About Burmese (Myanmar) Community & Cultural Center

ျမန္မာကြန္ျမဴနီတီ ႏွင့္ ယဥ္ေက်းမႈစင္တာ - ဆန္ဖရန္စစၥကို ေဗးဧရိယာ

Burmese (Myanmar) Community & Cultural Center (BMCCC)

Mission Statement

        We people, from the country of Burma / Myanmar - which include Kachin, Karen, Karenni, Chin, Mon, Burman, Arakanese, Shan, and others - seek to have a culture and service resource center, where we can share our commonalties, teach our heritage to our children, preserve our culture, showcase our festivals and, importantly, teach, learn and share how to face the challenges and language hurdles in order to participate and integrate into the American fabric.

Objectives

·         To stand as an empowerment center for all Burmese people and community by serving community needs and running programs

·         To promote community unity and collaboration

·         To improve access to and success in high quality education for the youths and new immigrants

·         To serve as an information hub

·         To preserve and promote diverse Burmese ethnic cultures and arts

Programs to be offered

·         Tutoring classes for refugees and low income family kids

·         Burmese language and cultural classes

·         Traditional dance, music and instrumental classes

·         Mobile Consulate for Myanmar visa, Education and career counseling

·         Vocational education and training Citizenship exam preparation

·         Speaker series of inspirational people related to Burma Hosting community events

A Brief History

            Burmese Youth Association (BYA) initiated the first fundraiser for the Burmese (Myanmar) Community and Cultural Center of Northern California together with the San Francisco Bay Area Burmese Community at the Capuchino High School, San Bruno on August 9, 2009.  Then, BYA formed the Burmese (Myanmar) Community and Cultural Center (BMCCC) Committee in 2011 so that all interested community members can join and participate in our Community Center campaigns and activities.

            The second fundraiser was held at the Serramonte Del Rey in Daly City on July 9, 2011. And the third, the fourth and the fifth fundraisers were held at the Kennedy Park of Union City as the Burmese Community Thingyan Festivals of SF Bay Area on May 27, 2012, May 26, 2013 and May 25, 2014 respectively.

            So far, we have raised about $45,000 for the Community Center establishment and the upcoming plans are on the way to make our Community Center dreams happen together in the very near future!

“တစ္ေယာက္တစ္လက္ ဝိုင္းလို႔ထူ၊ လႉပါ၊ ကူပါ၊ တို႔ ကြန္ျမဴနီတီ အတြက္”