Thursday, 17 June 2010

USCB: Happy 65th, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi! Here are events honoring her around the world

(လူထုေခါင္းေဆာင္ ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္ ၏ ၆၅ ႏွစ္ျပည့္ ေမြးေန႕မဂၤလာကိုဂုဏ္ျပဳ ေသာအားျဖင့္ အဓိပတိၾကီး ေပးပို႕သည္)



Happy 65th, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi! Here are events honoring her around the world:



United States

Washington, D.C.
What: Solidarity Rally for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Where: In front of the Capitol Building
When: 1:00pm – 3:00pm., 6/19/10

What: Cultural Performances by Burman, Karen, and Chin ethnic groups
Where: The National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle, Washington, DC 20005
When: 4:00 – 7:00pm., 6/19/10

California
What: Peace Picnic
Where: Mitchell Park, Palo Alto, CA
When: 11:00am - 5:00 p.m., 6/19/10

What: Fundraising Party
Where: Burmese Monestary, 710 Grandview lane, La Puente, CA 91744
When: 10:30 am - 2:00 p.m., 6/10/10

Hawaii
What: Benefit Event hosted by Alan Clements
Where: Maui Zen Mission at Baldwin Beach
When: 7:30 – 9:00 p.m., 6/19/10

Massachusetts
What: Evening Vigil
Where: Outside of the Harvard T Station ("the Pit") Cambridge, MA
When: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m., 6/18/10

New York
What: Demonstration
Where: Demonstration: Ralph Bunche Park across the street from the UN (1st Ave and 43rd St); Panel Discussion: 777 UN Church Center Plaza (44th St and 1st Ave)
When: 6/18/10. Demonstration at 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.; Panel Discussion at 1:00 p.m.

What: Offering lunch to venerable monks
Where: 12 72-00 Woodside Ave Woodside, NY 11377
When: 10:30 a.m., 6/18/10

Australia

What: Sending Birthday Cards to Aung San Suu Kyi
Where: Send cards to Burma Campaign Australia
c/- Burma Office, Labour Council Building
Suite 6, Level 8, 377-383 Sussex Street,
Sydney NSW
When: Send card by 6/16/10

What: Launch of the Ambassadors for Aung San Suu Kyi Program
Where: Atrium, Labor Council Building, 377-383, Sussex St, Sydney 2000
When: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., 6/18/10

Canada

What: Women’s Freedom Vigil with Karen Connolly
Where: Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square, Toronto
When: 6:45 – 8:00 p.m., 6/17/10

Czech Republic

What: Graffiti for Aung San Suu Kyi
Where: Prague
When: 5:00 p.m., 6/18/10

Ireland

What: Concert
Where: National Concert Hall, Dublin
When: 6/19/2010

New Zealand

What: Candle-Light Vigil
Where: Auckland
When: 6/19/10

Singapore

What: Listening to Dhamma discourse and lunch
Where: Toa Payoh Burmese Buddhist Temple
When: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., 6/20/10

Spain

What: Photographic exhibition
Where: Club de Sant Cugat Muntanyec, Barcelona
When: 6/16/10

What: Screening of the movie “Beyond Rangoon”
Where: Culture House. C / Castellvi., Barcelona
When: 7:00 p.m., 6/18/10

What: Speakers, Exhibition and Burma VJ viewing
Where: Muntanyec Club. Plaça de la vila nº2 (6pm- 8pm), Plaça Octavia.(8:40pm -10:30pm)
When: 6:00 - 10:30 p.m., 6/19/10

What: Course on non-violence, activism and social change as Burma way
Where: Culture House
When: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., 6/20/10

Thailand

What: Round table discussion, dance performance, photo exhibition
Where: Chiang Mai University Art Museum on Nimmanhaemin Road
When: 4:00 - 8:00 p.m., 6/19/10

What: Arrest Yourself Event, all-day seminar
Where: Chiang Mai University’s Uniserv building, 239 Nimmanhaemin Road
When: 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., 6/20/10
What: 20,000 trees planted for the Lady
Where: NLD Youth members plan to grow saplings in each of the 318 townships across Thailand, except in Kayah State
When: now – 6/19/10

United Kingdom

What: Demonstration
Where: Burmese Embassy, 19A Charles Street, London
When: 12:00 p.m., 6/18/10

What: Concert
Where: St. Charles’ R.C. Community, Church Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 1AL, United Kingdom
When: 7:30 p.m., 5/15/10

What: Musical Bridge
Where: Christ Church Spitalfields London E1 6QE
When: 7:00 p.m., 5/15/10

What: Public Event
Where: Manchester (Venue to be announced)
When: 1:00 p.m., 6/19/10

What: Tea Party
Where: Garden at the back of Amnesty International second-hand bookshop
103 Gloucester Road Bristol BS7 8AT
When: 2:30 – 5:00 p.m., 6/19/10

What: Concert
Where: The Others, 6-8 Manor Rd, Stoke Newington N16
When: 7:30 p.m., 6/19/10

What: Demonstration
Where: St Ann's Square, Manchester
When: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., 6/19/10

What: Luncheon Donation to the Buddhist Monks
Where: Sasana Rmsi Vihara, 83 Road, Colindale , NW9
When: 10:00 a.m., 6/19/10

What: Birthday celebration
Where: Barnet Multicultural Community Centre, Algernon road, Hendon,London,NW4 3TA
When: 3:00 - 8:00 p.m., 6/20/10

What: Beyond Rangoon Screening
Where: St Margaret of Scotland Episcopal Church, 170 Easter Road, Edinburgh
When: 7:30 - 9:30 p.m., 6/18/10


Thank you to everyone for all the wonderful efforts commemorating Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on her 65th birthday.

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