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In memory of all those who passed away last year and to mark the 50th anniversary of Tibet's invasion, San Francisco Bay Area Tibetans and supporters alike joined forces to form a PEACE MARCH onto the memorable Golden Gate Bridge instead of celebrating the usual festivities of the Tibetan New Year; Losar of 2009.
April 29th marks Martyrs Day to commemorate all the courageous men and women of Tibet who have risked their lives or given their lives to keep our Independence movement alive. San Francisco Regional Tibetan Youth Congress organized this event to raise awareness of the sacrifice these freedom fighters took for the Tibetan cause.
Gendhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama turned twenty this April 25th, on the same day that HH the Dalai Lama gave teaching and talks in Berkeley California. SFRTYC organized a long life prayer and awareness for HH the 11th Panchen Lama, who has been missing for fourteen years. The prayers were officiated by the Gyuto monks and led by HE Khen Rinpoche Geshe Kachen Lobzang Tsetan, head abbot of Tashilhunpo monastery in South India.
On April 17th from 12pm to 3:30 pm we gathered in front of the Chinese consulate in San Francisco to protest the recent events in Tibet where a number of Tibetans were either sentenced for life or sentenced to death without a proper trial or lawyer for last year’s arson case.
San Francisco – Tibetans and Tibet supporters in the San Francisco Bay Area are protesting, to mark 50 years of Chinese oppression in Tibet, countering a highly provocative new holiday declared by the Chinese government in Tibet on March 28th – the day in 1959 when China seized complete control of the Tibetan government following the Dalai Lama’s escape from Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, after Tibetans rose up against Chinese rule. The official celebrations will take place at a time of high tension in Tibet when the entire region remains under de facto martial law due to the sensitive anniversary of the March 1959 National Uprising.
