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Burma's Struggle
Continues
An Evening with Burmese monk leader and
former monk political prisoner,
a benefit event to help the
monks and nuns of Burma!
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Monday Dec 17, 7:00 – 9:30 pm
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian-Universalists
1924 Cedar Street (@Bonita), Berkeley, CA 94709
The People of Burma have been forced
to live under the brutal dictatorship since 1962, and have been violently
crushed repeatedly every time they rose up against the successive dictatorial
regimes.
Recently, led by Buddhist monks, hundreds of thousands of peaceful people are
taking to the streets to cry out for an end to the long-standing military
dictatorship in Burma yet again. However, holding Buddhist Sassana flags and
reciting prayers of love on the street is now a crime punishable by beating and
death. Many monks have been disrobed, beaten, humiliated, tortured, and killed,
and there are reports of a massacre in the jungle. The military junta is raiding
monasteries and private homes in the middle of the night and dragging away those
they suspect of involvement. Over 4,000 Buddhist monks and protesters have been
arrested and the Burmese population is living in fear.
The people of Burma need your help. Despite this brutal military crackdown, the
brave struggle continues, but both protestors and innocent onlookers are being
beaten, arrested, imprisoned, tortured and killed. Please JOIN us at the event
to learn more about Burma's current situation, conditions of monks, nuns and
Buddhist institutions, to make donation to support the monks, nuns and people of
Burma; and to discuss on taking actions and to sign the petitions and
letters.
SPEAKER
Masoeyein Sayadaw: The saffron revolution continues. Masoeyein Sayadaw is the head of the International Burmese Monks Organization ((Sassana Moli) ) founded after recent protests in Burma to help the monks and nuns of Burma as well as to save the Buddhism from the destructive Burma’s Junta. He is a well-known Buddhist teacher and author of 50 years in Burma. He was derobed and imprisoned in Burma for three years in 1990 for his monastery participating in the Monk’s boycott of the military. He has been actively advocating against the atrocities and destructions of monks, nuns and Buddhist institutions in Burma.
VIDEO
Burma: State of Fear by Frontline/WORLD, 25 MINS, COLOR; After more than 40 years in power, Burma's junta has amassed one of the largest armies in Southeast Asia and wage wars against its own people. This video will shed great light on why the recent protests in Burma took place. With introduction and Q&A by the Frontline/WORLD Series Editor Stephen Talbot.
Program: Video + Speaker + Q&A/Discussion until 9:30 pm
Donation accepted. All proceeds go
to International Burmese Monks Organization, Inc. (Sassana Moli)
Contact: 510 220 1323; 707-360-8452
www.badasf.org; www.bpf.org; Organized
by Burmese American Democratic Alliance Sponsored by International
Burmese Monk Organization, Buddhist Peace Fellowship and Berkeley Fellowship of
Unitarian-Universalists Social Justice Committee