Events
Celebrating Voices for Change in Burma
Join the AJWS-AVODAH Community and SF Hillel grads for wine, traditional Burmese snacks, and a celebration of advocacy and activism. Guest speakers include AJWS' grantee Naw Htoo Paw, a women's rights activist and human rights defender from the Karen Women's Organization, who will share her inspirational work as a young female activist on the Thai-Burmese border; AJWS Senior Program Officer Jenna Capeci, who will share AJWS' grant-making strategy for the region, and Ja Dim, a resettled Karenni exile who will share her experiences coming to Oakland and Refugee Transitions, an organization that supports refugees here in the Bay Area will provide opportunities to get involved locally. Entertainment provided by traditional Burmese dancers and DJ Betsy-La spinning world music with a feminine vibe. The program will include a Havdalah and candle lighting ceremony at 9:00 p.m.
May 17, 2008
8:00 to 10:30 p.m.
SOMA Creativity Center
81 Langton Street, Suite 13
San Francisco, CA
RSVP to Heidi Winig at hwinig@ajws.org
AJWS and San Francisco Hillel are part of a global movement for human rights and democracy in Burma. "Use your Liberty to Promote Ours" aims to increase awareness of the deteriorating social and political crisis in Burma, and will offer potent, pragmatic, non-violent methods to create lasting change.
