Santa Barbara Friends of Tibet

09/12/2026

Dear Friends and Human Rights Supporters,

We will drive you from SB to LA for this September 24. Join us!

The Tibetan Association of Southern California invites all human rights allies to unite in Los Angeles on Thursday, September 24, 2026, for a Global Day of Action.

GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION: LOS ANGELES PROTEST Unite Against Repression — Stand for Freedom and Human Rights

As Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Washington, D.C., for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump on September 24, 2026, the Tibetan, Uyghur, Chinese Pro-Democracy, and Southern Mongolian communities in Los Angeles call on all human rights allies to mobilize.

Together, we will voice our opposition to Beijing's authoritarian policies and demand justice for oppressed communities.

Call for Partner Organizations:

Is your organization joining this global day of action? Contact us immediately to confirm.
Send us your organization name and the name of your designated speaker.
Please share this event with other organizations that may want to participate.

Schedule of Events (September 24, 2026)

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM | L.A. City Hall Protest
Assembly Point: Front steps of City Hall
Activities: (Speeches, rally and possibly street theatre)
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Chinese Consulate Demonstration
Activities: Speeches, rally, and unified calls for accountability

Core Demands

Stop the forced cultural, linguistic, and religious assimilation of Tibetan, Uyghur, and Southern Mongolian peoples.
Repeal the repressive "Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress."
Stop the Environmental Destruction in Tibet.
Immediately release all political prisoners and stop environmental degradation in Tibet.
End religious persecution and restart dialogue with representatives of the 14th Dalai Lama.

We hope you will stand with us in solidarity.

Pema Choden
VP - Tibetan Association of Southern California
310.658.6779

08/29/2026

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I believe this is a good way to help Nepal flood victims. I doubt China will let foreigners or foreign aid into the Tibet flood site to help the Tibetans there.

Flash floods tore through northern Nepal on 26 August, claiming hundreds of lives, destroying homes, roads and bridges, and leaving entire communities displaces and cut off. The Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) is on the ground delivering clean water, shelter, first aid and emergency supplies. Donate....

07/14/2026

https://tibet.net/santa-barbara-celebrates-the-91st-birthday-of-his-holiness-the-14th-dalai-lama-with-interfaith-prayers-and-cultural-performances/

Synopsis of our HHDL 7th annual birthday event June 27. Santa Barbara was the first city to honor him this year.

Santa Barbara, California: Approximately 300 members of the Tibetan community and friends of Tibet, joined by interfaith leaders, elected officials, and members of the wider Santa Barbara community, gathered at Trinity Episcopal Church on Saturday, 27 June, to celebrate the 91st birthday of His Holi

07/13/2026

Santa Barbara mandala events this week

07/09/2026

Let Tibetan Buddhist religious leaders decide, not the Communust Chinese government.

As the Dalai Lama ages, the battle over his succession has already begun, with the officially atheist Chinese Communist Party preparing to assert control over the spiritual world.

Beijing’s view is clear: when His Holiness dies, his reincarnation must be “approved by the central government,” Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Mao Ning reiterated last July.

The upshot: soon there will likely be two Dalai Lamas, one sanctioned by the CCP and another by the Office of His Holiness. China insists a state-sanctioned shortlist of Chinese candidates will be placed inside a golden urn gifted to Tibet by the Qing Dynasty court, with the single name then withdrawn as the true reincarnation.

“It is total shamelessness,” says Geshe Lhakdor, a Tibetan Buddhist scholar who for many years served as His Holiness’s personal translator. “It’s ludicrous because on the one hand they’re trying to destroy everything that resembles Buddhist practice; on the other they want to choose the reincarnation.”

Beijing denies human-rights violations in Tibet, but advocacy groups and U.N. monitors paint a grim picture of a land systematically surveilled and repressed. For the over 140,000 Tibetans in exile, the fear is that the Dalai Lama’s passing could deal a major blow to hopes of Tibetan self-rule.

This spiritual succession is not merely a religious event, but a critical flash point amid a struggle for influence over a faith practiced by almost 500 million people.

While the Dalai Lama has served as an outspoken advocate for democracy and human rights, that moral authority may now be co-opted by an authoritarian superpower.

Read more here: https://time-magazine.visitlink.me/K9u9hH

07/08/2026

07/08/2026

July 16-19 in Santa Barbara, CA

Our Mission is to encourage a community in Santa Barbara that will perform actions for Tibet