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Sisani Marina - 30 settembre 1996
SFT National Conference

Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 16:03:19 +0000

From: Diana Takata

Organization: Students for a Free Tibet

To: Multiple recipients of list TSG-L

To: Tibetan Associations and Tibet Support Groups

Fm: Diana Takata, Students for a Free Tibet, National Office

Dt: September 27, 1996

Re: 2nd Annual National Students for a Free Tibet Conference

Students for a Free Tibet is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual SFT National Conference to be held at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island from October 18-20, 1996. Much thanks is owed to the Brown Students for a Free Tibet chapter and others who have spent many long hours organizing this conference.

As you know, Students for a Free Tibet is growing rapidly. Since the Tibetan Freedom Concert held this summer, the number of students has grown to 1,300. We are certain, however, that many more are aware and involved with the Tibetan cause.

This year's conference will be about transforming awareness into action and is therefore heavily focused on providing activist training - political, economic, social, and interfaith. We will also be electing 2 student Regional Directors for each of the 6 regions across the U.S. in order to strengthen the overall SFT organization. These Directors will be responsible for coordinating, mentoring, and mobilizing within their regions. The Directors collectively will represent the decision-making body of SFT and will work closely with the National Office. We are all very excited about this direction and know that organization, coordination, and communication are critical to effective mobilization.

We are dedicated to mobilizing on all fronts this coming year. We understand how critical this coming year is given the situation in Tibet today. We will take it as a challenge to educate ourselves, our campuses, our communities, our politicians and corporations about the responsibilities that each face with respect to issues concerning Tibet and global justice as a whole.

And we believe it is important to do this together - together with the Tibetan communities and Tibet Support Groups. Collectively there is energy and power. And we are especially excited about our continued work with Milarepa Fund. At the conference, the Tibetan Freedom Tour will be launched. Together, we will be going to schools and colleges throughout the East Coast and Midwest for about one month. This will only further add to the enthusiasm and awareness among young people in our country. Once again, the intent will be to translate awareness into action.

A mailing was recently sent out to all the Tibetan Associations and Tibet Support Groups. Enclosed in this packet is information on the conference. If you would like to attend the conference, please contact Kurt Langer at (401) 351-8169 or via email at Kurt_Langer@brown.edu.

With Much Thanks and Enthusiasm -

Diana Takata

Students for a Free Tibet

fREE the Panchen Lama NOW! fREE Ngawang Choephel NOW! fREE

TIBET NOW!

Program ---

October 18 - Friday

Registration 4-7pm

Introduction to Tibet & SFT 7-9pm

Guest Speakers

Multimedia presentation

October 19 - Saturday

Philosophy of non-violence

Workshop I

Strategy of Compassionate Economy

Interfaith

Tibetan Women's Issues

Education/Awareness Training

Coalition Building

Workshop II

Nonviolence Training

Strategy of Compassionate Economy

Political/Lobbying Training

Education/Awareness Training

Building Bridges: East and West

Coalition Building

Workshop III

Interfaith

Political/Lobbying

Nonviolence

Tibetan Women's Issues

Building Bridges

Speaker

Benefit Concert

October 20 - Sunday

Brainstorming/Strategy Session in Regional Groups

Elections

Strategy Session

Coordinating Committees

Economic Action

Political Action

Financing SFT

Coordinated Actions

Outreadh

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