
Los Angeles Friends of Tibet Be sure to check out the new entry under Notes regarding the water filtration system LAFOT purchased for the Transit School in Dharamsala. Clean water changes lives!

Los Angeles Friends of Tibet November Tibet Connection online now! Features: The government of Bangladesh bows to Chinese pressure to stop a prominent gallery from holding a photo exhibit on Tibet; a Tibetan rock band and a musician from Beijing come together for an unusual evening in Dharamsala; and turning our problems into opportunities, with English-born Tibetan nun, Tenzin Palmo.
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Los Angeles Friends of Tibet Please sign the petition asking Obama to stand up for Tibet during his upcoming trip to China: http://is.gd/4SQOb

Los Angeles Friends of Tibet The Tibetan Association of Southern California will host a dinner, cultural show and talent show to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's Nobel Peace Prize. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Los Angeles Tibetan Sunday School, where Tibetan children study their language, culture, history and religion. Cost: $15 per person
Time:11:45PM Monday, November 9th
Location:Covenant Presbyterian Church

Los Angeles Friends of Tibet The UK Foreign Minister, Ivan Lewis, is the first to issue a statement condemning the executions of Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak. The UK is also in touch with other EU country ministers to see if they can agree to a joint statement. I'll keep you posted about how you can help encourage the US government to issue such a statement.
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Los Angeles Friends of Tibet Please join the Tibetan Association of Southern California in a protest outside the Chinese consulate in response to the two Tibetans who were executed for their alleged roles in last year's uprising. Time: 3 to 6 PM. Chinese consulate address: 443 Shatto Place, Los Angeles, 90020.

Los Angeles Friends of Tibet In response to the four Tibetans executed this week for their alleged roles in last year's uprising, please click the link below to send an email to Wu Aiying, Minister of Justice, calling upon him to halt further executions in Tibet and to conduct fair trials according to international standards for those who remain imprisoned.
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22 October 2009: China has executed up to four Tibetans for their roles in the protests in Tibet last year, according to the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) who cited multiple sources. ...

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Please send this message to your congressperson asking them to sign a letter calling on President Obama to take substantive action for Tibet during his first presidential trip to China in November. http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/uscong ress
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Los Angeles Friends of Tibet The UN Climate Summit is being held today. Tibet is the largest repository of glacially stored water outside the North and South poles, and it is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, melting the glaciers and placing at risk the "ecosystem services" that more than a billion people, in ten Asian nations, depen...d on for life-giving sustenance. Please visit the link below to send an email to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urging him to save Tibet and ask China to return stewardship of Tibet’s grasslands to Tibetan nomads.
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On 22 September, the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, will host a Climate summit in New York. Among those attending will be Chinese President Hu Jintao. This email action is calling on Mr ...

Los Angeles Friends of Tibet Join TASC for two days of Tibetan food, culture, music, dance, movies, raffles! Visit http://www.socaltibs.org for more details.
Hosted by Tibetan Association of Southern California
Time:11:30AM Friday, September 25th
Location:Scottish Rite Cathedral

Los Angeles Friends of Tibet The Tibetan Association of Southern California celebrates His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit to Southern California! Join TASC for two days of Tibetan food, music, culture, arts and crafts. September 25 and 26, 2009, at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 855 Elm Avenue, Long Beach. Visit the link below for full details.
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Los Angeles Friends of Tibet If you haven't already signed a petition and sent letters on behalf of Dhondup Wangchen, the imprisoned filmmaker of Leaving Fear Behind, please do so now. His trial may be held any day now. Visit Students for a Free Tibet and International Campaign for Tibet to take action.
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Dhondup Wangchen Please take action on behalf of Dhondup Wangchen by sending your Senators and Representative a message that urges them to take imme »continue

Los Angeles Friends of Tibet The August edition of The Tibet Connection is online now! Hear about one man's harrowing escape from Tibet, as well as an interview with the director of Unmistaken Child, a fascinating film about a monk's long journey to find the reincarnation of his teacher. The show also features an interview with Tibetan monk Anam T...hubten, whose book "No Self, No Problem" explains how "dissolving the self" works in real life.
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Los Angeles Friends of Tibet
Please join LAFOT and TASC as we celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 74th birthday on Saturday, July 4, from 11 am to 4 pm at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 6323 W. 80th Street (Sepulveda/80th). Please bring a dish to share for a potluck lunch. The program includes a ceremony and long-life prayer for HHDL at 11 AM, ...followed by lunch at noon. Activities include a cultural show, talent show (open to all!), special guests, awards and more.
ALSO: To pay tribute to his teachings of compassion and give back to the Los Angeles community, TASC is inviting everyone to bring canned foods, dry foods or toiletries for donation to a local shelter on July 6, HHDL's birthday.ould like to call upon its members and friends to bring canned foods, dry foods or toiletries on the day when we celeberate His Holiness birthday on July 4th.
Come celebrate with TASC and LAFOT
Time:11:00AM Saturday, July 4th
Location:Covenant Presbyterian Church


















