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Buddhist Humanitarian Project 1933 Russell Street Berkeley CA 94703 www.buddhisthumanitarianproject.org Support the Rohingya and Senate Bill 2060 On Wednesday, November 14 at the Asia-Pacific Summit in Singapore, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence spoke with Myanmar’s de-facto leader Daw Aung San Suu about his deep concern for the plight of the Rohingya peoples. He said: The violence and persecution by military and vigilantes that resulted in driving 700,000 Rohingya to Bangladesh is without excuse…I am anxious Read more…

Hozan Alan Senauke on Thursday, November 16 speaking about Buddhism, Buddhist “nationalism,” and the Rohingya crisis on WBEZ-Chicago’s long-running “Worldview”—a radio show about how race, ethnicity, gender, identity, the environment, religion, politics, and economics drive and shape the news, hosted by Jerome McDonnell. https://www.wbez.org/shows/worldview/zen-priest-alan-senauke-protecting-rohingya-and-building-community-through-buddhism/4990b094-0254-4d88-bbe6-6e57360a2339

We received this letter and hope you will sign this letter too. Dear Alan, Due in part to the continuous pressure of Burma Task Force, the Faith Coalition to Stop Genocide in Burma, and numerous other organizations striving for the cause of the Rohingya, the U.S. State Department has explicitly recognized the gravity of the crimes that have been committed in Myanmar. They have officially acknowledged the findings of the U.N. Fact Finding Mission to Read more…