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INDIANAPOLIS -- Peng Thang can't remember everything about his family's trek to safety after they fled his village of Zephai to the capital city in Myanmar, formerly Burma.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Peng Thang can’t remember everything about his family’s trek to...
The Burmese American Community Institute has offered a college program since 2011. Those who started at the beginning now mentor its next generation.
Dec 23, 2020 / 08:07 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Burmese students in the Upward College Program are getting extra financial backing with $64,000 in a Lilly Endowment grant that also provides some COVID-19 relief. The Burmese American Community Institute has played a vital role in helping immigrants adapt and improving access to higher education has played a key role in getting the job done. The pandemic has created challenges, but organizers say the grant will help them power through. Developing community is foundation for work at the Burmese American Community Institute. In recent years ...