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Burma Dinner at UW-Milwaukee
- Subject: Burma Dinner at UW-Milwaukee
- From: absdf88@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 23:22:00
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The Burma Refugee Relief Coalition (BRRC) at the University of =
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, will celebrate the Burma dinner on February 19, =
1999. The BRRC is one of the active organizations supporting the =
freedom struggle of Burma. It sent a delegation to the refugee camps at =
Thailand-Burma border in last summer. The BRRC will also bring =
presentations on interesting topics of health care in South East Asia, =
slide show and movies of its documentation on the trip to the =
Thailand-Burma border, and detaintees of Burma. The detailed schedule of =
the dinner will be as follow:
4:30pm Cocktails, Silent Auction, Slides and Movies by the Burma Refugee
Relief Coalition
6:00pm Dinner by The King and I
Speakers: Dr John Ndon (Interaction of HIV-Infection and Malaria
in Developing Countries)
Dr Leslie Schulz (Bangladesh Refugees and nutrition)
Dr Cynthia Sommer (Epidemiology of infectious disease in SE =
Asia)
Detainees of the Burmese Junta
brought by the Graduate CLS Association
8:00pm Ron DeVillers/Jack Carr Big Band
Swing dance performances and lessons by the Heptown Swing Group.
$8 dance only
(UWM/non-UWM)
$30/$40 single tickets
$50/$70 couple tickets (seats two)
$160/$240 table tickets (seats eight)
$500 coorporate sponsership (seats eight and includes advertising)
Tax deduction available
make check payable to UW-Milwaukee, send to SOAR office, Union E310, =
P.O.Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201 or pick up your tickets in person at =
the SOAR office in the UWM Union
"But the facts cannot be hidden, and we outside Burma cannot look away =
and ignore the plight of Burma's people.
Our religious and philosophical teachings tell us that human suffering =
anywhere must be accepted as our=20
own suffering. And our worldly experience convinces us that only =
practical political action can help=20
end that suffering."
The Most Reverend Desmond M Tutu
Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town
Join us for the:
Feb 19, 1999 UWM Ballroom 4:30pm
Discovering Burma Dinner--Healthcare in SE Asia.
If you need any information, please contact Heidi Pirkov at =
hpirkov@xxxxxxxxxxx
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The Burma Refugee Relief Coalition = (BRRC) at the=20 University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee, will celebrate the Burma dinner on = February=20 19, 1999. The
BRRC
is one of the active organizations supporting = the=20 freedom struggle of
Burma. It sent a delegation to the refugee camps at=20 Thailand-Burma
border in
last summer. The BRRC will also bring = presentations on=20 interesting topics
of health care in South East Asia, slide show and = movies of=20 its
documentation on the trip to the Thailand-Burma border, and = detaintees of=20
Burma. The detailed schedule of the dinner will be as = follow:
4:30pm Cocktails, Silent Auction, Slides and Movies by the Burma=20 Refugee
Relief=20 Coalition
6:00pm Dinner by The King and=20 I
Speakers: Dr John Ndon=20 (Interaction of HIV-Infection and=20 Malaria
= in=20 Developing Countries)
Dr = Leslie=20 Schulz (Bangladesh Refugees and=20 nutrition)
Dr Cynthia = Sommer=20 (Epidemiology of infectious disease in SE=20
Asia)
Detainees of the = Burmese=20 Junta
brought = by the=20 Graduate CLS Association
8:00pm Ron DeVillers/Jack Carr Big=20 Band
Swing dance = performances and=20 lessons by the Heptown Swing Group.
$8 dance=20 only
(UWM/non-UWM)
$30/$40 single tickets
$50/$70 couple = tickets (seats=20 two)
$160/$240 table tickets (seats eight)
$500 coorporate = sponsership=20 (seats eight and includes advertising)
Tax deduction = available
make check=20 payable to UW-Milwaukee, send to SOAR office, Union E310,
P.O.Box
413,=20 Milwaukee, WI 53201 or pick up your tickets in person at the SOAR
office = in the=20 UWM Union
"But the facts cannot be hidden, and we = outside=20 Burma cannot look away
and
ignore the plight of Burma's people.
Our = religious=20 and philosophical teachings tell us that human suffering
anywhere must = be=20 accepted as our
own suffering. And our worldly experience convinces = us that=20 only
practical
political action can help
end that = suffering."
The=20 Most Reverend Desmond M Tutu
Archbishop Emeritus of Cape = Town
Join us=20 for the:
Feb 19, 1999 UWM Ballroom 4:30pm
Discovering Burma=20 Dinner--Healthcare in SE Asia.
If you need any information, please = contact=20 Heidi Pirkov at
<3d.htm>hpirkov@xxxxxxxxxxx
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