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Annual
General Meeting of Burma Action Ireland
Cruinniú
Cinn Bhliana Ghníomhaíocht ar son Bhurma in Éirinn
Wednesday
30th of June 2010
7p.m.
Loreto Hall,
77 Saint Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
All
are welcome to attend the Annual General Meeting of Burma Action
Ireland (BAI) which will take place on Wednesday 30th of June 2010 at
19.00. The venue is Loreto Hall, 77 Saint Stephen's Green, Dublin 2.
This meeting will include a report from both the Chairperson and
Treasurer of Burma Action Ireland and the election of a new executive
committee for the year 2010/2011.
The
Annual General Meeting provides an opportunity for you to participate
in the decision making process and organisational direction of BAI. It
also provides you with an opportunity to learn of the activities of BAI
over the past twelve months and to offer your opinion with regard to
the future undertakings of BAI. As this is a very important year for
Burma with the forthcoming sham elecctions and the expected release of
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, you are urged to come to the AGM and become
involved.
We
would ask you to help us continue that work by attending the AGM and by
renewing your subscription if you haven't already done so. Your
contribution is very important and helps us to lobby for positive
change in Burma, to raise awareness of issues relating to Burma through
our quarterly newsletter and public events and to host representatives
from the Burmese democracy movement in Ireland. Our sincere thanks to
those of you who have renewed your subscription for the coming year.
65th
Birthday Celebration for Aung San Suu Kyi
Music
from
Christy Moore ~ Niall Toner Band ~ Fiachra Trench ~
Noel Eccles ~ Neil Martin ~ Keith Donald ~ Brendan Graham
Poetry
from Damian Gorman
Readings from Eamon Dunphy, Deirdre Purcell & Carmel McCreagh.
Tickets:
€35 €45 €20 (choir balcony)
Booking: 01 417 0000 ~ www.nch.ie
All
proceeds to Burma Action Ireland
Freedom
Cycle 2010
MIZEN
TO
MALIN July 11th / 17th 2010
SUPPORTED
BY BURMA ACTION IRELAND
Want
a great week's holiday from Sunday 11th to 17th July 2010? How
about
cycling from the most southerly point of Ireland to the most northerly
point via the scenic west coast with the south-westerlies blowing
gently behind us? What an exciting and active holiday and possibly
learning a song, taking photos, visiting relations, testing some
local beverages, learning about Burma, making friends, getting
lost, finding
yourself, living the real history and geography of Ireland as we travel
the length of Ireland under our own pedal-power!
This is NOT a
charity event and all
participants must fund themselves as regards food, accommodation etc.
Participants may, of couse, use the event for sponsorship for Burma
Action Ireland or
some
personal favourite charity. B.A.I. will use
the week as an
awareness raising event hightlighting the lack of Human
Rights and Democracy in Burma. Evening events such as leaflet
distribution or mobile poster displays will be organized by myself and
a few B.A.I. colleagues at some of our evening stops.
The
Cycle:
Approx 110km/day cycle starting at Mizen Head in south-west Cork and
stopping nightly at Killarney, Doolin, An Ceathrú Rua in the Gaeltacht,
Westport, Sligo and Letterkenny with the finish line at Malin Head.
Mornings will be a full group reasonable pace cycle (25km/hr on flat in
a group) with lunch stops and coffee breaks. To facilitate the more
experienced participants, the afternoon cycle may split into groups
with the faster group challenging themselves while the basic group
pedal on in a more relaxed fashion!
Support:
A support bus / van will accompany the cyclists and carry all bags,
bicycle spares, etc. All participants look after their own insurance /
logistics and pay a reasonanle fee for the support requirements. Some
participants may share in the driving.
Accommodation:
A limited number of hostel beds will be pre-booked for each of our
stopovers - available on a first come basis. You, however, may prefer 5
star hotels with gourmet meals or a sleeping bag with beans on toast!
Accommodation information re hotels, camping, hostels and B&Bs
will
be available in advance.
Costs for participants:
Each cycling participant to finance him/her self and provide good bike,
transport to start and from finish, accommodation along the way and
food and entertainment costs. Essentially it is a privately financed
week's holiday.
Evenings:
Accommodation and meals are
one's personal choice but there will be 'designated pubs' at each
overnight stop for the group to gather, if so desired. Hopefully there
will be good craic, with music and singing and probably some weired and
wonderful party pieces. Seperate to this, B.A.I. may organise some
local public awareness raising events.
Preparation:
Prepare by cycling on your own or with friends and possibly joining us
for optional monthly TRAINING SPIN on the last Saturday of every month
@ 4p.m. from the ALSAA Sports Complex beside Dublin Airport.
Just meet in car park near
the ALSAA athletics track at 3.45pm on the Saturday in question and phone your
attendance to Maurice in advance!
Deadlines:
Register interest by email a.s.a.p. at maurice1234@eircom.net
(Accommodation preference to those who register interest first)
Check: www.burmaactionireland.org/freedomcycle2010
- for updates. Please pass on information to friends and relations. It
should be a great adventure!
Maurice Hurley (Organiser) Phone 087-0564741
Friday,
6th November 2009 @ 8pm
Riverbank Arts Centre, Droichead Nua, Co. Kildare presents............
Burma
Action
Ireland is proud to support Riverbank Arts Centre, Droichead Nua, Co.
Kildare in a special screening of Burma VJ, the award winning
documentary style film by Danish director Anders Østergaard.
