Aung San Suu Kyi Visits Yale!
On September 27, 2012, Burma’s pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi visited Yale to deliver a public address. Speaking to 700 attendees at the sold-out event in Sprague...
View ArticleHartford Visit #1
On Saturday, September 29, 2012, a team of The Myanmar Project members drove to Hartford, CT. Thanks to the two cars provided by Dwight Hall, we were able to launch a series of meetings with the young...
View ArticleHartford Visit #2
On Saturday, October 20, 2012, The Myanmar Project traveled to Hartford, CT for a second time to engage with the Karen Refugee community in a workshop focusing on fostering leadership and teamwork. At...
View ArticleSIGN FOR JUSTICE: Petitions to Support the Persecuted Rohingya in Myanmar
On November 14 and 15, 2012, The Myanmar Project organized a Rohingya Campaign on Yale’s Cross Campus. On the first day, nine posters that highlighted the persecution of the Rohingya minority in...
View ArticleBurmese Youth Workshop Day
The Myanmar Project hosted the Burmese Youth Workshop Day on December 1, 2012. We wanted to introduce aspects of college life in the States to resettled Burmese refugee youths, and also to provide some...
View ArticleThe Real Myanmar
We held a photo exhibition titled “The Real Myanmar” in Yale’s Trumbull Gallery, with the aim of raising awareness about Myanmar through a series of photographs taken by four of our members—Korn,...
View ArticleTeaching English at Kachin Theological College, Myanmar
This summer I went back to Burma for the first time in 10 years. I spent almost three months in Myitkyina, Kachin State, teaching English at Kachin Theological College. It felt so good to speak Kachin...
View ArticleOpen Visit to Hartford on MLK Weekend
Join members of The Myanmar Project this Saturday (1/18) as we make one of our monthly visits to Hartford, where we help a group of teenaged Burmese refugees settle in to life in the U.S.! We’ll be...
View Article“Magnificent Myanmar” Exhibition This Week
This week, The Myanmar Project will be holding a gallery entitled “Magnificent Myanmar: The People and Places of Burma.” The exhibition will open October 30th at 8:00pm with a reception in Maya’s Room...
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