BURMA:
A HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS
IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

STEPS FOR ACTION BY CITIZENS, INVESTORS, AND CONSUMERS.

Experts on Burma and Burmese Refugees To Speak

A program on socially responsible investing and corporate responsibility in a global economy, with a focus on the human rights crisis in Burma. Monday, March 12, at 7:30 pm, in the Parish House behind the First Unitarian Church, One Benevolent Street, at the corner of Benefit Street. The event is free and the public is invited.

Speakers to include:

• Simon Billenness, a senior analyst with Trillium Asset Management Corp., in Boston, and coordinator of the New England Burma Roundtable. Mr. Billenness is a primary originator and promoter of the "Massachusetts Free Burma Bill."
• Dr. Christina Fink is a cultural anthropologist who has extensive experience on Burma. She has worked in Thailand, running Burma-Net news and monitoring grants to Burmese pro-democracy groups. In 1998, she was awarded an Open Society Institute Individual Project Fellowship to research and write a book about Burma. Her book, "Living Silence: Burma under Military Rule," is about to be released.
• Aye Aye Mon and Myint Aung, recent refugees from Burma.

Joint Sponsors: Amnesty International's Group 49 of Providence, and the World Affairs Committee of the First Unitarian Church.

For information, call (401) 274-3739.