Tin Myaing Thein
Different Shores

Leslie Wilcox talks with Dr. Tin Myaing Thein, women's advocate, community organizer and executive director of the Pacific Gateway Center. When Dr. Thein was an infant, her family evaded Japanese armies that were occupying Burma (now Myanmar) during World War II. In the first of two episodes, Dr. Thein recalls idyllic, post-war life in the Burmese town of Kalaw and how she made her way to Hawaii.

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Tin Myaing Thein
Forthright and Strong

Leslie Wilcox continues her conversation with Dr. Tin Myaing Thein, women's advocate and community organizer. In the second of two episodes, Dr. Thein talks about meeting her future husband, Jack Reynolds, and fellow Burmese activist Ang Sun Suu Kyi. She also describes her current passion: assisting low-income residents, immigrants and refugees at the Pacific Gateway Center.

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