Message from the Burma Task Force
Congratulations, your calls paid off! The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has passed Senate Bill S.2060.
Thank you.
The next step is to get it passed by the whole Senate. That will require serious effort.
We need you in Washington D.C. on Feb. 28 for this purpose.
Sign-up For Feb. 28 in D.C.
Bill S.2060 is not as strong as we would like it to be. It includes a major mistake that we urged them to correct: the text states that only 20,000 refugees have fled Burma when the actual number is 688,000.
For the next month-and-a-half we plan a sustained effort to influence legislators to add stricter sanctions onto Senate bill S.2060 and House Resolution H.R. 4223. You can access the detailed plan in this downloadable PDF.
Included in the guide are easily usable resources to directly contact your Senator and Congressman, a list of important events, lobbying days and actions.
Have You Signed Up For Rohingya Advocacy Day Yet?
Rohingya Advocacy Day on Feb. 28, is rapidly approaching; this is the time to sign-up. If you have already signed-up please get your neighbors to join you in meeting legislators. We especially urge supporters in GOP states and districts to sign-up.
Mark Your Calendar:
In The News
Mass graves continue to be unearthed in Burma. This past week 5 new mass graves previously unreported were uncovered by the AP. The faces of men half buried in graves, there faces burned away by acid or blasted by bullets was identified by survivors. The discovery adds more weight to the stories of survivors, as well as further adding to the evidence of the Burmese military's war crimes and attempts at covering up its genocidal anti-Rohingya policy.
Thank you.
The next step is to get it passed by the whole Senate. That will require serious effort.
We need you in Washington D.C. on Feb. 28 for this purpose.
Sign-up For Feb. 28 in D.C.
Bill S.2060 is not as strong as we would like it to be. It includes a major mistake that we urged them to correct: the text states that only 20,000 refugees have fled Burma when the actual number is 688,000.
For the next month-and-a-half we plan a sustained effort to influence legislators to add stricter sanctions onto Senate bill S.2060 and House Resolution H.R. 4223. You can access the detailed plan in this downloadable PDF.
Included in the guide are easily usable resources to directly contact your Senator and Congressman, a list of important events, lobbying days and actions.
Have You Signed Up For Rohingya Advocacy Day Yet?
Rohingya Advocacy Day on Feb. 28, is rapidly approaching; this is the time to sign-up. If you have already signed-up please get your neighbors to join you in meeting legislators. We especially urge supporters in GOP states and districts to sign-up.
What: Meeting your legislators & urging them to support bills S. 2060 & H.R. 4223.
Where: Capitol Hill. Washington D.C.When: Wednesday, February 28, 2018.
Your support can and will make a difference. Please register for Rohingya Advocacy Day!Where: Capitol Hill. Washington D.C.When: Wednesday, February 28, 2018.
Mark Your Calendar:
- Feb 1-Feb 28: Call-a-thon: Call your senators and representatives to support the bills and tweet them every other day.
- Feb 3-11: Write-a-thon: congregations/constitutents will gather in the evening and the weekend to write handwritten letters to enhance online activism.
- Feb 12-25: Meet-a-thon: Meeting representatives and senators in their constituencies.
- Feb 28: Rohingya Advocacy Day will bring Muslim Americans and interfaith groups to meet their representatives in their Congressional offices. Amnesty International is organizing a similar action on Feb 26th. We aim to gather as large a group as possible. Sign up here.
In The News
Mass graves continue to be unearthed in Burma. This past week 5 new mass graves previously unreported were uncovered by the AP. The faces of men half buried in graves, there faces burned away by acid or blasted by bullets was identified by survivors. The discovery adds more weight to the stories of survivors, as well as further adding to the evidence of the Burmese military's war crimes and attempts at covering up its genocidal anti-Rohingya policy.
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