Monday, March 31, 2008

ΣΗΜΕΡΑ ΜΕΡΑ ΔΡΑΣΗΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΘΙΒΕΤ ΣΕ ΟΛΟ ΤΟΝ ΚΟΣΜΟ

Global Day of Action on Tibet: March 31, 2008

Pleast post your event's information here! Also--if you haven't--please sign the Avaaz petition supporting the people of Tibet. You can also find materials to download here. (This list is also available as a spreadsheet; please help us keep it up to date!) Journalists, please click here!


Austria

Graz

Date: 31 March

Time: 4 to 6 pm.

Peace March. Route: Hauptplatz – Herrengasse – Hans-Sachsgasse – Tummelplatz – Mehlplatz - Sporgasse – Sackstrasse - Edeggersteg – Mariahilferplatz – Lendplatz – Volksgartenpark – abschließende Mahnwache bei der Friedensstupa im Volksgartenpark

Contact: Bernd Woelfler - berndwoelfler@yahoo.com

Vienna

Date: 31 March

Time: 10 am - Press conference, followed by submission of memorandum to Chancellor

3 pm - Start peace march from Chinese Embassy to Michaelerplatz in Vienna.

5.30 pm - Rally at Michalerplatz with stage and posters and prominent speakers.

Contact: Lobsang.Gyalpo[at]gmx.net

Australia

Brisbane

TIME: 12.30 pm

PLACE: Redacliff Place/Brisbane Square, Cnr Queen St and George St

SPEAKERS: Senator Andrew Bartlett (Australian Democrats), Ashley Brown (ATC Board Member)

CONTACT: Kaye on 0412 375 073

Hobart

TIME: 12.00 noon

PLACE: Franklin Square, Hobart

Speakers: Karma - A member of the Tasmanian Tibetan Community, Christine Milne - Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania. Brian Summerfield - A Tasmanian who spent 2002 to 2004 Cycling Around Australia for Tibet

CONTACT: Berry on 0419 011 239

Melbourne

TIME: 12.00 noon

PLACE: Outside the State Library, Swanston Street

SPEAKERS: Michael Danby MP (Chair of All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet), Michael Butler (Amnesty International), Cr Peter Clarke (Melbourne City Councillor), Ms Rinchen Norbu (Tibetan Community of Victoria), Sharan Burrow (ACTU President),

CONTACT: Alison on 0412 313 272

Perth

TIME: 12.30 pm

PLACE: Outside State Parliament House, Perth

SPEAKERS: TBC

CONTACT: Marty on 0420 321 345

Sydney

TIME: 12.00 noon

PLACE: Martin Place Amphitheatre, Sydney City

SPEAKERS: Tenzin Atisha (Dalai Lama’s Representative), Rev Bill Crews (Exodus Foundation), Justice John Dowd (International Commission of Jurists), Amnesty International, Tenpa Dugdak (Tibetan Community of NSW), Chin Jin (Democratic China Movement)

CONTACT: ATC National Office on (02) 9283 3466

Brazil

Sao Paulo

Date: 31 March

Place: Paraibuna

Contact: williamdeoliveira2006@gmail.com

Canada

Calgary

Date: 31 March

Time: 6.45pm

Place: Olympic Plaza (Macleod Trail and 8th Ave SE)

(Candlelight Vigil)

Contact: Tibetan Community of Alberta, tcacalgary@shaw.ca

Halifax

Event: Vigil for Tibet

Date: Monday, 31 March 2008

Time: 12 Noon

Place: Victoria Park (on the corner of Spring Garden and South Park)

Lethbridge, Alberta

Date: 31 March

Time: 4.30 - 5.30pm

Place: Start at West end of College Value Mall parking lot (2025 Mayor Magrath Drive South) for a protest "Walk for Awareness"

Contact: Tseten Drawu, 308.4944 mentsee@yahoo.ca

Montreal

Événement : Vigile pour Tibet

Date : 31 mars 2008

Heure : 18h00

Endroit : Place-des-Arts

Event: Vigil for Tibet

Date: Monday, 31 March 2008

Time: 6:00 PM

Place: Place-des-Arts

Ottawa

Date: March 31, 2008

Time: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Place: Embassy of the People's Republic of China, 515 St. Patrick St., Ottawa (outdoors)

