After picking a topic to focus on for this nine weeks, the Forgotten Stories Club met on Tuesday, September 12 in Hooper auditorium to discuss the grievances of ethnic minorities in Myanmar.

The club went straight to business with a brief greeting from Dr. Kayla Hester, the club’s sponsor and watched “Left For Dead: Myanmar’s Muslim Minority,”  which talks about the mistreatment of the Rohingya, an ethnic Muslim minority in the country of Myanmar.

The meeting was full of people that were focused and ready to learn, regardless of being in the club or not. As soon as the video started, complete attention turned to the content of the video.

“It would not be an exaggeration to say that the documentary was very moving and highlighted the purpose of Forgotten Stories in that it was an example of providing a voice for the voiceless,” says Maria Kaltchenko, a junior member of the club.

Kyriam Molina, another junior member, plans to take a very active part in this club due to her passion of bringing attention to issues that many people do not know much about.

“I joined Forgotten Stories because we are fortunate enough to be people who live in a country where we don’t suffer terrible hardships on a daily basis. Due to this, I feel we mustn’t turn our heads on those who are not as fortunate as we are. In Myanmar, innocent people are suffering without reason. They are tossed aside and treated inhumanely because of their religion. It breaks my heart to know that they go through this,” Molina expresses.

Senior Reyhan Grims expresses what events will take place in Forgotten Stories for the upcoming year.

“So this quarter we are trying to bring awareness to these Muslims who are being oppressed. They are being attacked by the military and such things as being beheaded and burned alive and we are trying to spread awareness about their struggles and trying to raise funds to help them out in the situation.”

The Forgotten Stories club hopes to make a difference for the Rohingya by bringing attention and funding to their cause.