Students for a Free Tibet : Join a Protest for Tibet on March 10th

51st Commemoration of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising

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United States
Canada
India
UK
Switzerland
Italy
Sweden
France

JOIN THE GLOBAL UPRISING FOR TIBET

Tibetans and supporters will drive down to Washington,DC.
Gather at D.C. Chinese Embassy at 10:00am for rally/protest
Join with D.C. Tibetan Association for 4:30pm Candle light vigil
Contact Lobsang 434.249.9814

Event: Candle Light Vigil Location: Chinese Embassy; 3505 International Place NW, Washington DC 20008
Time: 4:30pm
Organized by: Capital Area Tibetan Association Contact: Tseyang - 434.245.2286

New York

March 10th

8:00am: Meet at Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn; 195 Cadman Plaza West (there is a subway stop, High Street on the A or C train)
10:00am: March across Brooklyn Bridge, past Centre St. and Lafayette St.
12:00pm - 2:00pm: Rally & Speeches at United Nations, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza; 47th St. and 1st Ave
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Rally & Speeches at Chinese Consulate; 512 W. 12th Ave, 42nd St. and Westside Highway
5:00pm - 8:00pm: Music & Speeches at Union Square Park Organized by: RTYC of NY & NJ, RTWA of NY & NJ, TA of NY & NJ, US-Tibet Committee, & SFT
** Please wear WHITE
Contact: TenDolkar - tdolkar@studentsforafreetibet.org

Meeting Spot: Water Tower Park, 835 N. Michigan Avenue
Gather at 10:30am 11:30am: Rally towards the Chinese Consulate 12:30pm: Protest in front of the Consulate 3:00pm: End
**Mandatory: Everyone must wear traditional Tibetan Chuba in BLACK. Otherwise, please wear ALL BLACK.
Contact:

Meeting Spot: Library Mall Gather at 10:00am and march up to the State Capitol
12:00pm - 2:00pm: program at State Capitol **Mandatory: Everyone must wear traditional Tibetan Chuba in BLACK. Otherwise, please wear ALL BLACK.

There will be 2-3 buses going to Chicago to take volunteers to demonstrate in front of the Chinese Consulate. We are collecting $10/-per person from every Tibetan in Madison over 18yrs of age for the buses. **Buses will be waiting at the West Side DOT parking lot on Sheboygan Ave. at 6:15am.

Where: Utah Federal Building, 100 South and State Street Time: 9:00am Contact: Zangma at slc_tbtngrl@yahoo.com

San Francisco

San Francisco
10:00am - 11:00am: Rally at Justin Herman Plaza & March to City Hall
11:30am - 1:00am: Program at City Hall & March to the Chinese Consulate
1:30am - 3:30pm: Protest in front of the Chinese Consulate
5:00pm - 8:00pm: Candle Light Vigil, Union Square Organized by: SF Team Tibet Contact: SFRTYC@gmail.com

4:00pm - 6:00pm: Rally in front of the Chinese Consulate ( 443 Shatto Place, LA, CA) Contact: friends@latibet.org

Meeting spot: Portland City Hall
When: 10:00am, all day event
Why: Commemoration of 51st anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day & Thank you to City of Portland for declaring March 10 as Tibet Awareness Day
Protest Rally in Downtown Portland
Candle light vigil at Pioneer Courthouse Square
Contact Rabgyal trmoenbook@gmail.com
more information at www.nwtca.org

Where: Front of the Burlington City Hall
Time: 10:30am - 6:30pm
Vigil and Fasting
Organized by RTYC of Vermont
Contact Tseten tashi.anak@vtmednet.org

Where: Front of Westlake Mall (Downtown Seattle)
Time: 3:30pm - 6:30pm
For more info: 253.234.4147
Please bring your own Tibetan National Flag and placards/posters, bring your friend and friends of Tibet- the more the better!
By the way, Washington State's Mayor and the Governor declared March 10th 2009 as "Tibet Day."

March for Tibet's Independence
Begin at 9:00am
Initial meeting: Indiana Governor's Mansion (4750 N. Meridian, Indianapolis)
Ending: Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis
Contact: Professor Larry Gerstein rangzen@aol.com; 317.506.2249

Gather at 10th and Vine Street at 11:30am
Prayer and Candle light vigil & March to the Independence Mall
Contact Karma 310.347.9973 kgelek@bm.net

March 10th
5:00pm: Meet at Pulaski Park (Northampton, MA)
5:30pm: Start march around downtown
6:30pm: Procession assemble in front of City Hall
Contact: Dadon dadsonsft@gmail.com

12:00pm: Meet at City Hall 1:30pm - 3:30pm: Speeches & program at State House 6:00pm - 8:00pm: Vigil & program at Harvard Square

INDIA

Contact SFT India for locations and details of March 10th protests and rallies.

March 6th

Event: Tibetan Freedom March
Assembly location: Chinese Embassy, 49-51 Portland Place
Time: gather at 11:00 am; March to set off at 11:30 am
End location: Foreign Office
Wear red, yellow and/or blue; bring your Tibetan flags

March 10th

Event 1: Protest & Rally at Chinese Embassy
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm

Event 2: Wreath laying Description: Memorial to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Location: Outside the West door, Westminster Abbey, London SW1 Time: 1:45 pm

Event 3: Mass Lobby of Parliament
Description: Let your MP know your concern about Tibet. Be a part of powerful direct action!
Time: 2:30pm
Organized by: The Coalition of UK Tibet Support Groups

1. Contact your MP at http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/commons or by calling the House of Commons Information Office on 020 7219 4272

2. Make an appointment to visit them at Parliament. Explain that you will be in Westminster for the Tibet Mass Lobby on March 10th and would like to meet them as close to 2:30pm as possible

3. Tell us your name, constituency, MP's name, and the time of your appointment and we'll get a lobby pack to you pronto!

Contact: liam@sftuk.org

11:00am: Sit-in near the front of the Chinese Embassy
12:30 - 1:45pm: Official meeting of a Tibetan delegation with the President of the Province of Rome, Italy
2:00 - 5:30pm: Conference on "Tibet, the 3rd Pole" inside the Italian Parliament in collaboration with: Tibetan Women's Association, Italy; Rime Onlus; Casa del Tibet, Rome; LoaGai Foundation; SFT Italy; Italy-Tibet Assoc.; SOS One World; Parliamentarian Inte-group for Tibet, Italian Parliament; Samantabhadra Dharma Center; The non-violent Radical Party of Italy
8:00pm: Projection of the film-documentary: The Songs of the Snow Lions to be shown at "Casa del Cinema" Rome, Italy
Contact Marisa marisa.burns@rimeonlus.com

Place: Segelstorg (Stockholm)
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Organized by Tibetan community in Sweden

Meeting Location: at the Trocadero
Place des Droits de l'homme
Contact: guilps@hotmail.com

March 19th & 20th