Tibet!

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URGENT:: Tibet is BURNING


For those of you who’s been keeping up with the news, and those who haven’t been… we’ve been really busy for the past while organizing a world-wide uprising for Tibet. And this March 10th, along with a series of protests that happened around the globe, protests INSIDE Lhasa broke out… which is VERY RARE given the strict Communist Chinese Regime that brutally controls their life.
In horrific late breaking news, Radio Free Asia reported earlier today that up to 80 or more Tibetans have been killed in today's violent clashes with Chinese military. Click here to read more:
www.rfa.org/english/tibe...ibet_protest/

A Danish tourist sent this email. . .
“Lhasa is in flames. There are tanks/armoured vehicles driving round in the streets - what's going on is crazy . . . . it looks like a war zone. Almost all Chinese shops on the main street up to the Dalai Lama's Winter Palace have been set on fire.”

Chinese authorities responded with brute force today to ongoing protests in Lhasa and across Tibet. Supported by tanks, thousands of armed troops have sealed off the three major monasteries where NONVIOLENT protests were initiated on Monday the 10th. Chinese police have fired live ammunition into crowds of unarmed Tibetans and unconfirmed reports from eye-witnesses in Lhasa say that 26 Tibetans were gunned down outside Drapchi prison.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama has issued a statement calling on the Chinese to show restraint and calling on Tibetans not to resort to violence.

This appears to be by far the largest uprising in Tibet since 1989, and if unconfirmed reports are true, there may be more Tibetan casualties in the streets of Lhasa than at any time since 1959.

We fear that as I write this, hundreds of Tibetans have been arrested and are being interrogated and tortured. We are still digesting the scope of this emergency and working the phones with governments, the media and others to bring pressure to bear on Beijing.
While the international public and media have been appropriately horrified by China's clampdown, it is imperative that our national governments speak out in support for Tibet and condemn China's actions.

Please call and write to your Elected Representatives and urge them to push their governments to strongly condemn China's crackdown in Tibet. Please see at the end of this blog for a sample letter.

As I type this, I am getting news from Insiders that about 5,000 and 10,000 monks in Amdo and Lhasa province, respectively are RISING… Situations are really critical at this point.

Simultaneously, on 10th March, the Exiled-Tibetans living in India started on their historic March back to Tibet (www.tibetanuprising.org)
On the 4th day of the walk, the Indian Government forcefully arrested them- a struggle that was following Gandhian Non-violence and passive resistance tactics and now have put them under 14days of detention and trying to make them sign papers, with pressure from Beijing. They have also closed down highways from and out of Dharamsala, the Exiled-Tibetan capital and put up check-points so no Tibetan can get out and join the march. We are constantly updating our website so please check back from time to time on the progress. THEIR ONLY CRIME WAS THEY WERE WALKING HOME.
If you’re on Facebook, pls join the official group page of our March to Tibet @ www.facebook.com/group.php

I was going to be in this walk, and I myself could have been in prison right now… and as I type this I cant begin to imagine the profound privileges that surround our lives.. Tibetans, at this moment, has absolutely NONE of that.. from one side they are being bashed by Beijing, and from another Mother India has now proven to be against their PEACEFUL struggle..

However, right now it is time for us to let the world know that Tibetans are NOT ALONE. And I trust and can count on each one of you. Tibet WILL be FREE.. With the spotlight on Beijing hosting the Olympic Games in August 2008, we now have greater power to positively bring changes in the lives of those oppressed inside. Those in SF, please remember April 9th is when the Olympic Torch is passing through this great city- when we need to MAKE SOME REAL NOISE!!!!

Please help us.. we badly need EACH ONE OF YOU. The Revolution has BEGUN.. with a greater momentum than we expected, but it needs to be sustained and supported by the International Community..

For additional ways to help out in Lhasa, please consider the following:
1. Contact you member of Congress and ask that they call on China to release all detainees, and allow international media access to Lhasa.
2. If you know any tourists in Lhasa, or others who may have direct knowledge of what is happening in Tibet, please contact immediately at info@savetibet.org.
3. Events of support are happening around the U.S. and Canada. To join a rally at a Chinese consulate or embassy in your area, please review the list of local Tibet Support Groups holding demonstrations.

