How You Can Help

A lot of us are reading the news coming out of Burma and wondering what we can do to help. Here are some ideas:

1. Attend a Protest Rally

Here in San Francisco, we've been targeting the Chinese Consulate.
Read why here: http://www.badasf.org/2007/ChinaProtestSept26.htm

The next protest action is planned for Friday Oct 5.
Your best source for local, action-oriented info is BADA SF:
http://www.badasf.org

A rally at the consulate yesterday got good coverage but we need more people!
Here's some of the media coverage from yesterday:
http://www.sfgate.com (w/photos)
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo (w/video)

2. Contribute Money

How to get money to the people inside Burma who really need it (for food, water, medical supplies!)? It's not easy. But we have a grassroots way to do it. Read about Youth Solidarity of Burma:
http://madnomad.com/ysb

3. Act Online

Ethical Traveler is working on putting together a list of online petitions, letter writing campaigns, etc. Hopefully this will be up by the end of the weekend. It will be here: http://ethicaltraveler.org/news.php

For now, here are a few:
http://avaaz.org
http://amnestyusa.org
http://www.democracyinaction.org

Ethical Traveler also has a way to post your photographic message of solidarity to the people of Burma:
http://ethicaltraveler.org/burma

4. Read the News

Best sources for news:
http://irrawaddy.org
http://burmamyanmargenocide.blogspot.com
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific