Solidarity for Tibetans, Uyghurs, Southern Mongolians, Chinese and Hong Kong People (San Francisco, California) WHAT: On 10 December 2014, Human Rights Day, Tibetans across the world will join Uyghur, Southern Mongolians, Chinese and Hong Kong friends to demand the rights and freedom of our people who are collectively oppressed by China's dictatorship. We will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and pay tribute to

Date: Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 12:00am to Sunday, July 6, 2014 - 12:00am Location: The Exploratorium Pier 15 on the Embarcadero San Francisco Dear Enlightened Friends, I am thrilled to announce that a sand mandala will be created at the Exploratorium every day this weekend starting Thursday July 3 and finishing Sunday July 6 by 1:30 pm. If you are in the area, please stop by and see the monks in action! Each day, the sand mandala will become more elaborate! The mandala is bei

Date: Saturday, June 21, 2014 - 12:00am to Sunday, June 22, 2014 - 12:00am The Tibetan Center for Compassion and Wisdom and Tashi Thek Chok Ling warmly welcome His Eminence Jangtse Choje Rinpoche to the Bay Area for two days of events in June. Please join us for a rare and special opportunity to learn from this great master of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism. Saturday, June 21, 2014 Taking the Three Bodies of a Buddha as the Path 10am - 12pm & 2pm - 4pm TCCW Oakland Cent

The jailed Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen was released this morning after serving a six-year imprisonment sentence, said Gyaljong Tsetrin, Dhondup’s cousin who lives in Switzerland.

Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 7:00pm Location: Landmark Opera Theatre Cinema 601 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102 Poster for Little Tibet 2 in San Francisco Sonam Ajantsang Bay Area Friends of Tibet presents Little Tibet 2, a moving sequel to Director Nawang (Sonam) Anjatsang's original film, Little Tibet. Little Tibet 2 is the story of one man’s journey to discover his heritage and set eyes on a homeland he has never seen. With beautiful vistas and intimate encounter

Dear Friends, I wanted to share this letter I received from our friend, George Ge, President of Humanitarian China in the hopes that you, too, will be excited and join us in shared purpose and endeavors in the coming months. The presence of Bay Area Tibetans and friends of Tibet at the 6/3 event at San Francisco's Chinatown's Portsmouth Square was appreciated and applauded by many Chinese humanitarians and democracy advocates who attended. It is exciting to celebrate this spe

Date: Saturday, May 17, 2014 - 12:00am to Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 12:00am Location: Live Oak ParkBerkeley, California BAFOT will again be participating at the Himalayan Fair in Berkeley. Please come by and visit us at our booth near the stage. BAFOT will again be participating at the Himalayan Fair in Berkeley. Please come by and visit us at our booth near the stage. Himalayan Fair website

Here are statements by Tashi Lhunpo Monastery on the the occasion of the Panchen Lama's 25th birthday in English and Tibet. OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY THE TASHI LHUNPO MONASTERY ON THE 25TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS HOLINESS THE 11TH PANCHEN LAMA 25 April 2014, Bylakuppe Today, we are gathered here to observe the auspicious 25th birthday of His Holiness the 11th Panchen Lama in an event organized by the Central Tibetan Administration's (CTA) Regional Organising Committee of the 25t

Date: Friday, April 25, 2014 - 10:00am to 12:00pm Location: Chinese Consulate of San Francisco1450 Laguna Street at GearySan Francisco, CA For Immediate Release Photo Opportunity 24 April 2014 TWENTY-FIVE YEAR OLD TIBETAN PANCHEN LAMA’S WHEREABOUTS REMAIN UNKNOWN AFTER 19 YEARS. DEMONSTRATION AT SAN FRANCISCO CHINESE CONSULATE TO ASK ‘WHERE IS THE PANCHEN LAMA?” Evening Vigil outside downtown Berkele

Date: Sunday, April 6, 2014 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm Location: First Unitarian Center, Martin Luther King Room, 1187 Franklin St, San Francisco Amnesty International Local Group 30 invites you to a screening of "Leaving Fear Behind," a film by imprisoned Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen. The film will be introduced by his wife Lhamo Tso, who has been actively campaigning for his release. Dhondup Wangchen was arrested and imprisoned while making this film about ordinary Tibetan

Date: Monday, March 10, 2014 - 8:00am to 8:00pm Location: Berkeley and San Francisco PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release, March 7, 2014 SAN FRANCISCO TEAM TIBET COMMEMORATES 55th ANNIVERSARY OF TIBETAN NATIONAL UPRISING AND FIVE YEARS OF SELF-IMMOLATION PROTESTS IN TIBET ON MARCH 10 SF Team Tibet demands world governments Unite for Tibet, to press China to end its crackdown in Tibet and tackle China’s bullyi

Date: Saturday, January 25, 2014 - 9:45am to 1:00pm Location: Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists 1924 Cedar St Berkeley, CA Photo of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche of Ligmincha Institute will be giving a talk on “Awakening the Sacred Body” here in Berkeley. The talk is organized in partnership with the Tibetan Association of Northern California and all the proceeds will go to our community center renovation project. (He has done this earlier for o

Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm Location: San Rafael High SchoolHayes Auditorium185 Mission AvenueSan Rafael The independent film, Nationless, will be screening at 185 Mission Avenue, San Rafael High School on Tuesday, January 14th at 7pm in the Hayes Auditorium. The screening will be followed with a Q&A of myself, the director. Nationless is a 45 minute long documentary which tells the story of Tibetans living in Nepal and the unique struggles they face. T