Chinese Embassy
2300 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington D.C.
+202-328-2500
Tibet Support Group Contact:
Namkha
+703-673-8860

Chinese Consulate, Chicago
100 West Erie St
Chicago, IL
+312-803-0095
Tibet Support Group Contact:
Larry
+317-506-2249

Chinese Consulate, New York
520 12th Ave
New York, NY
+212-244-9456
Tibet Support Group Contact:
Kala
+917-595-0140

Chinese Consulate, San Francisco
1450 Laguna St
San Francisco, CA
+415-674-2946
Tibet Support Group Contact:
Thupten
+212-729-6154

Chinese Consulate, Los Angeles
443 Shatto Pl
Los Angeles, CA
+213-807-8088
Tibet Support Group Contact:
Nono
+562-243-6228
Tsetsen
+301-968-8831

Chinese Consulate, Calgary
1011 6th Ave SW
Calgary, AB
+403-264-3322
Tibet Support Group Contact:
Dermod
+514-487-0665

Chinese Consulate, Toronto
240 St. George St
Toronto ON
+416-964-7260
Tibet Support Group Contact:
Dermod
+514-487-0665

Chinese Consulate, Vancouver
3380 Granville St
Vancouver, BC
+604-736-5188
Tibet Support Group Contact:
Dermod
+514-487-0665

And please share this blog with friends that you know would like to help. We need as many people with us now as possible. IF YOU ARE CONNECTED WITH ANY MEDIA WILLING TO PUBLISH OUR NEWS, PLS CONTACT ME DIRECTLY..

For Freedom,
Wasfia Nazreen
freewastibet@gmail.com
415-259-1045
www.phayul.com


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[Sample letter]

I am deeply disturbed to learn of the Chinese government's use of brute force against unarmed Tibetans inside Tibet. Supported by tanks, thousands of armed troops have sealed off three major monasteries near Lhasa, Tibet where nonviolent protests were initiated on Monday. Police have fired live ammunition into crowds of unarmed Tibetans and at least two people and possibly dozens are reported dead.

Please urge the United States government to demand that the
government of China:

1) Allow demonstrators to exercise their right to freedom of
expression and assembly

2) Refrain from excessive use of force against Tibetan
protesters;

3) Release all Tibetans who have been arrested or detained, and

4) Allow international media unobstructed access to Tibet.

For five decades, the Tibetan people have suffered greatly under China's brutal rule. The Chinese government has swamped Tibet with Chinese settlers, poured money into mega-infrastructure projects like the railway that solidify its control, and ruthlessly attacked Tibetan culture and religion. As the Olympics approach and the world's eyes turn to Beijing, this outpouring of frustration is the natural consequence of China's ongoing repression in Tibet.

Please speak out now to help ensure that futher violence against Tibetans is stopped.


Here are the addresses of the Canadian foreign affairs minister etc, to mail a letter to



Hon David L Emerson
Minister
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Office of the Minister for International Trade
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A 0G2

Hon Helena Guergis
Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and Int'l Trade) (Sport)
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Office of the Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade) (Sport)
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A 0G2

Hon Maxime Bernier
Minister
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A 0G2
__________________________________________________________________

Below I’m also attaching some news links over the past 2-3 days..
" Brute force can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom"- H.H the Dalai Lama

Video: Tibet in turmoil as riots grip capital
www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/a...l#cnnSTCVideo

Deaths reported in Tibet protests
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-...7296837.stm

A Tibetan Intifadeh Against China
www.time.com/time/world/...2509,00.html

A timeline of Tibetan protests
www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/a...bet.timeline/

Tibet Protests Turn Violent, Shops Burn in Lhasa
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...48.html

Deaths reported in Tibet as China blames Dalai Lama
mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m...080314/15

