Suzanne and Ruth are joined by Rahel Lam, co-founder of Cup of Color, a non-profit organization built on the belief that beauty and truth can be found in the converging of many different voices. Their vision is 'to empower people living under hopeless circumstances by doing visual arts with communities'. Rahel and her husband Damon, a Hong Kong activist, know all too well what it means to lose your home and not be able to go back, to look at violence from afar and feel a sense of guilt for not being able to do anything to help. So when they got a request from a Myanmar activist to paint a wall in Switzerland for people suffering in despair and fear under a brutal regime, there was no hesitation: if they could do it they knew they would. From this encounter the Wall for Myanmar initiative was born. Here Rahel talks about the motivation behind Cup of Color, the desire to spread hope and resilience, especially to forgotten countries and peoples, and the importance of the Wall for Myanmar in helping Burmese people express their pain and suffering so that they can one day heal.

The ah nah: Conversations with Myanmar podcast was born from a desire to bring into public consciousness the atrocities that are currently being committed in Myanmar (also known as Burma). Our goal is simply to keep the conversation going, and to let the people of Myanmar know that they have not been forgotten. You can continue to support the people of Myanmar by keeping this conversation going. You can subscribe to this podcast on all major podcasting apps, including Apple, Spotify and Acast. You can also follow us on all our social media pages, linked below. If you’d like to reach out, please email us or fill out this form to add your voice to the conversation (https://tinyurl.com/3ee7ssm9).

Credits:

Song: Kabar Makyay Bu (Until the End of the World), was written and recorded by Naing Myanmar, it became the revolutionary anthem of the 1988 pro-democracy movement and could be heard once again all over Myanmar during the 2021 Coup. Naing Myanmar maintains that the song is no longer his, since the '88 uprising “it belongs to everyone”.

Graphics: SelinaXin

Sound Effects: https://mixkit.co

*Special thanks to ‘Rahel, her family and the entire team at Cup of Color and all those who contributed to the wall for Myanmar for not forgetting and for bringing hope to so many. We are so grateful to ‘Rahel’ for adding her voice to the conversation. You can find out more about cup of color here: https://www.cupofcolor.org

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