2018 Distinguished Alumni Award Presentation

Weaving Peace in Myanmar: Sustainable Development and Cultural Preservation

Mai Ni Ni Aung, M.A. ’03

Founder of the Sone-Tu Cultural Preservation Project and the director of its sister organization, Sone-Tu Backstrap Weavings

Mai Ni Ni Aung is being honored with the Kroc Institute’s 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award. She is the founder of the Sone-Tu Cultural Preservation Project and the director of its sister organization, Sone-Tu Backstrap Weavings. Both organizations work to preserve and elevate the culture and traditions of the Sone-Tu Chin community in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Mai Ni Ni is based in London, but travels frequently to Myanmar.

This event is free and open to the public.

Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.