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City of Berkeley - 2010 Burma Day - Annual Burma Flags Raising
Honoring the people of Burma and marking the 23nd Anniversary of 8888


The city of Berkeley and San Francisco declared August 8 as Annual Burma Day in 2008 to honor the people of Burma in their struggle for democracy and freedom. That is the day -- famously known as 8888 -- the people of Burma took to the street in 1988 to demand democracy and freedom, but met with brutal crack down by the military regime. In marking the Burma Day, the City of Berkeley annually raises Burma flags at the City Hall. This year again the city will be raising the Burma flags on the August 6 morning to mark the Burma Day on the 22nd anniversary of 8888.

Two Burma flags (A pre-dictatorship Union of Burma flag and a Student Fighting-Peacock flag) will be raised at 8:08 am at the front and back of the city hall. Please join in to show your solidarity and support to the City in honoring the people of Burma including their beloved leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,  NLD, students and all the activists and all political prisoners in Burma. The country and the people have been continuously oppressed under the world's most brutal dictatorship for nearly five decades now. Please join in to support!!! A flyer can be downloaded here: Download Flyer

City of Berkeley Annual Burma Day (Burma) flags raising
to honor the people of Burma August 8, 1988 nation-wide uprising

Friday, August 6th, 2010
Time: 7:30 am - 9 am (Flags to be raised at 8:08 am)
Place: Civic Center Park across Old Berkeley City Hall
( At the Corner of Allston Way & Martin Luther King Jr. Way )
(One Block from Downtown Berkeley BART STATION)
Contact:  510-526-8601

Organized by the City of Berkeley; supported by the following co-sponsoring organizations:

1. BURMESE AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE (BADA)
http://www.badasf.org

2. BURMESE AMERICAN WOMEN’S ALLIANCE
http://www.bawalliance.org

3. BUDDHIST PEACE FELLOWSHIP (BPF)
http://www.bpf.org

4. CLEAR VIEW PROJECT
http://www.clearviewproject.org

5. CHIN YOUTH ORGANIZATION OF BAY AREA CALIFORNIA
(CYO/BAC)

6. MOEMAKA MEDIA
http://www.moemaka.com

7. NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY (LIBERATED AREA) (USA)

8. BURMA DEMOCRATIC CONCERN (BDC)
http://www.bdcburma.org

9. THONE YAUNG CHAL (TRI COLOR– USA)
http://www.badasf.org/2009/SF_BurmaDay_8888_2009.htm