News Updates

What: Global call for Diplomatic intervention
Protest, Prayers, speeches by local leaders, and musical performances.
When: Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Where: San Francisco, CA

Equality of the people to their native language

ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 25 - Students at the Beijing campus of Minzu University of China, a leading institution for ethnic minority students, protested for language rights Friday. Students are carrying banners saying "Protect ethnic minority languages, carry forward Chinese civilization. “Equality among ethnic groups and the right to learn in Tibetan”

PHAYUL, Oct 25 - "More protests against the Chinese government's education policy have been reported on Sunday as thousands of students took to the streets of Chentsa County to demand that the government revert its decision to replace Tibetan language as medium of instruction in Tibetan schools by Chinese language."  Sources also said that 20 students were detained following protests on Saturday in Chabcha County.

Email petition to the United Nations Secratary General!

SF Team Tibet would like to request your attendance this Friday, 12 noon outside San Francisco Chinese consulate to protest the recent decision of The People's Republic of China demanding that Tibetan students receive their education in Chinese. We are standing in solidarity with the Tibetan school students from all regions of Tibet courageously protesting and risking a lot to show their outrage in China occupied Tibet.  

China's decision to force the Chinese language on Tibetan students is without a doubt an attempt to wipe out the Tibetan identity through strategic campaigning of implementing discriminatory policies targeting the strong Tibetan culture.

This new policy is in gross violation of the UN Declaration of Human Rights which even China must follow. As you know, the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will begin a six-day visit to China this Saturday, Oct 30 to meet top official leaders of the PRC, including Hu Jintao himself.

Event Date: Saturday, Oct 9, 2010 @6:30pm

Venue: First Congregational Church, 2501 Harrison St. Oakland

Guest Speaker: Kalon Tripa Candidate Tenzin Tethong

Entrance/Donation: $20 (Includes dinner)

The proceeds will be allocated towards the San Francisco Tibetan Youth Congress general funds - Actively organizing events related to the Tibetan movement and being pro-active within our community to raise awareness of the Tibetan cause!

10 positions available to lead SFRTYC!

As current board members, we would like to extend our gratitute towards the Bay Area community for allowing us to have this wonderful experience. We would like to ask our community members to participate in the upcoming election for the NEW BOARD.

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.

Remember March 10- 1959

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,” saidTsering 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.”   

October 18, 2009 - The San Francisco Regional Tibetan Youth Congress celebrated the 40th Tibetan Youth Congress founding day on Octiober 7th, 2009 at the Berkeley City Hall with the Tibetan community in the Bay Area.

October 3, 2009 - San Francisco Regional Tibetan Youth Congress hosted it's 2009 Youth Basketball Tournaments at the Albany Middle School Basketball Court. The game went on for hours but the excitement was still on through out the whole day!  More then seven teams particpated representing the cities they currently reside in. Participants were from the age range of as young as 16 and and youthful as 32. The final game was between the two major cities currently holding many Tibetans.

San Francisco, September 20 – Tibetans and supporters gathered outside the Cow Palace arena today to protest the Chinese celebration commemorating the 60th anniversary of Chinese Communist Party’s rule in China.

SFRTYC declared that this event was unjust and celebrations should not be held due to the mere factor that many Tibetans are still being brutally murdered in Tibet since the rule of the communist party in Tibet.

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.

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.