Sea of Suffering: The Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar (Burma)
Join us on Sunday, May 6th, at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery for a documentary film screening, panel discussion, and slide shows about the international human rights and refugee crisis, and civil society and faith-based organizations efforts to build peace.
Film screening
Sittwe, an award-winning short about two teenagers, Buddhist and Rohingya, affected by conflict and Amae, Thamee, Ama (Mother, Daughter, Sister), work-in-progress about women affected by state sponsored sexual violence in Burma who seek justice.
Panelists
Emcee Chris Fortin, Buddhist priest recently returned from Burma
Hozan Alan Senauke, Buddhist Humanitarian Project founder recently returned from an interfaith mission to Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh
Kenneth Wong, Burmese-American author, translator and Burmese language instructor at UC Berkeley
Jeanne Hallacy, filmmaker and human rights advocate
Miu Kumakura, Human Rights Clinic, UC Berkeley School of Law will present their project on Social Media and Violence against the Rohingya
Pamela Blotner, Artists Beyond Boundaries will present a slideshow of the exhibition, Speaking Out: 9 Myanmar Artists.
Sunday, May 6th 5-7 pm
Berkeley Buddhist Monastery
2304 McKinley Avenue, Berkeley, California
http://www.berkeleymonastery.org/
In partnership with Smile Education and Development Foundation, Burma Task Force
Co-Sponsors Everyday Zen, San Francisco Zen Center, Buddhist
Humanitarian Project, Berkeley Zen Center
Light Refreshments will be served. Donations welcome.