SAM Talks

Saturday University—Myanmar and Its Many People From the Field: Conversations with Partners Asia, Therese Caouette with Zunetta Herbert November 17, 2012 9:30–11 am Stimson Auditorium

Therese Caouette, Executive Director, Partners Asia Zunetta Herbert, Myanmar Programs Director, Partners Asia—working with local leaders in and around Myanmar to strengthen civil society

Partners Asia supports community initiatives to improve the lives of the most vulnerable among the people of Myanmar. Many of these people live in unstable areas within Myanmar and along its borders, where they are at risk of displacement and exploitation. Hear from Partners Asia's non-profit leadership about current progress on the ground.

Other lectures in this series:
Sept 22 : Myanmar in 2012
Sept 29: Imagining Myanmar: Conquest, Collapse, and the Struggle for Community
Oct 6: People of Myanmar in the Pacific Northwest: Strength, Struggle and Spirit
Oct 13 : Buddhist Art and Architecture of Myanmar
Oct 20: Performing Ethnicity in Myanmar
Oct 27: Buddhist Activism in Myanmar
Nov 3: The Upland Peoples of Southeast Asia: Evading States for More Than Two Millennia
Nov 10: Journalism in Myanmar
Nov 17: From the Field: Conversations with Partners Asia
Dec 1: Updates on Current Peace Negotiations

Members: $5.00
Adults: $10.00

SAM member series: $43
Nonmember series: $86