In the months right after the February 1st military coup in Myanmar, a PhD student initiated a conversation with Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) faculty and staff about how they could help at-risk scholars come to Cornell for safety, and to participate in SEAP. Drawing on Title VI, National Resource Center funding from the Department of Education, SEAP, and other Cornell academic programs, assisted four at-risk, scholars, activists, and artists, along with their families, to find visiting fellow positions at Cornell. Thamora Fishel, Associate Director of SEAP, described this process in an interview with East-West Center Young Professional Drake Avila. One of these dissidents is May Sabe Phyu, co-founder of the Gender Equality Network (GEN), and prominent human and women's rights activist.