Contact: Contact: tibet1@rogers.com or tel. 613-301-6735 www.tibet.ca

Toronto

Date: March 31st

Time: 10am

Location: Masaryk Park (beside the Masaryk Recreation Centre in Parkdale)

Action: Rally

Contact Person: Gelek (647) 438-0038

More information, click here

Vancouver

Date: 31 March 2008

Time: 4:30pm to 7:30pm

Location: Chinese Consulate, 3380 Granville Street, Vancouver

Contact: Mati Bernabei, mbernabe@sfu.ca Organizer: Canada Tibet Committee

Victoria

Date: 31 March

Time: 5pm to 7pm

Location: Provincial Legislature

Contact: Canada Tibet Committee, victoria@tibet.ca

Chile

Santiago

Date: Monday 31

Time: 19:00hrs

Place: Please meet at Plaza de la India, Avenida Santa Maria, 1700 Santiago (Mahatma Gandhi statue) to march to the Chinese embassy. March with lots of tibetan flags,through katas and place candle lights at the doors of the chinese embassy.

Contact: Ana María Clasing, Protibetculture-group, aclasing.ptc[at]gmail.com

Costa Rica

San José

Costa Rica – San José

Time: 7:00 pm

Place: Meet in front of Canal 7 TV station and march to the Chinese embassy in San Jose

Contact Person: Gloriana – 506 – 8850 - 2750

Czech Republic

Ostrava

Time: 19:00

Place: Masarykovo namesti - u moroveho sloupu No special speakers.

Contact: Matej, matej@protibet.org, tel. +420 776 275572

more info in czech available on

http://www.protibet.org/view.php?cisloclanku=2008030028&lang=cz

Denmark

Copenhagen

Date: March 31

Time: 17:30

Location: Demonstration in front of parliament Christiansborg

Contact: Charlotte, nyimaling(at)mail.dk

Finland

Turku

Date: Monday 31st

Time: 6pm

Place: Turku Cathedral

Organiser: Friends of Tibet Finland - Rebecca Frilund rebfri@utu.fi

Candle light Vigil

France

Annecy

Date: 31 mars

Time: à 17h30 rassemblement devant la Préfecture

18h : départ de la marche en direction de l’Hôtel de Ville, 19h : Prises de parole 20h30 : Projection de "Windhorse" de Paul Wagner, salle des Papeteries à Cran-Gevrier, suivie d’un débat sur la situation actuelle au Tibet (participation libre) Haut de page

Briançon

Date: 31 mars

Time: 19h00 à 19h45

Place: dans le parc de la Schappe à Briançon

Ce rassemblement comprendra la lecture de messages de solidarité, quelques prises de parole, et un recueillement pour les victimes de la répression avec illumination de bougies.

Pour tout renseignement complémentaire, contacter le 04.92.24.74.53 ou le 04.92.21.12.98

Lyon

Date: 31 Mars

Time: 18h00

Place Antonin Poncet à LYON, métro Bellecour 2ème arr, au mémorial des génocides

Venez si possible avec un drapeau Tibétain, une khata ou une écharpe blanche, une fleur et des bougies

Contact: Lions des Neiges : 10, rue L. Aulagne 69600 Oullins È06 29

35 42 27 http://tibetchineactualite.spaces.live.com/

Montpellier

Date: 31 March

Time: 18h30

Place de la Comédie

Organisation Tibet Languedoc Haut de page

Paris

Date: 31 March

Time: 3.30 to 6.30pm

Place: In front of the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Francais (French National Olympic and Sportive Commitee), A l’angle du Bd Jourdan et de la rue de l’Amiral Mouchez, Paris 13ème (face au stade Charlety). Accès : RER Cité Universitaire, ligne B (voir plans ci-dessous)

Pau

Date: 31 mars

Time: à 17h30

Place: Place Royale, en présence de Mme la Député-Maire Martine Lignères-Cassou Haut de page

Valence

Date: 31 Mars

Time: 17 - 19hr

Place: Place de la Liberté ( à côté de l'Hotel de Ville)

