in Barkley and San Francisco.
On August 8, 2008 20th Anniversary of 8888 and Burma Day was held to make world see what happened in Burma and keep remembering
Burma Military Regime's inhumane actions on innocent and peaceful protesters who gave their lives for Democracy on 8.8.1988.
The city of San Francisco and Berkeley had declared: ( BURMA DAY): AUGUST 8 and a flag raising by the City of Berkeley at 8:08 am (Attended by vice mayor Maxell Anderson an city officials) and Burma Day Rally at San Francisco Union Square (attended by Supervisor Ammiano and a representative from Congresswoman Jacky Spare) were to be proud of.
BAWA's secretary Ma Myat Ohn had also delivered speech of what she felt in her heart about Burma Today. Please visit the following link to read more about this.
8/8/2008
BADA
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
8/9/2009
BAWA
BURMESE-AMERICAN WOMEN ALLIANCE'S ECs AND MEMBERS VOLUNTEERED AT LOAVES AND FISHES TO HONOR AUNG SAN SUU KYI FOR HER 64TH BIRTHDAY
The Burmese-American Women's Alliance (BAWA) volunteered at San Jose's Loaves and Fishes to feed the poor, homeless and seniors on May 23rd in honor of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday which actually takes place on June 19.
"Burma is a Buddhist country and Buddhists believe in doing good deeds on the occasion of a person's birthday," said Daw Mabel Tun, president of the Burmese-American Women's Alliance.
"This year it's especially important to recognize and honor the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate since she has been arrested and confined in the notorious Insein Prison with the possibility that her house arrest could be changed to a long prison sentence. The pro-democracy leader, it is reported, is in fragile health and this is a terrible worry for all who believe in her cause and the cause of Burmese democracy."
Another reason to honor Aung San Suu Kyi in America this year is because she has been awarded the U.S. Congress's highest honor, the Congressional Gold medal, the highest civilian award given to an individual by the Congress. Tragically, this wrongfully imprisoned leader will not be able to accept this award as she is spending her 13th year of incarceration and faces more charges pending her trial in Yangon, Burma's main city - the trial to start on Monday. Many world leaders have called for her release from prison and house arrest.
"We call on people of all faiths to pray for Burma and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi," said Yasmin Vanya, executive committee member of BAWA. "We encourage Bay Area residents to do good deeds and dedicate them to this brave and long-suffering herone." Vanya also encourages friends of Burma to beseech governments around the world to encourage the regime to bring democracy back to Burma and to free the country's duly and freely elected democratic leader and all political prisoners.
ABOUT LOAVES AND FISHES
This non-profit organization is committed to providing free, nutritious meals and support services in a dignified, safe and caring environment to all needy individuals, with special concern for families and senior citizens. For more information, go to the website: http://www.loavesfishes.org/
5/24/2009
BAWA
President and Mrs. Bush Meet with Dissidents
September 23, 2008
THE PRESIDENT: Laura and I and Secretary Rice and members of my administration have just had a wonderful lunch with democracy leaders, human rights activists, courageous men and women who have stood strong for freedom. I assured them that this government, my government, believes in the universality of freedom. We believe there's an Almighty, and a gift of that Almighty to every man, woman and child is freedom.
They inspire us. Here in America , we have an obligation to help others realize the blessings of liberty. They have been on the front lines of securing liberty. And so we want to thank you very much for your courage. We thank you for your set of beliefs that remain strong. Thank you for taking time to be with us today. And you might want to say something.
MRS. BUSH: Well, I just wanted to add one thing. I've been inspired by the stories that I've heard from everyone here. Some people that are here have already seen the results of their democracy, their actions for democracy, and are now -- live in countries where democracy is the rule of law in those countries. And so we feel encouraged by their stories.
But I wanted to mention particularly today the man standing beside me from Burma. He's one of the Burmese monks that's a refugee here now. It was almost a year ago exactly that the Burmese monks and many, many citizens of Burma turned out to protest in a peaceful protest -- to protest a rise in gasoline prices that were done by the government.
The government put this uprising down with great brutality. Many, many people were arrested, including many monks. Many dissidents and protestors had to go into hiding. Just recently the Burmese government has arrested one of the Generation 88, a female, Nilar Thein. She's now in prison. We all know the Burmese government has kept Aung San Suu Kyi in prison or house arrest for almost all of the last 18 years.
I want to urge all the neighbors of Burma -- China and India and other neighbors -- to continue trying to talk to the Burmese General, Than Shwe, to see if he can't do what all the world, the international community wants him to do, and that is start respecting the rights of the people of Burma; start a real dialogue for a transition to democracy; talk with the opposition leaders, the people from the National League of Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi's party, with all the ethnic groups -- bring everyone to the table so that the country can start to rebuild and be the country that the people of Burma want.
I met refugees on the Thai border when the President and I were just in Thailand -- Burmese refugees. These are refugees who want to go home, who want to move back to Burma, and live a life with their rights protected. And one of these refugees is U Kovida, who has had to come to the United States rather than be able to stay there.
I don't know if you want to say anything.
U KOVIDA: Thank you very much for inviting me here. This is really a nice day and my friends -- discussion with many people. In Burma, many (inaudible) people a lot. We all need human rights, all the world's people, because we are all human. So if -- when people, there's no human rights, there's no people and there's no human. So I hope so -- I hope that we all -- international community need to help the Burmese people, and I hope to get help to others -- international community and the U.S. and the European country. And I hope we can change the government some without weapon in Burma and Tibet and other ((inaudible) countries, so around the world we all need peace for change without weapon. Thank you very much.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, all. Thanks.
MRS. BUSH: Thank you, all.
END 1:37 P.M. EDT
9/24/2008
www.whitehouse.gov
Dominican University awards Honorary Doctrate to Aung San Suu Kyi
On May 17, Dominican University awarded Daw Aung San Suu Kyi with an Honorary degree, which was recieved by her cousin Dr. Sein Win, who is the prime minister of the exiled National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma.
5/20/2008
BAWA
Protests against the Olympic Torch Relay in SF
April 9th, 2008, BAWA joined BADA and thousands of others in protest against the 2008 Chinese Olympics at the San Francisco stop of the Torch Relay.
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2/10/2008
