Congressional Recognition among Highlights of Bay Area Friends of Tibet's Tibetan Cultural Celebration by Giovanni Vassallo SAN FRANCISCO, CA., October 26, 2002 – Bay Area Friends of Tibet (BAFoT) received congressional recognition at Fort Mason Conference Center by the San Francisco waterfront at its 17th Annual Tibet Day. Though by some attendee’s accounts the city’s largest peace rally held downtown the same day to stop an apparent impending U.S.-led military action agains

Congressional Recognition among Highlights of Bay Area Friends of Tibet's Tibetan Cultural Celebration SAN FRANCISCO, CA., October 26, 2002 – Bay Area Friends of Tibet (BAFoT) received congressional recognition at Fort Mason Conference Center by the San Francisco waterfront at its 17th Annual Tibet Day. Though by some attendee’s accounts the city’s largest peace rally held downtown the same day to stop an apparent impending U.S.-led military action against Iraq, cut into the

"Free Tibet! Hear Tibet! China Out of Tibet! Long Live the Dalai Lama!" Free Tibet! Human Rights for Tibet! China Out of Tibet! Long Live the Dalai Lama!... These were just few of the chants that could be heard at the San Francisco March 10 demonstration yesterday. Approximately 6-700 Tibetans and Tibet Supporters from across the San Francisco Bay Area turned out for the gatherings, march and rallies over the course of the day. Actually, the day's events started across the ba