Don't
miss this
opportunity to see the incredible documentary which follows the events
of September 2007, as the Buddhist monks of Burma stage peaceful
protests against the ruling military and living conditions imposed by
them. The film is seen through the lens of 'Joshua' and other video
journalists who risk their freedom and their lives to ensure that
footage of the brutal repression of the protests by the Burmese
military makes it out of Burma for all the world to see.
The
screening
will be supported by BAI and will be followed by a discussion forum
with special guest Khin Maung Win of the Democratic Voice of Burma.
This is a unique opportunity to ask those questions that the film
raises and to gain a better understanding of both the events of
September 2007 and media censorship in Burma.
For
Riverbank Box
Office bookings contact:
Email:
boxoffice@riverbank.ie
Telephone:
(045) 448327
For
Riverbank
Online bookings visit:
Riverbank
Online Box Office
For
Riverbank
contacts details and location map visit:
Riverbank
Contacts
For
Burma VJ
synopsis, interviews and more read the
Burma
VJ Press Kit here
PUBLIC
EVENT - INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY - MONDAY 21st SEPTEMBER 2009
Join
us on International Peace Day 2009 in commemorating the
“Saffron Revolution” in Burma in September 2007.The peaceful protests
led by Buddhist Monks were savagely repressed by the military
dictatorship. Many monks and members of the public were killed or
injured, while many others were arrested. Many of those arrested are
still detained in inhuman conditions at risk of torture, including
monks and nuns.
BAI
will hold a public event calling for a peaceful and democratic Burma
When: Monday 21st September
Where: at the traffic island on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin
What time: from 4.30pm to 6.30pm
All supporters are urged to take part.
Please feel free to wear or bring
symbols of peace to the event.
Dublin’s
Lord Mayor opens Book of Solidarity for Aung San Suu Kyi
Dublin’s
Lord Mayor, Councillor Emer Costello has opened a Book of Solidarity at
City Hall, Castle Street, calling on the Military Junta in Burma, to
immediately release Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. The book will
be open to the public for signing on Monday 17th August
from 1.00p.m to 5.00p.m, and from Tuesday 18th August to
Thursday 20th August 2009 from 10.00a.m to 5.00p.m.
Please
take the time to sign the book and show your solidarity with Aung San
Suu Kyi.
PLEASE
USE YOUR FREEDOM TO PROMOTE HERS!!
PUBLIC EVENT - IN PROTEST OF THE UNLAWFUL CONVICTION OF AUNG SAN SUU
KYI
Burma
Action Ireland will hold a public demonstration in protest at the
conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi and calling for immediate concrete
action by the UN Security Council. The demonstration will be a moving
protest which will visit 4 of the Dublin embassies of the permanent
member countries of the UNSC – United States, France, China and United
Kingdom. BAI urgently needs your support at this event! Please join us
at the US Embassy, Elgin Road, Ballsbridge at 3.30pm tomorrow
afternoon. We will spend a short time there before moving on to each of
the other embassies in turn and finally return to O’Connell Street as a
marching protest.
WHERE:
US EMBASSY, ELGIN ROAD, BALLSBRIDGE
WHEN:
WEDNESDAY 12TH AUGUST 2009 @ 3.30PM
PLEASE
USE YOUR FREEDOM TO PROMOTE THEIRS!!
Burma
Action Ireland thanks you for your continued support!
For
further information contact:
Niamh
Rooney 087 1261957
PUBLIC
EVENT - FRIDAY 19TH JUNE - AUNG SAN SUU KYI 64th BIRTHDAY
Aung
San Suu Kyi 64th Birthday Celebration
Imprisoned
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Aung San Suu Kyi will most likely spend her
64th birthday behind bars at Insein Prison in Rangoon on June 19th
2009.
Burma Action Ireland would like to invite you to use your freedom to
promote hers by joining us to mark the occasion of her birthday at an
evening vigil.
The event will take place from 6p.m. to 8p.m. on Friday 19th June 2009
at Fusiliers Arch, St. Stephens Green, Dublin where we will have a
symbolic release of 64 balloons at the event closing.
All supporters are urged to take part.
STREET
EVENT - SATURDAY MAY 16TH - AUNG SAN SUU KYI ARRESTED
Following
the arrest and charge of Aung San Suu Kyi and her subsequent detention
at Insein Prision, Burma Action Ireland will hold a protest on Saturday
16th May outside the GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin from 11am onwards,
where we will be collecting signatures for a petition to UN Secretary
General Ban Ki Moon calling for the immediate release of Aung San Suu
Kyi and all political prisoners in Burma.
Please see the
news
and reports page
for
further details of her arrest.
FUNDRAISER
- JULY 2009 - SPONSORED WALK FROM DUBLIN TO LIMERICK
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Ger
Fitzgerald and companions will undertake a sponsored charity walk from
the O’Connell Monument in Dublin City Centre to the O’Connell Monument
in Limerick City Centre in order to raise much needed funds for Burma
Action Ireland and more specifically, for Burmese children in need. The
walk will take place the last week in July 2009, leaving Dublin on July
25th and will cover approximately 200 km in the course of 7 days.
Please support Ger and his companions in this most generous and
challenging undertaking by pledging your sponsorship NOW!
Please contact Ger Fitzgerald at fitz.ger@gmail.com or
info@burmaactionireland.org for more information.
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