Germany

(For more information see http://www.tibet-initiative.de)

Please also note that several hundred mayors are expected to fly the Tibetan Flag. See special website of the flag campaign: www.tibetflagge.net

Bonn

Montag, 31.03.2008 um 19:30 Uhr

Solidaritätsmahnwache - auf dem Münsterplatz

Berlin

Montag, 31.03.2008, 16.00 Uhr - 17.30 Uhr, Mahnwache vor der chinesischen Botschaft, Berlin-Mitte, S-Bhf. Jannowitzbrücke

Bremen

31.03. 17:00 - 18:00 Mahnwache auf dem Bremer Marktplatz am Roland

Coburg

Montag, 31.03., 16.45 - 18 Uhr Mahnwache auf dem Marktplatz ab. Danach kurze Friedenszeremonie in der Moritzkirche.

Dresden

Montag, 31.03., 16:00 - 18:00 Uhr, Mahnwache auf dem Schlossplatz

Dusseldorf

Montag, 31.03., 17.00-19.00, Uhr Marktplatz Rathaus

Frankfurt

Montag, 31.03., 12:00 - 16:00 Uhr, Mahnwache auf dem Römerberg am Brunnen

Freiburg

Montag, 31.03., 13:00-18:00 Uhr Kartoffelmarkt

Hamburg

Date: Monday, 31.3

Time: 4 p.m.

Place: GÄNSEMARKT Square Includes: political speeches, national anthem, performance and peace prayer Contact: Andrewas Hilmer, ah@tibet.de

Hannover

Monday 31st March

Time: 10am

Place: Kröpcke

Contact: afrika@gfbv.de

Karlsruhe

Montag, 31.03. von 15:00-16:00 Uhr am Marktplatz Karlsruhe

Nürnberg

Montag, 31.03. ,17:00h - 18.00h Kundgebung Rathaus, Am Hauptmarkt 18

Tübingen

Montag, 31.03., 17 - 18.30 Uhr, Mahnwache an der Neckarbrücke, Abgang zur Platanenallee

Ulm

Montag, 31.03., 12-14 Uhr vor dem Hauptbahnhof

Würzburg

Montag, 31.03., 15:00 - 18:00 Uhr Mahnwache am Sternplatz

Greece

Athens

Date: March 31,

Time: 17:00hr to 19:00hr.

Place: SYNTAGMA SQUARE

Contact: Marina, Friends of Tibet Athens, info@friendsoftibet.gr

Thessalonika

Date: March 31

Time: 5pm

Place: Aristotelous Square

Contact: Ariadne, ariadni_g@hotmail.com

Holland

Amsterdam

Date: 31 March

Time: 18.00 - 20.00

Plaats: de Dam in Amsterdam Tijd:

Contact/uur Informatie: - Tsering Jampa, 06 29004547 - Shiba Degenhart, 06 41012687 - Kantoor, 020-3308265

India

New Delhi

Date: 31 March

Time: 2pm

Place: Jantar Mantar

Contact: Tenzin Choedon, Students for a Free Tibet India +91 9816479812

Indonesia

Jakarta

Date: 31 March 2008

Time: 1-3 pm

Place: Embassy of the People's Republic of China, Jalan Mega Kuningan No. 2, Jakarta

Contact person: Fadjar Pratikto, +62 81808069001 More info, click here.

Ireland

Events also planned in Cork, and Galway. Click here for more information

Dublin

Date: 31 March

Time: 12.30 - 2.30, Peace march from The Spire in O’Connell Street, Dublin, at 12.30 and marching through Dublin city centre via O’Connell Bridge, D’Olier Street, Nassau Street and Dawson Street to the European Parliament Office in Molesworth Street (arriving approximately 1.00), then via Molesworth Street to the Dail (approximately 1.15), then via Kildare Street and Clare Street to Government Offices at Merrion Street (approximately 1.30), and then via Merrion Street, Ely Place and Hume Street to the Department of Foreign Affairs at Iveagh House on the south side of St Stephen's Green (approximately 2.00). (NB: This route is being cleared with the Gardai, and may therefore be subject to alteration.)

