The "SFT Decade" Weekend was a great success. Ten years of Students for a Free Tibet activists reunited in New York to look back over the inspiring achievements of SFT - and the many people who made it all happen. Of course, there were too many people who couldn't be there. You were with us in spirit, and often on the movie screen or in our conversations. Promise yourself now - we'll all reunite in a free Tibet one day.

The weekend began with a roundtable discussion with three insightful panelists and dozens of smart and thoughtful participants. The evening presentation combined video and slideshows with music, stories and anecdotes, and an awards ceremony honoring some of the people who have made SFT's decade of work for Tibet possible. Dr. Robert Thurman was hoping to speak but couldn't make it - and instead sent this statement of congratulations.

On Sunday afternoon, dozens of SFTers dropped by the SFT office to hang out, chat, laugh, look at photos, and tell stories. You won't see photos from Saturday night's "after-party" because everyone was having too much fun to take any pictures (whoops). 

There will be a video soon with some of the speeches and multi-media presentations. Until then, enjoy these photos from the weekend... click on any image to enlarge

Kate Saunders, Jamyang Norbu and Tang Baiqiao address 
participants during a roundtable discussion of Tibet, 
changes in China, and the upcoming Beijing Olympics


The roundtable was well-attended on a beautiful 
springtime Saturday afternoon



Tienanmen Square veteran and Chinese dissident Tang Baiqiao 
addresses a question from the crowd



People chatting and mingling in Tibet House's front 
hallway before the "feature presentation"



The crowd anticipates the presentation in Tibet House's gallery



SFT Director Lhadon Tethong welcomes the crowd 
and asks "has it really been ten years?"



US Tibet Committee founder and long-time SFT supporter Sonam Wangdu
talks about the Tibet movement before and after SFT



Paul Donowitz, SFT's first national Coordinator, at the podium



Moj Azemun, an early SFT leader before a photo of herself and 
other early SFTers with His Holiness the Dalai Lama



Fomer Milarepa Fund staffers Techung and Sam Chapin talk 
about the Tibetan Freedom Concerts and how SFT 
harnessed the youth energy from the concerts



Long-serving SFT Board member Sophia Conroy 
(at podium) and Program Director Freya Putt



Ngawang Choephel, former political prisoner and focus of one of SFT's 
first campaigns, addresses the crowd before dedicating a poignant 
song to Rinzin Wangyal, a friend who recently died in prison



Former Grassroots Coordinator  and long-time SFT activist 
Thupten Tsering speaks about the campaign for imprisoned 
Tibetan Buddhist leader Tenzin Delek Rinpoche



SFT Board member Shana Warshawsky presenting a "Defining Action" 
award to Meghan Howard (pictured on screen) for confronting Chinese 
Premier Wen Jiabao when he gave an address at Harvard University



Nawang Rabgyal, His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 
Representative to the Americas, addresses the audience after 
receiving the "Honorary SFTer" Award.



SFT's new Grassroots Coordinator Tenzin Dorjee ("Tendor)
closes the remarks from the stage with a look into the future



Techung sings an SFT favorite: Nying Top, or "courage"



Techung joined by fellow Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts 
alumni Tseten for a rousing closing musical performance



SFTers past and present look through photos of SFT history at 
Sunday afternoon's Open House at the SFT office



10 years of SFT activists pose for a group shot at the end of 
Sunday afternoon's Open House at SFT Headquarters