For more information, please contact:
Students for a Free Tibet, 212-481-3569, e-mail: ustcsft@igc.apc.org
or Metta McGarvey, 617-648-4456, e-mail: mmcgarvey@div.harvard.edu
PANCHEN LAMA DAY OF ACTION
April 25, 1997 9 am - noon
Chinese Embassy
Washington, D.C.
Students for a Free Tibet announces a major action on behalf of the Panchen
Lama at the Chinese Embassy following the visit of His Holiness the Dalai
Lama to Washington DC for the World Parliamentarians Meeting.
The action will be an Interfaith Vigil with speakers and a prayer session,
and a well planned and carefully thought out non-violent civil disobedience
action on the morning of Friday April 25, 1997, the Panchen Lama's 8th
birthday, at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC.
The action is co-sponsored by the Capital Area Tibetan Association, the
Tibetan Association of NY/NJ, Tibetan Women's Association, Tibetan Youth
Congress, World Artists for Tibet, and the U.S. Tibet Committee. The event
is timed to occur following the visit of His Holiness sponsored by ICT and
the Interfaith Service at the National Cathedral on April 24.
Those who would like to participate in the civil disobedience action are
asked to make three commitments: 1) a personal commitment to nonviolence in
body, speech, and mind; 2) attend a one day preparation and training
session (in NY April 12 or Washington April 24; 3) attend a meeting in
Washington on the evening of April 24 for final preparation and plans before
the action (to follow a fundraiser for the Capital Area Tibetan Association).
For more information, please contact:
Students for a Free Tibet, 212-481-3569, e-mail: ustcsft@igc.apc.org
or Metta McGarvey, 617-648-4456, e-mail: mmcgarvey@div.harvard.edu
Information is posted on the web at: http://www.tibet.org/SFT/actions1, and
is listed under "Panchen Lama Day of Action"
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