San Francisco Team Tibet Wraps 2008 Olympic Campaign with Freedom Rally and Vigil  Click on the photo above for more photos on the final August 23rd and 24th Olympic Campaign events. And stay tuned as we gear up for the next major campaign, the 50th Commemoration of the Occupation of Tibet, March 10, 2009. SF Team Tibet will once again join Tibetans and Tibet supporters around the world in protests, prayers and nonviolent direct action. For ongoing news on what is happening in and for Tibet, see SFT's Free Tibet TV: FreeTibet2008.org and www.phayul.com. For updates on the five organizations that make up SF Team Tibet, see our companion websites: Tibetan Association of Northern California: www.tanc.org
Students for a Free Tibet: www.studentsforafreetibet.org
Bay Area Friends of Tibet: http://www.friends-of-tibet.org/
Committee of 100 for Tibet: http://www.c100tibet.org/
SF Tibetan Youth Congress: http://www.sftyc.org/
A SUMMARY OF SF TEAM TIBET'S OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN
 
Videos of local actions:
Cultural Performances and Vigil at Union Square -- August 10
Bike Rally through SF and on the Golden Gate Bridge -- August 9
Tibetan rally and march across the Golden Gate bridge -- August 8
Photos of bike rally on Golden Gate bridge -- August 9
News coverage of August 7 protest march across the Golden Gate Bridge:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6315940
http://www.ktvu.com/video/17138781/index.html
Video of August 8 rally and march across the Golden Gate bridge, in two parts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAWbOD_YeLU
http://www.youtube.com/user/RIGZING
Stories on Chinese Consulate Cutting the Rope of Local SFT Member Nyendak Wangden
Students for a Free Tibet condemns assault on nonviolent protestors by Chinese consular officials in San Francisco
Local Tibetan Injured in Fall during Protest at Chinese Consulate: Video
A second video story from Fox
Story and photos from NBC11
Calendar of August Olympic actions in the Bay Area
SFT Stands up for Tibet during the Beijing Olympics
People of conscience all over the world joined SFT and thousands of Tibetans and Tibet supporters in a festival of protest and nonviolent direct action throughout the Beijing Olympic period. Protests and peaceful acts of civil disobedience took place in dozens of cities worldwide for the duration of the Games. San Francisco joined a few cities globally as convergence areas. The others included New York, Toronto, London, Paris and New Delhi. For continuing in-depth coverage of global actions for Tibet, see Free Tibet 2008, with 24 hour coverage on FT08tv
Excellent Summary of the Latest Reports from Inside Tibet from the International Campaign for Tibet
  
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