2.30 to 5.30pm Showing of DVD: Tibet "Cry of the Snow Lion" (for details of venue contact tibetire@indigo.ire

5.30 to 7.30pm Candlelight Vigil at the gates to St Stephen's Green at the top of the Grafton Street, opposite the Shopping Centre

Contact: tibetire@indigo.ie

Israel

Tel-Aviv

Location 222 Ben Yehuda St,, In front of the Chinese Embassy

Time: March 31st, 8:30 - 10:30am

Contact : Ran Natanzon, Israeli Friends of the Tibetan People: rannat@gmail.com

Portugal

Lisbon

Time: 7 pm

Location: in front of the Portuguese Olympic Committee, Travessa da Memória no. 36

New Zealand

Auckland

Date: 31 March

Time: 12.30pm

Place: March down Queen Street to Queen Elizabeth Square

Contact: Friends of Tibet NZ - kesang@pl.net

Dunedin

Time and place: University at 12.30pm and Octagon at 5.30pm

Contact: Friends of Tibet NZ- kesang@pl.net

Motueka

Date: 31 March

Time: 4.30 - 6pm

Place: In front of the museum in the High Street

Nelson

Date: 31 March

Time: 12.30 - 1.15pm

Place: on the steps of the cathedral

Wellington

Two events:

Date: 31 March

Time: 7.30 to 8.30am

Place: Demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy. Please dress in white

Time: 12.30 to 1.30pm

Place: Bucket Fountain in Cuba Mall. March through central Wellington via Willis Street and Lambton Quay to Midland Park.

Contact: Claire Clark, Secretary Friends of Tibet Wellington Ph Hm 236 7928 Cell ph 027 314 2884

Norway

Oslo

31st March- Norwegian Tibet Committee will hold Global day" Light A Candle for Tibet and

Time: 3pm

Location: Meet at Parliament Square

Contact: Chungdak Koren - chungdakkoren@yahoo.no

Poland

On 31 March the biggest newspaper in Poland "Gazeta Wyborcza" (in cooperation with Tibetan Programme) will print a special cover for it's Monday weakly magazine "Duzy Format" - it will be Tibetan Flag! There will be appeal to readers for display it in important places and make photos.

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Date: 31 March

Time: 13.00

Place: Chinese Embassy

Contact: Foundation Dharmaling, office@foundation.dharmaling.org

Sweden

Stockholm

Date: 31 March

Time: 17:30 (local time)

Address/Location: Medborgarplatsen

Speeches by members of the Swedish parliament and organising NGO:s, Music by Nordic Light Artists

Wear a white scarf (khata) to show your solidarity with the Tibetan people!

Contact person for more information: stk@tibet.se, www.tibet.se

Malmo

Date: 31 March

Address/Location: Gustav Adofs torg

Time: 20:00

Candlelight vigil. Speeches by members of the Swedish parliament. Wear a white scarf (khata) to show your solidarity

with the Tibetan people! Organised by the Swedish Tibet Committee

Contact person for more information: stk@tibet.se

Switzerland

Geneva

Date: 31 March

Time: 12 - 2pm

Place: Jardin Anglais

Contact: Porte du Tibet and Tibetan Community in Swiss-Romande

Ukraine

Kiev

Date: 31 March

Time 17.30

Place: Mikhaylivska Square, Kyiv

Дата: Понеділок 31.03.2008 о 17:30

Місце: Грушевського, 32 (Посольство КНР)

Контакти: тел. 8 093 329 77 62, пошта: uatibet@gmail.com Юлія Туречек

Просимо повідомити про бажання брати участь у мітингу : uatibet@gmail.com

United Kingdom

London

Date: 31 March

Time: 6.30pm

Location: outside the Chinese Embassy, 49-51 Portland Place, London W1.

Contact person: Philippa Carrick, Tibet Society, Telephone: 020 7272 1414/07941 105485;

email: philippa@tibetsociety.com

Action: Candlelight vigil, flower & khatag laying in memory of the 140 plus Tibetans killed in Tibet since 10 March 2008, and delivery of Avaaz petition to Chinese Embassy.

