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Held on Friday afternoon, the event was organized by a Harvard senior who is president of the Burma Action Movement, an unofficial group of Harvard students who support a peaceful resolution to the situation in Myanmar...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Protest Violence In Burma | 10/1/2007 | See Source »

...group’s president uses the pseudonym “Shanti Maung” to protect relatives still living in Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma, where she was born...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Protest Violence In Burma | 10/1/2007 | See Source »

...think [the nuns] were the most motivating factor,” said rally participant Tian Feng ’11. “The dedication that they showed was similar to that shown by the monks in Burma, and that really moved...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Protest Violence In Burma | 10/1/2007 | See Source »

...Square, State Rep. Byron D. Rushing ’64, D-Boston, spoke about House Bill 2729, which he introduced recently. Known as the Massachusetts Burma Bill, the legislation would allow the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board to urge companies to stop doing business in Myanmar and to suspend state pension fund investments in companies that are doing business in the country until a democratically elected government comes to power...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Protest Violence In Burma | 10/1/2007 | See Source »

Members of Harvard’s Burma Action Movement will be holding an informational meeting today and will visit the Massachusetts State House on Thursday to encourage legislators to vote in favor of the Massachusetts Burma Bill...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Protest Violence In Burma | 10/1/2007 | See Source »

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