UPCOMING ONLINE PANEL DISCUSSION: Building Power from Within: Rural and Indigenous Community Organizing

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The 2020 Rotary Peace Fellows’ Working Group and the Center for Social Development Studies at the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University present an interactive dialogue with community leaders from Lower-Mekong countries on participatory processes to decrease power disparities and foster meaningful social change.

Tuesday 31 March 2020, start from 14:00 GMT+7/Thailand Time (the panel will be for 90 minutes)

Due to the current public health measures, this event will be an online panel discussion hosted via Zoom. You can join the event via the link provided here. The meeting room will be open before 14:00 so please be prepared to be online and join the meeting room beforehand so you can be ready to join the discussion on time. Following brief presentations by the panelists, participants can engage in a group discussion.

Topics:

  • Rural people's issues in the greater Salween River basin near the Thai-Myanmar border with Shan State

  • The growth of community organizations and networks within and between ethnic communities in Northern Thailand's three Mekong border districts

Speakers:

  • Pianporn Deetes, International Rivers Thailand Campaign Coordinator

  • Kru Tee Niwat Roykaew, Chair of Chiang Khong Conservation Group and Director of Mekong School - Institute Of Local Knowledge (in Thai with consecutive translation to English)

  • Nang Shining, Founder and Director Mong Pan Youth Association

Moderator: Andrew Stone, 2020 Rotary Peace Fellows' Working Group

Concluding Remarks: Carl Middleton, Center for Social Development Studies

The Panel will be in English.

For inquiries about this event, please contact communications.csds@gmail.com.