PRESS RELEASE **Photo Opportunity
For Immediate Release
March 10, 2010

Contacts:
Tenzin Wangmo Shakya, 510-682-9024; Yangchen Lhamo, 415-997-3212

San Francisco– Tibetans and supporters are taking to the streets of SF tomorrow to stand in solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet and to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising against China’s illegal occupation. Over a thousand Tibetan refugees from India, Nepal and Tibet call the Bay Area their home, many survivors of the exodus over the Himalayas triggered by the Dalai Lama's covert escape from his Chinese-occupied homeland on March 10, 1959. Local events will include the raising of the Tibetan National flag, banned by the Chinese government, at Berkeley City Hall. Protesters will gather in San Francisco for an energetic rally and march up Market Street through the heart of downtown San Francisco to City Hall and to the Chinese Consulate.

“March 10th is a day for Tibetans everywhere to be proud of our history,” said Tsering Dorjee, President of the San Francisco Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, “Proud of our identity, proud of our ancestors who died protecting our homeland, proud of the courageous resistance of Tibetans inside Tibet, and proud of the younger generation who raise the flag of Tibetan freedom ever higher.”

PRESS RELEASE **Photo Opportunity
For Immediate Release
Februrary 17, 2010

Contacts:
Tenzin Wangmo Shakya, 510-682-9024; Yangchen Lhamo, 415-997-3212

BAY AREA TIBETANS JOIN TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF THE MEETING BETWEEN HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA AND PRESIDENT OBAMA!

Berkeley–Bay Area Tibetans and supporters will join an international day of action on Wednesday and Thursday of this week - calling on President Obama to take advantage of the meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and most importantly listen to what he has to say. The focus will be on thanking the Obama administration for arranging this meeting, despite all the multiple threats from China warning it would harm bilateral Relations.

WELCOME 2010