US Campaign for Burma (USCB)

What US Campaign for Burma (USCB) does

US Campaign for Burma (USCB) is a non-profit human rights advocacy organization founded in 2004 and headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia (with a listed Washington, DC presence). It is governed by a board including Larry Dohrs, Stephen Dun, Myra Dahgaypaw, Maggi Quadrini, and Nurul Haque, and operates with a 9-person staff led by Managing Director Karen Ames. USCB's mission is to empower Americans, the Burmese diaspora, and Burmese dissidents-in-exile to promote freedom, democracy, and human rights in Burma, and to raise awareness of human rights violations committed by Burma's military regime. It pursues this mission through public education, leadership development, conferences, and advocacy campaigns at local, national, and international levels.

USCB's programmatic offerings span four core areas: campaigns and advocacy (engaging US and international decision-makers on Burma policy); research and documentation (operating a visual Burma Crowd Map documenting human rights violations, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, and co-publishing reports such as the February 2023 Karenni atrocity crimes report with UUSC); solidarity and capacity building (advocacy training for grassroots members and diaspora organizations, including the USCB Speakers Series); and content publication (statements, open letters, reports, blog posts, and video content). Its marketing and distribution channels include Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, YouTube, an email newsletter, and earned media through celebrity endorsements (Jennifer Aniston, Woody Harrelson, and others in the "Burma: It Can't Wait" campaign).

USCB is funded through donations solicited in the $10 to $100 range via its website and ActionNetwork.org; no revenue, grants, or major donor base is publicly disclosed. Strategic partnerships are central to its operating model: it has coordinated coalition letters with 150 to 228 organizations to ASEAN, G20, and President Biden, and maintains core relationships with UUSC, ALTSEAN-Burma, Amnesty International, Global Witness, EarthRights International, Karen Human Rights Group, Karen Peace Support Network, Women's League of Burma, Karen Women's Organization, Shan Women's Action Network, and the International Campaign for the Rohingya. The organization extends beyond advocacy into humanitarian coordination, as evidenced by a March 2025 earthquake relief appeal.

Name

US Campaign for Burma (USCB)

Legal name

U.S. Campaign for Burma

Website

https://uscampaignforburma.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights Advocacy Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

Keywords

• Human rights advocacy
• Political advocacy
• Grassroots organizing
• Policy advocacy
• Humanitarian aid coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Fairfax

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

USCB is a non-profit advocacy organization that empowers Americans and Burmese dissidents-in-exile to promote freedom, democracy, and human rights in Burma. The organization conducts public education, leadership development, and advocacy campaigns at local, national, and international levels, while also documenting human rights violations and coordinating humanitarian aid appeals. It operates through grassroots mobilization, coalition-building with 150-228 partner organizations, and direct engagement with US and international policymakers.

Product overview

US Campaign for Burma (USCB) is a non-profit advocacy organization established in 2004, not a technology product company. Its offerings consist of advocacy programs and content publications including: Campaigns and Advocacy (policy-focused campaigns targeting US and international decision-makers), Research and Documentation (human rights documentation via crowd maps and research reports), Solidarity and Capacity Building (training and support for grassroots and diaspora organizations), and Content Publications (statements, open letters, reports, blog posts, videos, and briefers). The organization also coordinates humanitarian aid appeals. USCB does not offer a software product or platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Advocacy Campaigns
• Human Rights Documentation and Research
• Solidarity and Capacity Building Programs
• Reports and Briefers
• Statements and Open Letters
• Humanitarian Aid Coordination

