03/24/2022
By Alicia Weaver

UMass Lowell is proud to welcome the 2022 UMass Lowell Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies, Soe Myint, who will deliver the annual Day Without Violence Lecture entitled “Reflections on the Struggle for Media Freedom and Democracy in Military-Ruled Myanmar.”

Wednesday, April 6
9-11 a.m.
Moloney Hall, University Crossing

Due to safety concerns, Soe Myint will be broadcasting from an undisclosed location. You can join us in person to watch the lecture (with light refreshments) or register for the Zoom webinar at uml.edu/greeley

Soe Myint is a journalist and activist, as well as the founder and chief editor of Mizzima News. He was born and raised in Myanmar (formerly Burma), a country with a long history of military rule and civil war. Recently Myanmar had made progress toward democratization, but on Feb. 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup.

Currently, Myint and his colleagues are working from different locations inside and outside the country to continue to operate as independent media in Myanmar, despite having been charged with incitement by the junta for continued reporting, publishing and broadcasting of Mizzima. Learn more at mizzima.com

Greeley Scholars are selected for their achievements as humanitarians and their efforts in promoting peace and conflict resolution at the local, regional, national or international level. With the honor, Myint joins distinguished past recipients who include Nobel Peace Prize winners Tawakkol Karman and Leymah Gbowee. 

The honor is named for the late Rev. Dana McLean Greeley, who was a longtime Unitarian Universalist minister in Concord. The Greeley Scholar Program is funded by the Greeley Endowment for Peace Studies, established with a gift from the Dana McLean Greeley Foundation for Peace and Justice and a contribution from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts via the UMass Foundation. In addition, this year’s programs are sponsored by UMass Lowell’s College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

For more information, please contact greeley@uml.edu