March 10 Update
The March 10 Uprising Day in New York was a true success, marked by a prominent procession across the Brooklyn Bridge through Chinatown to the UN, where the largest rally to date spent several hours before proceeding down 2nd Ave to Union Square for the climax of the day's events. Global friends from Tibet, China, Dharamsala, New York, Canada, Vermont, Maine, Alaska and many, many other nations and cities congregated to hear prominent members of the Bod Rangzen/Free Tibet movement, including SFT Executive Director Lhadon Tethong, activist extraordinaire Tenzin Tsendue, Columbia Professor Robert Thurman, acclaimed author Jamyang Norbu, Chinese democracy dissident Wei Jingsheng, as well as several others. City of New York traffic control and police facilitation was exceptional, helping to make for what many identified as the most successful Uprising Day in recent history.
I hope some of you were able to participate in an event wherever you may be, be it a public or private one.
Please check out the www.March10.org website to see hundreds of photos from protests around the world, as well as videos, articles, and other resources for our benefit.
Here are a few shots I was able to get over the course of the day. Michelle, Erin, and I had a chance to briefly speak with both Tsendue and Lhadon, and caught a picture with him as well. It's also worth noting that in the foreground of the image of Tsendue's address is Kelsang the photographer, Dharamsala program coordinator from last year.
And despite my activities on March 10 I had no trouble collecting a visa at the Chinese Consulate several days later.
Hope everyone is well and remember to keep the flame a burnin.
Bod Rangzen-
Galen