China Clamps Down on Tibetan Protests As Many Deaths, Injuries Reported
www.rfa.org/english/tibe...ibet_protest/

ANTI-CHINA RAGE: TIBET RIOTS
abcnews.go.com/International/popup

Chinese Police Clash With Tibet Protesters
www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15...5tibet.html

Dalai Lama urges China to stop using force in Tibet
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2008...80314135208

U.S. tells China to use restraint in Tibet protests
www.reuters.com/article/la...USN14398845

www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx

Noisy Tibetan protest outside United Nations headquarters
www.newsday.com/news/local...03446.story

Six arrested in Tibet protest outside U.N.
sport.guardian.co.uk/breakin...,00.html

Eyewitness accounts: Tibet clashes
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-...7297248.stm

BBC on Women's Uprising and Tibetan Uprising Day
www.youtube.com/watch

China's Tibet problem:
cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/ver/256...ndex.php

Students for a Free Tibet news:
www.studentsforafreetibet.org/art....php

union

Oh beautiful one ~ Tumi shundor
I am humbled ~ I am honoured
I am graced by your presence
You are with me now, abiding
Our steps aligning, effortless in motion
toward the common dream

I am holding you now ~ you can let go, release
fall backward into the moment
and trust
I will catch you as long as I have strength to stand
as long as I have breath to breathe
as long as I have a heart to beat

My broken heart, the fear and loss and longing,
they only cracked me open ~ so wide, so raw
so ready for this meeting
to welcome you inside, sing you a love song
feed you love and tea and magic
Make a home for you in my heart

Oh I see you truly ~ your spirit shines like the summer sun we met under
so bright you are almost blinding, burning away all my fears,
all my doubts, the questions on my tongue answered
by the grace in your eyes

Oh precious love, let me never forget the searching, the waiting
the wondering, the doubt
Let me never take this amazing gift for granted

Your love is a treasure, a blessing
a wish fulfilled
Let me never
never
forget.

double tagged

Tag #1 (thanks alot NFN)
RULES - Once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog
with 8 facts/things/habits about yourself, saying who tagged you.
In the end you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names
and then send them a message so they become tagged.

1. I just moved to Victoria from Nelson after 6 years and I LOVE it here. I have never
loved living somewhere as much as I do here.
2. I am 10 months away from finishing my bachelor of social work degree, and I
have never gotten a mark lower than an A- even though I dropped out of highschool
in grade 9. I have an 8.3 GPA (out of 9).
3. I just bought a new set of congas
4. I believe in faeries. I have never actually seen them, but I have heard them. They sound
like trouble and delight.
5. I have ridden my bike everyday for the last three weeks after 6 years of not riding (stupid
nelson hills, arg!)
6. I want to be in a band.
7. I love to cook for people, but I hate cooking just for me. I will do almost anything to avoid
cooking if I'm by myself, but I can knock your culinary socks off when I'm in the mood (ask me for an invite).
8. I am terrible at sending letters snail mail. I will write them, put them in envelopes and then
forget to address them or not have stamps or not make it to the mailbox or... I usually find them
months later when they are totally out of date.

Tag #2 (from the lovely miss Nicole)
fill this out and then send the same questions to four other people... and so on and so on...

4 Jobs I've Had in My Life...
waitress, youth worker, trail builder, poverty advocate

4 Movies I Could Watch Over and Over...
Ha, I'm the cheezy romance girl. A river runs through it, Bridget Jones,
Pride and Prejudice, Amelie

4 Places I've lived...
Besides the obvious? Squamish, William's Lake, Salmo, Wells/Barkerville

4 TV Shows I Love to Watch...
Queer as Folk, Sex and the City, Simpsons, South Park

4 Websites I Visit Daily...
Tribe, Uvic webct site, my yahoo homepage, pandora.com

4 of My Favorite Foods...
Thai green curry
Annies macaroni and cheese with broccoli
calamari
turkey dinner with all the fixins

4 Places I'd Rather be Right Now...
At the beach, at a really rippin music festival, riding my bike, at Mole
eating Huevos Rancheros for breakfast

