When the Myanmar military overthrew a parliamentary government in February 2021, people filled the streets in protest. Met with violence, they have continued a nationwide Civil Disobedience Movement and many have taken up arms in a “Generation Z” war of resistance. Join Portland author and activist Edith Mirante for an overview of Myanmar (Burma) since the coup and a report on her recent trip to the India/Myanmar border in Chin State’s Thantlang war zone. Ei Thin Zar, founder and director of People’s Radio Myanmar then will share the work of young people from different ethnic and social groups who are involved in building communities of resistance.

Messages of Hope from Myanmar (Burma)
Wednesday, July 12, 2023, 12pm PST
Portland State University
Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 327*
1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
* Attendees need to enter the SW Broadway entrance only and take the elevator to the third floor.

This discussion is free and open to the public and is presented in partnership by Amnesty International Group 48, Never Again Coalition, Portland State University’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies Project, and WorldOregon.