SFT Japan is happy to announce that we will be playing host to the Deputy Director of SFT, Tenzin Dorjee (Tendor), this May 7th to 13th. During his stay, SFT Japan has many activities planned. We hope to see as many of you as possible, so please come out and join us. Tendor acts as a representative and speaks for the young generation of the Tibetan community in exile. Doing things like speaking to the media and engaging political figures in dialog, Tendor is active in coordinating with various organizations. We expect Tendor's visit to be this years highlight for Free Tibet activists in Japan.
Here is a video message from Tendor to the Tibetans and activists in Japan:
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Lecture Event
- Time and Date
- May 9th, 2009 (Sat) Doors open: 13:30 Event starts: 14:00
- Location
- Meeting Room #1 National Olympic Memorial Youth Center (3-1, Yoyogi-Kamizonocho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) 7min walk from Sangubashi Sta. Odakyu Line
- Cost
- 1000円（please pay at the door）* Free for students (Please bring your student ID card)
Registration (space is limited so registration is required)
Please send an email to: gro.napajtfs|ofni#gro.napajtfs_ta_ofni (_at_ is an @) with the title:「9日セミナー参加希望」or "Registration for the seminar on the 9th" and include your full name. If seating remains, day of registration and attendance is OK.
Program
- 14:00~16:00
- SFT's (New York main office) Tendor will talk about supporting Tibet in the US, his experience with raising the Tibetan flag at the Everest Base Camp (with video), etc. ( Japanese interpretation will be provided)
- 16:00~18:00
- Lecture by Tendor for the Tibetan community in Japan and Free Tibet supporters (English / Tibetan - No interpretation will be performed)
Reception - An evening with Tendor
- Time and Date
- May 9th, 2009 (Sat) 19:00~
- Location
- Reception hall National Olympic Memorial Youth Center (3-1, Yoyogi-Kamizonocho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) 7min walk from Sangubashi Sta. Odakyu Line
- Cost
- 5000円 (please pay at the door）* Students 3000円 (Please bring your student ID card)
Registration (space is limited so registration is required)
Please send an email to: gro.napajtfs|ofni#gro.napajtfs_ta_ofni (_at_ is an @) with the title:「レセプション参加希望」or "Registration for the reception"
and include your full name.
Day of registration and attendance is OK.
Symposium "Supporting Tibet - What we can do to help"
While the term "Tibet Support" can be said as a single phrase, it actually encompasses various groups such as the Refugee Community in India (that has formed the Tibetan Government in Exile), ethnic Tibetans in Nepal, and Tibetans inside of Tibet. On this occasion we will be welcoming Tenzin Dorjee (Tendor), who has been working to shift the focus of activism from large events and concerts towards a direct focus on Tibet. As we hear about actual activism, this is an opportunity to discuss the possibilities, and limits, of supporting Tibet from overseas. At the same time as we think about examples of activism in Japan, we can also compare it to how things are done differently in the US. and consider what can be done here and now in Japan moving forward.
- Time and Date
- May 10th, 2009 (Sun) Doors open: 13:30 Symposium starts: 14:00
- Location
- Center building, room 513 National Olympic Memorial Youth Center (3-1, Yoyogi-Kamizonocho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) 7min walk from Sangubashi Sta. Odakyu Line
- Cost
- 500円 (please pay at the door) * Free for students (Please bring your student ID card)
Registration (space is limited so registration is required)
Please send an email to: gro.napajtfs|ofni#gro.napajtfs_ta_ofni (_at_ is an @) with the title:「10日セミナー参加希望」or "Registration for the seminar on the 10th" and include your full name. If seating remains, day of registration and attendance is OK.
Program
- Keynote speech: Tenzin Dorjee (Tendor)
- Panel discussion: "Supporting Tibet from inside Tibet, as a refugee, and from the world"
Panelists
- Ayako Sadakane (Tibet researcher、Director of the Langtang-plan)
- Yukiyasu Osada（writer, representing supporting Tibet from within Tibet）
- Amnesty International Japan Team
- Tenzin Dorjee (Deputy Director of SFT)