Speaker: Giovanni Vassallo, President of the Bay Area Friends of Tibet & Co-founder of the Bay Area Chinese and Tibetan Friendship Group Good evening, dear Chinese brothers and sisters! My name is Giovanni Vassallo. I am honored to stand before you today as one of the founding members of the Bay Area Friends of Tibet, and as a co-founder of the Bay Area Chinese and Tibetan Friendship Group, which first began meeting back in 2009. Thank you so much for having me here today. I

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

西藏抗暴54周年 旧金山数千藏人呼吁自由 【大纪元2013年03月11日讯】（大纪元记者周凤临旧金山采访报导）3月10日（星期日），数千藏人及西藏自由支持者聚集加州旧金山中领馆前集会，纪念西藏抗暴54周年，要求西藏自由和宗教自由。 这次在旧金山中领馆前举行的集会活动，是全美一系列纪念活动的一部分。藏人及支持者们高喊“给西藏自由”、“中共谎言下，西藏在死去”等口号，唤醒人们对中共集权统治下对西藏现状的关注。 六四幸存者方政表示：“善良勤劳的西藏人民在中共统治下，遭受了如此的深重的苦难。作为大陆来的汉族朋友，在感到遗憾的同时，有一种深深的愧疚。” 藏人自焚事件引广泛关注 自2009年2月起，为抗议中国政府对西藏的高压统治和宗教限制、同化政策，在中国西藏、四川和青海等藏区，发生一系列僧侣自焚事件。截至目前，已有至少107名喇嘛、女尼包括农牧民在内的藏人以自焚方式抗议中共政府，引起国际社会广泛关注。方政说：“ 他们是以牺牲自己的生命，来表达对这个政府的抗议。” 非盈利组织“自由西藏学生”（Students for a Free Tibet）成员巴桑（Pa

Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: UC Berkeley, Valley Life Sciences BuildingRoom 2060, Harmon Way, Berkeley, CA A talk by historian Jianglin Li In March 1959, a series of events marked the turning point of Tibetan history. In the official version of the Chinese government, the Lhasa Event has been described as a "pre‐arranged rebellion attempting to split the motherland". However, in the past 52 years, few detail were released to support the official

Date: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 12:00pm Location: Chinese Consulate in San Francisco Celebrate Liu Xiaobo Nobel Peace Prize, International Human Rights at SF Chinese Consulate Press Release of 12/3/2010 Photo Opportunity WHO: Chinese Foundation for Democratic Education, Century San Francisco Bay Area to celebrate the founding of the organizing committee Xinhai, San Francisco Branch of China Democratic National Committee, San Francisco, the China Democracy Party Joint Headqu

In September 2003 His Holiness the Dalai Lama's guidance included telling us that one of the most important things that the Friends of Tibet can do was to bring the Chinese and Tibetan people together to bridge the gap in understanding about Tibet that exists between them. Humanitarian China note of thanks for Friends of Tibet solidarity on Tiananmen 25th anniversary Photographs of Tiananmen Square Commemoration on June 4, 2011 at Portsmouth Square, San Francisco Jianglin Li