4 posts tagged “tibet”

Tibetan Monk Praying

The Chase Challenge ends at midnight this Friday, December 11th and the top one hundred organizations with the most votes will win $25,000.

It's a very close race and they need your vote if SFT is going to secure a spot in the top 100. There's no donation needed, just the click of your mouse: http://studentsforafreetibet.org/chase.

Please also help by :

1. Updating your Facebook status, sending an email to your friends, and tweeting about the contest. Here is a sample note you can share:

" I just voted for SFT to win $25K on Facebook. It's free, takes 30 seconds & goes to a great cause: http://studentsforafreetibet.org/chase."

2. Posting individual messages on your friends' walls reminding them to vote.

3. Voting for our friends: You have 20 votes, so please consider voting for some of these organizations too:

Tibetan Youth Association
http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/1303503?m=907f3de1

International Tibetan Independence Movement
http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/1165704?m=907f3de1

Tibet Oral History Project
http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/228888?m=907f3de1

Tibet Aid
http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/207597?m=907f3de1

Tibet House
http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/329472?m=907f3de1

Tibet Fund
http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/707590?m=907f3de1

Atlas Corp
http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/374595?m=907f3de1

Tibetan Monk Praying

Thanks to everyone who supported the Tibetan Freedom Movement in this year's Facebook Causes Giving Challenge!

They came in 7th overall, won $10,500 in prize money, and raised $32,000!

As a truly grassroots organization, Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) relies on the support of individuals like you to continue important work for Tibet.

All the money raised from this contest will go to:
* Deploying attention-grabbing actions that amplify the voices of Tibetans inside Tibet;
* Investing in the next generation of Tibetan leaders;
* Pressing political leaders around the world to take a stand for Tibet;
* Securing the release of Tibetan political prisoners who risked everything to speak out for freedom.

Your continued support means much to all who work toward a free and independent Tibet.

Please continue to take action for freedom and human rights in Tibet at http://studentsforafreetibet.org

Buddhist monks

I'm reprinting this email I received about the situation in Tibet. At least, become informed about the situation, and if you can, help by doing any of the suggestions provided. It's not just about donating money.

Unconfirmed reports that soldiers are firing on Tibetans in the streets. Confirmed reports that the major monasteries around Lhasa have been sealed off. Three hundred monks from Drepung monastery and 100 nuns from Chutsang nunnery marched toward the center of Lhasa, stopped by armed police.  One was beaten to the ground. Unconfirmed reports of scores of Tibetans shot and killed including a 16 year-old girl killed and taken away by Tibetans on Beijing Middle Road. Arrest of around 500 students from Tibet University, according to CNN. A Danish tourist just sent this email. . . “Lhasa is in flames. There are tanks/armoured vehicles driving round in the streets - what's going on is crazy . . . . it looks like a war zone. Almost all Chinese shops on the main street up to the Dalai Lama's Winter Palace have been set on fire.” His Holiness the Dalai Lama has issued a statement calling on the Chinese to show restraint and calling on Tibetans not to resort to violence. This appears to be by far the largest uprising in Tibet since 1989, and if unconfirmed reports are true, there may be more Tibetan casualties in the streets of Lhasa than at any time since 1959. We fear that as I write this, hundreds of Tibetans have been arrested and are being interrogated and tortured. We are still digesting the scope of this emergency and working the phones with governments, the media and others to bring pressure to bear on Beijing. I want to let you know that the International Campaign for Tibet is currently working on many fronts to improve the situation in Tibet as only we can . . . Making preparations now to provide basic necessities for what is expected to be a large influx of new Tibetan refugees fleeing to Katmandu.   Beefing up our on-the-ground field team inside Tibet to make sure that the facts of what is really happening are getting out, accurately and without bias, to world media as quickly as possible. Putting pressure on China to open Lhasa and other parts of Tibet to the media so the world can know what is really going on behind the veil of Chinese propaganda.   Encouraging our friends in governments here in the U.S. and around the world to demand that the Chinese show restraint in their reaction to the protests. As a friend of Tibet, I hope you can help us at this critical time with a generous donation so we will continue to have the resources we need to react quickly and effectively. For additional ways to help out in Lhasa, consider the following: 1. Contact you member of Congress and ask that they call on China to release all detainees, and allow international media access to Lhasa. 2. If you know any tourists in Lhasa, or others who may have direct knowledge of what is happening in Tibet, please contact us immediately at info@savetibet.org. 3. Events of support are happening around the U.S. and Canada. To join a rally at a Chinese consulate or embassy in your area, please click here to review the list of local Tibet Support Groups holding demonstrations. And please share this email with friends that you know would like to help. We need as many people with us now as possible. I also encourage you to visit our web site often, http://www.savetibet.org/, to keep up to date on what is happening inside Tibet. We need to act now --  I hope I can count on you. With thanks for your support,  John Ackerly President