Dharamshala, India
Organized by TYC, TWA, GuChuSum, NDPT and SFT India

Tsuglakhang (Main Temple), Dharamshala

Kacheri, Dharamshala where Padma Shree Awardee, Dr. Kshama Metre of CORD addressed the gathering.

A young Tibetan waves the Tibetan National flag on March 10 in Dharamshala

Kolkata, West Bengal

Tibetan Students and supporters at a candle light vigil in Kolkata (SFT Kolkata)

March 10 Vigil in Kolkata (SFT Kolkata)
Pune, Maharashtra

Tibetan Students in Pune organized an International Student’s solidarity meeting for Tibet (SFT Kolkata)
Tibetans assert their Tibetan identity outside the United Nations General Assembly Bldg on March 10th in NYC. I am Tibetan because: I (heart) Tibet.
Tibetans in NYC on March 10th express their Tibetan pride. Since the “I am Tibetan” video from Amdo, Tibet uploaded to YouTube, Tibetans around the world have been responding with similar videos and messages. Watch SFT India’s video.
Boston, MA
The Tibetan National Flag flies atop the Boston City Hall

Miami, FL
Florida International University holds an SFT informational table and collects petition for Tenzin Delek Rinpoche

Chicago, IL
Madison SFTers take over Chicago!

I Love Tibet

Thumbprint & signature petition for the release of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche

Portland, OR
March 10th declared ‘Tibet Awareness Day’ by Mayor of Portland

The Tibetan National Flag flies high in Portland City Hall

Washington, D.C.
Tibetans and supporters hold a rally and Candle light Vigil at the Chinese Embassy

Salt Lake City, UT
March 10 Because I Love Tibet





This March 10th in New York City, around 1,500 Tibetans & Tibet supporters gathered to commemorate the 51st anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day. After marching across the Brooklyn bridge this morning to the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in front of the United Nations, we continued on to the Chinese Consulate. This evening starting at 5pm, we will gather for musical performances and speeches to end the day.
Video & more to come soon!
STUDENTS FOR A FREE TIBET
For Immediate Release:
March 10th, 2010
Contact: Tenzin Dorjee, +1 646-724-0748
Kate Woznow, +1 917-601-0069
GLOBAL DEMONSTRATIONS MARK TIBETAN UPRISING DAY; NEW RESISTANCE MOVEMENT TAKES ROOT IN TIBET DESPITE CONTINUED REPRESSION
New York – Thousands of Tibetans and Tibet supporters in dozens of countries will take to the streets today, March 10th, to commemorate the 51st anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and to show solidarity with a new nonviolent resistance movement gaining momentum in Tibet. Today also marks two years since monks began protest marches in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital, that sparked the largest uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet since 1959. Chinese security forces are now a permanent presence in Tibetan towns and villages and a new “Strike Hard” campaign was launched in Lhasa in advance of this sensitive anniversary with hundreds of Tibetans being interrogated and harassed in recent days.
Tibetans and Tibet supporters in at least 100 cities worldwide, including in the USA, Belgium, Poland, UK, France, Germany, India, Australia, and Taiwan are marking the historic day fifty-one years ago – when Tibetans rose against Chinese rule – with protests, marches, candle light vigils, and government lobbying initiatives. In response to a new “I am Tibetan” campaign originating from Tibet, Tibetans in exile will also be recording messages of support dedicated to Tibetans living inside Tibet as part of their Tibetan National Uprising Day activities (1).
“In spite of China’s repression, there is a powerful new movement being led by the young generation inside Tibet. They are using creative, non-violent tactics to empower themselves and their communities and to challenge Chinese rule,” said Tenzin Dorjee, Executive Director of Students for a Free Tibet. “March 10th is a day for Tibetans everywhere to be proud of being Tibetan – proud of our ancestors who died protecting our homeland, proud of our brothers and sisters inside Tibet who continue to resist Chinese oppression, and proud of the new generation of Tibetans who are raising the flag of Tibetan freedom around the world.”
China has heightened security in Tibet in advance of today’s anniversary with journalists and most foreigners effectively barred from the region. Tibet advocates have also noted increased efforts by the Chinese government to silence international support for Tibet in recent days. Tibetan refugees have been preemptively arrested in Nepal, and in the United States, Chinese officials have attempted without success to pressure municipal governments to revoke annual proclamations of support for Tibet.
“As the Chinese government continues its brutal repression inside Tibet, we call on leaders of free countries to take new, bold and coordinated approaches to help secure a just and fair resolution for the Tibetan people,” said Kate Woznow, Deputy Director of Students for a Free Tibet.”
Note to editors
(1) Examples of the “I am Tibetan” movement include a homemade video from eastern Tibet posted to YouTube in late December, 2009 titled “I am Tibetan” as well as poems and a hip hop music video posted online by Tibetans that have been translated here: http://www.highpeakspureearth.com/2010/03/new-generation-hip-hop-music-video-from.html and here: http://www.highpeakspureearth.com/2010/02/i-am-tibetan-by-woeser.html
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The new generation has a resource called youthIn an earlier blogpost, High Peaks Pure Earth commented on the upsurge in online activity about asserting Tibetan identity. “New Generation” by Yudrug demonstrates that this pride in Tibetan identity has translated to music as well. Furthermore, this pride is imbued with elements of cool and confidence. In fact, this “coolness” that Yudrug have was the initial inspiration behind a Tibetan blogger’s blogpost of August 2009 titled “Be Cool, Be Tibetan”, where he stated:
The new generation has a pride called confidence
The new generation has an appearance called playfulness
The new generation has a temptation called freedom
The Yudruk phenomenon shows not only that Tibetans can be cool, but that it is cool to be Tibetan. This is a radical shift. But not only does it show a kind of Tibetanness that is on the cutting edge of cool. It also makes it clear that a Tibetan image can be created and exist entirely outside of the Chinese imagination. This is a kind of Tibetanness that was made by and for Tibetans.High Peaks Pure Earth would like to thank our own "Green Dragons" firstly for drawing our attention to this video and also for their help with this difficult translation. Thank you.
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