City of Orillia will hold their third annual raising of the Karen Flag

On July 2nd, 2010 at 10:00 am the City of Orillia and Project Umbrella Burma will hold their third annual raising of the Karen Flag to commemorate all those who have died, lost their homes and livelihoods as a result of the actions of the Burmese Military under the direction of the the Military Junta, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) and to remember those Karen and other Burmese Ethnic groups who are still suffering the burning,and pillaging of their villages, systematic rape and forced portering and forced relocation. We raise the Karen Flag as an international responsibility to give awareness and hope.