A Conversation on Myanmar: Follow Up with Patty Curran, Partners Asia (webinar)

Thank you to everyone who joined our April 12 conversation with Patty Curran and friends. We discussed the latest updates from Myanmar, strategies for supporting our partners in the country and the Civil Disobedience Movement, important considerations to protect those we know in Myanmar, and ways to stay informed and engage. We recorded the conversation—please contact us at info@pangeagiving.org if you’d like the link.

To continue to follow the latest news, refer to these recommended news sources:

If you are looking for ways to financially support the people of Myanmar at this time, we are happy to provide information on how to do so. Please contact us at info@pangeagiving.org. You can learn more about the solidarity protests in Seattle by visiting the Facebook page of Save Burma/Myanmar Seattle.

Note: Pangea Giving continues to support our partners in Myanmar. In an effort to protect these organizations from persecution by the Tatmadaw (armed forces of Myanmar), we have removed reports and updates of the organizations we support from our website.

Event Description

Since our March 4th conversation on Myanmar, the situation is looking increasingly bleak. More than 500 unarmed civilians have been killed by soldiers as the military resists continued public pressure to restore democracy. 

Join Pangea members and friends as we discuss the latest reports and how we can act to support the people of Myanmar. Special guest Patty Curran, Executive Director of Partners Asia, will headline the discussion and we will also be joined by Therese Caouette (Partners Asia), Mark West (Landesa), and Ryker Labbee (Zomia.org).

The meeting will be facilitated by Pangea member Bob Ness.

Some background on recent developments:

Panelist Bios

Patty Curran is the Executive Director of Partners Asia, an organization that forges relationships with local leaders who work to serve the needs of “invisible” populations—refugees, migrants, ethnic minorities, LGBTQI,—living primarily along the Thailand-Myanmar border.

Patty has spent her career focused on leading social justice and business ethics efforts. After studying Social Work at St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, she worked with coal mining communities in Appalachia and then in inner-city Washington, D.C. before serving as a Jesuit Volunteer in Kathmandu. She spent the following 15 years in Cambodia contributing to the fight against landmines and providing vocational training to landmine survivors, and through various non-profits, she led efforts to fundraise, support organizational development, and build skills and confidence of community groups driving change in their communities.

Therese Caouette is the Southeast Asia Regional Advisor for Partners Asia.

Mark West is Southeast Asia Senior Director for Landesa, a global non-profit organization securing land rights for the world’s poorest people.

Ryker Labbee co-founded Zomia, a peer-to-peer lending company that provides higher education loans to students from marginalized communities in Southeast Asia.

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