Quantifiable outcome

• Coordinated 150-228 organizations on joint advocacy letters to world leaders
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• UUSC (Unitarian Universalist Service Committee)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUSCB collaborates with UUSC on research and reporting. Jointly published the report 'How can we survive in the future? Atrocity Crimes in Karenni State' in February 2023. USCB Director Myra Dahgaypaw currently serves as Senior Partnership Officer for International Justice and Accountability at UUSC.
• 150 Organizations CoalitionmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerUSCB coordinated with 150 human rights organizations on open letters to ASEAN leaders and G20 governments calling for sanctions on aviation fuel suppliers to the Burmese military and advocating for humanitarian aid access.
• 228 Organizations CoalitionmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerUSCB coordinated with 228 organizations in a joint letter to President Biden calling for comprehensive sanctions on companies supplying the Burmese military with aviation fuel, implementation of shipping insurance bans, and full sanctions on Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE).
• ALTSEAN-BurmacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLong-standing advocacy partner based in Thailand that works on Burma human rights issues. Collaborated on Coup Watch reports documenting the situation since the February 2021 coup.
• Karen Human Rights GroupcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal partner on the ground in Burma providing documentation of human rights violations. Executive Director Banya Khung Aung quoted in advocacy materials.
• Karen Peace Support NetworkcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional advocacy partner working on Karen issues. Contact Naw Wah Ku Shee serves as point of contact for coalition communications.
• Amnesty InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational human rights organization that published the 'Deadly Cargo' report on aviation fuel supply chain to Myanmar military. Coordinated advocacy efforts with USCB on jet fuel sanctions.
• Global WitnesscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInvestigative journalism organization that collaborated with Amnesty International to reveal companies still shipping aviation fuel to Burma in March 2023 despite sanctions.
• International Institute for Strategic StudiesminorOthersThink tank that provided data on Myanmar military airstrike statistics (442 airstrikes between January-April 2023, 449 in 2022).
• EarthRights InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHuman rights organization specializing in earth rights and human rights. Signatory on coalition letters to ASEAN and G20.
• International Campaign for the RohingyacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCoalition partner focused on Rohingya human rights. Participated in joint advocacy letters.
• Women's League of BurmacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCoalition partner representing women's organizations in Burma. Participated in joint advocacy efforts.
• Shan Women's Action Network (SWAN)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerCoalition partner working on Shan women's rights and human rights. Participated in joint advocacy.
• Karen Women's OrganizationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCoalition partner working on Karen women's rights. Participated in joint advocacy letters.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Burma Campaign UK: UK-based counterpart to USCB with an identical mandate of mobilizing a foreign country's policymakers around Burma human rights and democracy. Conducts similar coalition-letter advocacy directed at the UK government, EU, and UN, making it the closest geographic mirror peer.
• ALTSEAN-Burma: Thailand-based Burma-focused human rights coalition. Direct long-standing USCB partner (collaborated on Coup Watch reports). Operates the same niche — Burma-specific civil society documentation and international advocacy — making it the most functionally equivalent peer.
• Fortify Rights: Human rights organization that works on Southeast Asia with a strong focus on Burma, Rohingya, and atrocity documentation. Operates a similar mix of research, documentation, and policy advocacy targeting ASEAN, the UN, and Western governments, making it a directly comparable Burma-focused peer.
• International Campaign for the Rohingya: Coalition partner of USCB focused on Rohingya human rights advocacy. Works on the same ethnic-minority and atrocity-prevention issues in Burma and engages similar Western policymaker audiences, making it a directly comparable niche advocacy peer.
• EarthRights International: Human rights and environmental advocacy organization. USCB coalition partner (signatory on letters to ASEAN and G20). Specializes in earth rights and corporate accountability — including against Myanmar military-linked enterprises — overlapping directly with USCB's atrocity-prevention and sanctions mandate.
• Free Burma Rangers: Multi-ethnic humanitarian and human rights documentation organization operating inside Burma. Provides ground-truth documentation that complements USCB's diaspora-led US advocacy work, representing the on-the-ground counterpart in the broader Burma human rights ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Human Rights Watch: Major international human rights documentation and advocacy organization. Publishes detailed Burma country reporting and engages in US and UN policy advocacy on Myanmar, making it a structural parallel to USCB's research-and-advocacy model at much larger scale.
• Amnesty International: Global human rights organization and direct USCB partner. Co-authored the 'Deadly Cargo' report on aviation fuel supply chains to Myanmar's military. Operates a much broader human rights mandate, but its Burma country work overlaps directly with USCB's advocacy on sanctions, war crimes, and refugee rights.
• Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC): US-based human rights nonprofit and USCB's most direct collaboration partner. Co-published the Karenni atrocity crimes report in 2023 and shares staff (USCB Director Myra Dahgaypaw serves as Senior Partnership Officer at UUSC). Operates a broader global mandate but is functionally USCB's most integrated research partner.

Regional players

• Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN): UK- and Germany-based Burma-focused human rights organization documenting violations and advocating with European governments. Operates a near-identical mission to USCB but targets European rather than US policymakers, making it a regional peer with the same advocacy model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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