From: TIBETmichigan <tibetmichiganmain@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Mar 4, 2004 1:07:34 AM US/Eastern
To: tibetmichigan@topica.com
Subject: March 10th Actions
Reply-To: tibetmichiganmain@yahoo.com
As you may know, March 10 is the 45th commemoration of Tibetan
National
Uprising Day. On this day in 1959, Tibetan public resistance to
China's
invasion and occupation culminated in a mass protest in Lhasa,
Tibet's
capitol. Hundreds of thousands of Tibetan men, women and children
surrounded the Potala Palace to protect the life of His Holiness
the
Dalai Lama, who was believed to be under threat by the Chinese
forces.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was forced to flee Tibet under cover
of
darkness, and Chinese troops brutally suppressed the uprising,
killing
tens of thousands of Tibetans. In honor of the brave Tibetans
who lost
their lives on March 10, 1959, and in the days afterward, Tibetans
and
their supporters commemorate March 10 each year with demonstrations
and
vigils around the world.
Please take action for Tibet on Wednesday, March 10. Join hundreds
of
thousands of Tibetans and supporters across the globe in honoring
Tibet's courageous resistance fighters and in calling for the
release of
all Tibetan political prisoners and the restoration of Tibetan
independence.
If you live in or near a city with a Chinese consulate or embassy,
please visit our website at
http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?id=203&;
to find out if
there is a demonstration you can join on March 10.
Every year on March 10 Tibetans and Tibet supporters gather
in front of
the Chinese Consulate in Chicago to commemorate the 1959 Lhasa
Uprising.
The March 10th protest will take place around 10am in the morning.
Everyone will gather at Water Tower (downtown Michigan avenue)
for a
rally. After spending about 20 minutes at the water tower, the
protest
march will take place and move along side the Michigan Street
shouting
protest slogans. Much more will then take place at the Chinese
Consulate.
If you do not live near a Chinese embassy or consulate, here
are some
things you can do in honor of March 10:
Take part in SFT's email action alert, which we will send out
on that
day.
Gather some of your friends and family members and have an
awareness-raising vigil in a public place (e.g. a park or the
town
square). Hand out information about Tibet and/or Tenzin Delek
Rinpoche,
which you can download at
http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?id=108.
Phone the Chinese embassy in your country and tell them to
free Tenzin
Delek Rinpoche and free Tibet. To find the Chinese embassy in
your
country, please visit
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/2490/default.htm.
Invite some friends to your house and tell them why March 10
is a
special day. Ask them to sign a petition for Tenzin Delek Rinpoche,
which you can download at
http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?id=108.
Write an editorial or letter to the editor about Tibet and
the situation
there and submit it to your local newspaper.
Please invite others in Michigan to join TIBETmichigan by sending email to tibetmichigan-subscribe@topica.com.
If you'd like to announce an upcoming Tibet-related event in Michigan please email details to tibetmichiganmain@yahoo.com.
If you don't reside in Michigan please join a TSG (http://tibet.org/Resources/TSG) in your area and unsubscribe by sending email to tibetmichigan-unsubscribe@topica.com.
TIBETmichigan
http://tibetmichigan.home-page.org
tibetmichiganmain@yahoo.com
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