Okay, I get that this is stupid long, so I am going to tag 6 people and you can answer
one or both. I tag H-dog, Jitterbug, Jazelin, Kyla, Shayne, and Sjon.

word to my friends

re-evolution of my word wearied soul
rising UP from the pages of a thousand untold stories
impassioned with vision, dedication, integrity

implicated by knowledge, activated by destiny

All the truths that combine are like drops in a bucket
overflowing with compassion, creation and clarity

WISDOM is about heart and mind connection
take it up, move it forward, BREATHE DEEP in reflection

Stand UP in the dawning of hope and be strong
Come along
Its a journey, new vistas, new shores
Come along
Though somehow I think I might have been here before...


Many, many thanks and blessings to my new friends and
old friends. I am humbled and full of gratitude to share this journey
with all of you.

Thank you.

Born

today, fast and furious,
surprising the doctor
who was off for a round of golf.
My mother always says,(when she is
in *that* mood) that she looked at me
and said "you will have a strong will,
you will not back down from anything"

Do I? Do I fight the good fight, or do I
just beat my head against a wall of
unbearable solidity?

Today I looked at the website for the world peace conference.
It was so immense, so much content, I was overwhelmed. I
turned off, moved back into my safe little shell, willing to
accept the status quo just a little while longer. How can I
live with integrity in this world, another year older and still
less the wise, still less capable of living my ideals, still
less sure of what they should even be? How can I stand up
when I am so tired sometimes all I want to do is curl up
and let it all roll by? And aren't I too old for this kind of existential
angst anyway?

What world am I fighting for anymore? I used to know once
I thought. Even yesterday I knew. But today?

Today I will eat cake...

Time to move on

Yes, it is looking that way. Winds are blowing westward and I am soon to be on the move. After many long winters in the mountains, called down to the sea. I can feel the pull of the tides swirling around my mountain rooted feet, smell the sea salt freshness.

I am so ready for this, with all my fears tucked away in a safe pocket, riding on pure faith. Rented a space sight unseen, but blessed by the presence of old friends. My life gathered into boxes and bags and piling up slowly in corners and closets, waiting. I remember a time when a move was a day when I decided to be somewhere else. Backpack on and I was gone. Now it is a process of dismantling a life built on solid rock and hopefully building something real where I land amongst the tides. Not just a life for me, but for we, for the wee one I bring. But what better time to move and start again than spring?

What a girl's gotta do...

There Is A Voice Inside Of You
That Whispers All Day Long,
"I Feel That This Is Right For Me,
I Know That This Is Wrong."
No Teacher, Preacher, Parent, Friend
Or Wise Man Can Decide
What's Right For You- Just Listen To
The Voice That Speaks Inside."”

“When the light turns green, you go.
When the light turns red, you stop.
But what do you do when the light turns blue
With orange and lavender spots?”

Shel Silverstein - courtesy of MOPI and miss nicole - just the thing girl, thanks :D

and a further note...

I did this fantastic excercise a while ago, about finding your life purpose. It asked you to distill the essence of what you are here to do into one statement. Of course I'm not so great at distilling, but I got it down to something like "I am a nurturer of creativity, a nurturer of beauty and joy. My purpose is creative inspiration".
The work I am trying to do with my life is all about that, all about finding my own well of creativity and about helping others find theirs. I love the feeling of flow that happens within the creative process, when I'm writing, singing, dancing, performing, cooking, painting, making love. For me it isn't the medium, but the opening to what is trying to come through that matters. I wish that feeling for everyone, those moments where everything is contained in the task at hand, in the stroke of the brush, the shape of a note, the angle of the light.
I am all about process these days, all about the journey. It feels like I have worked so hard to "get somewhere" and all I get is one step further down the path. I am trying to just be with what is, as cliche as it sounds, to be present and real and in the moment. I am so full to bursting with beauty and love and magic and creative energy, so willing to open wide and take it all in. I am ready to meet someone in that space, to journey together into the unknown. I would like to meet everyone in that space, in fact, and sometimes do.