May 1, 2008
Mrs. Namgyal Lhamo Takla
Talk and Slide Show Presentation

Mrs. Namgyal Lhamo Takla gave a talk and presented a slide show to the community members at the community center.

Mrs. Taklha's slide show is of her photos taken in India, Switzerland and the United States, and she told her story of early Tibetan refugees as they first began to arrive and settle in India. She is the author of two books: Born in Lhasa and Women in Tibet.

Friday, April 25, 2008
2:00 PM -5:00 PM
Panchen Rinpoche's Birthday
Protest for the Release of Panchen Rinpoche

On Friday, April 25, 2008 from 2:00 PM-5:00 PM the Chicago community protested for the release of Panchen Lama and all Tibetan political prisoners in Tibet. All protesters met at Water Tower Place, at 2:00 PM and marched to the Chinese Consulate.

The 11th Panchen Lama, world's youngest political prisoner and missing since 1995, was born on April 25th, 1989. Please visit the web site of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery for more information on His Holiness Panchen Rinpoche.

After the protest participants gathered at the community center. A brief prayer and a talk on the current situation in Tibet by our young children was held.

Dinner was served for all participants. The dinner was sponsored by Mr. Tenzin Jamyang and family, and Acha Tseten Yangkey and Tsering Chuckey volunteered to cook the food.

April 19-20, 2008
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Ann Arbor, Michigan
(Not a TAC Event)

On Saturday and Sunday, April 19 and 20, 2008, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama visited Ann Arbor where over the course of three sequential sessions in two days he gave a teaching on “Engaging Wisdom and Compassion” at the Crisler Arena of the University of Michigan.

Saturday, April 19, 2008
4:30 PM at Ann Arbor, Michigan
Special Audience and Talk for Tibetans
by His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Thursday, April 17, 2008
Tibet Solidarity Protest
Olympic Torch Arrives in Delhi, India

From 4:30 to 7:30 pm we were at the Chinese Consulate, 100 West Erie (east of LaSalle and west of Clark). We held a protest and a prayer and candle light vigil.

April 16, 2008 at 6 PM
Pico Iyer Lecture
Harold Washington Library Center
(Not a TAC Event)

In his latest book, The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Pico Iyer gives us the first serious consideration of the Dalai Lama's ideas and work as a politician, scientist, and philosopher. Iyer, one of the most acclaimed observers of Asia and Buddhism and a frequent contributor to Harper's Magazine, Time, and The New York Review of Books, has been engaged in conversation with the Dalai Lama for the last three decades. The Open Road illuminates the hidden life and the daily challenges of a global icon.

April 10th, 11th, and 12th 2008 (Thursday-Saturday)

These three days, we had protests in front of the Chinese Consulate (100 West Erie Street) Starting at 11:30 am until 7:00 pm

• Candle light vigil and prayers were held for the Victims in Tibet.
• The hunger strike group was also present.

April 9, 2008
11:30 am until 7:00 pm
China's Olympic Torch Relay Protest in Chicago

April 9th 2008 (Wednesday)
Protest against the Beijing Olympic torch (in solidarity with protesters in San Francisco)

Where: Starting at Water Tower Park, marching to the Chinese Consulate (100 West Erie Street)

Time: Meeting at Water Tower Park at 11:30 am, and ending at 7:00 pm

Focus: Candle vigil near the end of the protest to show our solidarity with Tibetans in Tibet and also to offer prayers to those who have lost their lives in fighting for Tibetan freedom.

Friday, April 4th @ 7:30 PM
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
Paramount Theater in Aurora, IL

10 Questions for the Dalai Lama was screened and followed by Q & A with director/producer Rick Ray.

Global Day of Action for Tibet
Monday, March 31, 2008

We held a protest and candle light vigil from 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM at the Chinese Consulate (100 W. Erie St.) to as part of the Global Day of Action for Tibet proposed by the Tibet Support Group worldwide.

The horror of China taking the Olympic torch through Tibet as a celebratory event, while Tibet's people have been crushed by China's military forces, is an abomination that must be stopped!

Objectives

• To take the global spotlight away from the Olympic torch arriving in Beijing and turn it back onto the people in Tibet, by holding public events in our countries
• To raise mass public awareness of the situation in Tibet
• To raise the profile of our key demand for this day: get the Olympic torch out of Tibet!

Sunday, March 30, 2008

We held a protest rally at the Chinese Consulate (100 West Erie Street) from 11:00 AM until 6 or 7 PM. The purpose of the rally was to oppose China's action in Tibet and to protest the carrying of the Olympic Torch through Tibet. This action is part of the Global Day of Action for Tibet.

Friday, March 21 @ 6:30 PM

We held a prayer for who have lost their lives recently in Tibet at the Tibetan Community Center. It was also Full Moon Day (Tse-pa Choe-Nga, so we recited Dromla Mantras as per Office of Tibet's instruction.