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Media Coverage:

• Watch Moemaka Media Video Posting: http://moemaka.blogspot.com/2007/10/burmese-in-bay-area-san-francisco.html
• Photo Show: http://www.flickr.com/photos/butensky/sets/72157602295008058/show/
• Photo Show: http://photoshow.comcast.net/watch/fh8sv2IP
• KGO: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=5692998
• http://cbs5.com/local/local_story_278205515.html
• http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7097538
• http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/baycitynews/roundup.DTL&hw=burma&sn=003&sc=496
• http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/bcn_burma_rally_071006.shtml
• http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/ci_7092227
• http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_7092624 (same article as above)
• http://moemaka.blogspot.com/2007/10/burmese-in-bay-area-san-francisco.html
  
  Summary:
  
  Peace and freedom loving people from San Francisco Bay Area (around a thousand) participated in the Peace for Burma Actions held on Friday, Oct 5, 2007. The actions included the really and meditation protest in Front of Chinese consulate from 2 pm to 5 pm; a peace march from Chinese consulate to United Nations Plaza (5 pm - 5:40 pm); and multi religion prayer vigil (6 to 8 pm) at the United Nations Plaza.
  
  In front of the consulate, the Buddhist monks and lay people meditated while activists rallied; and speeches were delivered by representatives from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi office and other community organizations. The rally and the big crowd caused the Chinese embassy to close down early.
  
  The peace march is the recreation of recent peaceful marches in Burma, in which thousands of people led by Buddhist monks marched holding sassana flags and reciting metta sutta. Monks and a nun from Burmese, Japan and Chinese monasteries, Buddhist Peace Fellowship and Buddhist Churches of America, Buddhist Churches of San Francisco, San Francisco Zen Center led the march holding the Sassana flags and reciting Meetta sutta. 
  
  At the UN Plaza, multi-religion Prayer vigil was held. The monks and a nun conducted the prayer and dhamma talks. Besides, the representatives from Senator Feinstein, CoChair of Senate Women's Caucus on Burma and Congressman Tom Lantos, Chair of House Committee on Foreign Relation spoke along with community leaders from Burma, Vietnam, Tibetan, Jewish and NGOs.
  
  The actions were ended with Vigil and lively rally at 8 pm.
  
  Local TVs , radios and news papers reported the actions. More actions are being planned by the San Francisco community.
  
  Thanks,
  Nyunt Than
  www.badasf.org