From Rangzen@aol.com

I wanted to share with you some recent and upcoming campaigns linked with the Tibet movement. I warmly encourage you to seriously consider participating in each campaign.

peace,

Larry Gerstein, Ph.D.

President, International Tibet Independence Movement

www.rangzen.com

1. Tibet Walk2000. Our recent March for Tibet's Independence in California which ended on June 24 was extremely successful. It is impossible to fully express our appreciation to all of you who helped organize the walk, actually walked, and those of you who contributed money to support the project. We are extremely grateful. Because of you, we were able to touch the lives of many people who now know and care about Tibet. Thank you so very much!

Numerous people and organizations participated in both the San Francisco to Los Angeles and San Diego to Los Angeles legs of the walk. During the walk, we gave presentations at over 30 Universities, Grade Schools, High Schools, Churches, Community Centers, and Dharma Centers, we secured newspaper articles in more than 70 periodicals (including AP wire, CNN & BBC websites, LA Times), and we appeared on 23 TV and 40 radio (including VOA, RFA, VOT, and NPR) stations. Further, there were 500,000+ hits on our website (www.rangzen.com).

In many other ways, the March for Tibet2000 was highly successful. However, our organization still faces a major challenge. We were unable to raise the necessary funds to cover the expenses of the walk. We estimate that we need to raise an additional $9,000 (U.S. dollars) to offset our expenses (e.g., airline flights for Tibetans coming from India; printing costs; telephone bills; rental of vans). Our organization does not maintain a large bank balance. We operate on limited funds that we receive from grassroot donors. Therefore, we do not have the capitol to cover the remaining expenses. Now, we must respectfully ask you to donate some funds to help our organization continue to function. Many of you gave money during the walk. Thanks again.

Please consider another donation. For others, please help us out. Checks can be made out to the International Tibet Independence Movement and mailed to:

ITIM

PO Box 592

Fishers, Indiana 46038

USA

Another way that you can contribute is by purchasing a Walk2000 t-shirt. There are about 50 left and we have reduced the price to $10 each plus

shipping. Visit our website (www.rangzen.com) to see the shirt. Thanks for considering helping us in some way.

2. UN & HHDL. From August 28 to 31, the United Nations will be hosting the Millennium Peace Summit of Spiritual Leaders. Over 1000 spiritual leaders have been invited to this entire event, except His Holiness The Dalai Lama. To express your concern about this disrespectful action, sign your name (if you have not done so already) to a petition that will be forwarded to UN General Secretary Kofi Annan. To do this, send an e-mail RIGHT NOW to spiritwalk@earthlink.net and indicate in this message the following: your name, job title, organization, city, state, country, and e-mail address. For further information on this campaign, visit: http://www.interfaithcall.com/petition.html

3. U.S. Democratic Convention. In just 2 weeks the U.S. Democratic Presidential Convention will be held in Los Angeles. Various Tibet

organizations are planning some exciting demonstrations at this event. We need large numbers of people to attend the demonstrations. Please consider participating. For further information about this campaign, contact Thubten Tsering at Students for a Free Tibet (sft@igc.org) or Yosh Yamanaka at the Los Angeles Friends of Tibet (free-tibet-now@mediaone.net).

4. The Panchen Lama. The 11 year old Panchen Lama (Gendhun Choekyi Nyima), Tibet's second most important spiritual leader, is still missing and The PRC refuses to allow anyone to see Him. He was abducted by The PRC on May 17, 1995. Since then, ITIM has distributed over 550,000 postcards advocating for His release. These postcards are still available. Visit our website (www.rangzen.com) for details on how to receive the cards. An excellent video about The Panchen Lama was recently released by Garthwait and Griffin Films.

For information on how to purchase this video, visit: www.savetibet.org