(Nearest undergrounds: Oxford Circus/Regents Park/Great Portland Street, Buses: 88, 453, C2)

United States

Honolulu

When:Monday 31, 6:30 p.m

Where: Honolulu State Capitol Bldg, on Beretania St. side of building.

Please bring candle or flower

contact: Zenna 808-699-0435 hinaleanshore@hotmail.com

Boston, MA

(two events)

Daytime:

Time: 10 am to 3pm, but we ask anyone who can only come a short time to come at 1pm

Venue: Park Street or Status House, Boston.

CONTACT: dpphunkhang@hotmail.com or snowlion007@yahoo.com

Evening: 5.30 - 8.30pm

Location: Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA

Contact person for more information: Linda Mancini, Boston Tibet Network 617 501-3724, manciniart@mac.com

Note: also meeting in Boston Common on Sunday, March 30 from 10am to 3pm for Human Rights Torch event, and meet every evening in Harvard Square in Cambridge from 5:30pm to 8pm

Brattleboro, VT

Date: 31 March

Time: 17.00 - 18.00

Location: Vigil at Pliny Park.

Contact person: Carolyn White, http://www.monadfriendsoftibet.org

Chicago, Il

Date: 31 March

Time: 4pm

Location: Chicago Chinese Consulate

Action: Protest/Vigil

Contact Person: Tenzin Youdon 773.574.3116

Ketchum

Date: March 31st

Time: 7:30 pm

Place: at Memory Park on Main Street, Ketchum

Candle light vigil

Los Angeles, CA

March 31,

Time: 3-6pm

Place: Chinese Consulate 443 Shatto Place Los, Angeles, CA 90020http://www.mapquest.com/maps/443+Shatto+Pl+Los+Angeles+CA+90020-1703/

Organizers: Tibetan Association of Southern California (TASC) http://www.socaltibs.org/

Los Angeles Friends of Tibet (LAFoT) www.latibet.org
Contacts: Namgyal Kyulo, TASC President, namgyalkyulo@yahoo.com, (310)895-3259
Nono Dolma, TASC Board Member, nonodolma@hotmail.com, (562)243-6228
Tseten Phanucharas, LAFoT Action Coordinator, tsetenp@aol.com, (310)968-8831

Madison, WI

What: Rally and a candlelight vigil

Where/When: Meet at the Library Mall at 6 PM and march to the State Capitol, where a candlelight vigil will be held until 8PM.

Contact: Lobsang Tenzin, Wisconsin Tibetan Association, klhamo115(at)hotmail.com

Minneapolis, MN

Time and Date: March 31st 5pm-8pm

Location: US Federal Building

Action: Candle Light Vigil

Contact Person: Ngawang Dolker 763.639.4616

New York, NY

Time and Date: March 31st 9am

Location: NYC Chinese Consulate (42nd street and 12th ave)

Action: Protest/Rally

Contact Person: Kala Mendoza 917.595.0140

Portland

Date: 31 March

Time: Starting from 7am; hunger strike, prayer and vigil

Place: Pioneer Courthouse Square

Contact: Tsering Choepel, Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association; 360.798.5739

Salt Lake City, UT

Time and Date: March 31st 6pm

Location: Salt Lake County Building

Action: Vigil

Contact Person: Lhaksam 801.859.1958

Santa Fe, NM

Time and Date: March 31st

Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm

Location: Santa Fe Plaza for a Vigil

Contact Person: Rigzin 505.780.0574

San Francisco, CA

Date: March 31st

Time: 12pm-3pm

Location: SF City Hall Action: Protest

Contact Person: Dasang (510) 387-9729

Seattle

Date: 31 March

Time: Meet 6.30pm

Place: Westlake Water fall for a march around town and candle light vigil until 8.30pm

Contact: Tashi Namgyal, Tibetan American Community of Washington, 206-300-2891

Rinchen Gadhey at 206-734-8954

Wahington, DC

Date: 31 March 08

Time: 11:00am

Location: The White House; march to Chinese Embassy

Contact: Namkha Tenzin, namlha@netzero.net

Uruguay

Montevideo

Date: 31 March

Time: 19.30hrs

Place: Ateneo de Montevideo, Plaza de Cagancha

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