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The newly formed __Stanford_Friends_of_Tibet__ would like to announce an  
event:

Galen Rowell, a top mountaineer, photographer, and co-author of the book
__My_Tibet__ with the Dalai Lama, presents "Endangered Tibet", a slide
show on Tibet's current cultural and religious oppression as well as its
environmental destruction.

His talk drew a crowd of 1400 in Berkeley two years ago.

On March 10 at 7:30 P.M. in Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University.
Free admission.  $2 donation suggested to cover set-up costs.
>From 101 in Palo Alto, take Embarcadero West to the end.  Auditorium will
be on the right.

Call (415) 497-5305 for more information.

If you'd like more information about Galen Rowell or Tibet, here is some:
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Galen Rowell has published many articles and books with acclaimed
photographs from all over the world.  Some examples are National
Geographic's __Mountain_Worlds__, Galen's own
__The_Art_of_Adventure__, and __The_Yosemite__.  He has traveled to
Tibet numerous times, and has witnessed its bitter struggle against
fundamental annihilation as a people and a land.

In 1949, the People's Republic of China invaded the country of Tibet,
taking over its government from its original leader, the Fourteenth
Dalai Lama.  The PRC promised to give more autonomy to Tibet, but
never fulfilled that promise, and, in 1959, the people of Tibet
rebelled.  They were massively outnumbered, and 80,000 Tibetans were
killed that year.

Since then, Tibetans have suffered arbitrary torture and imprisonment
every year.  Out of 6,000 monasteries that served as the centers of
Tibet's rich ancient culture and science, less than a hundred still
remain.  The Tibetan language is illegal in most schools, either to
speak or to write. Monks and nuns are virtually prohibited from
practicing Tibetan Buddhism, and are often arrested, tortured, and
executed for peacefully expressing their views.  The wildlife of Tibet
has been decimated, and the Chinese carry off more timber every year
from Tibet, which has some of the world's richest rainforests.  1.2
out of 7 million Tibetans have died under the rule of the Chinese,
either by starvation or in labor camps.

But there is hope.  The Dalai Lama recently received the Nobel Peace
Prize for advocating unconditional non-violence to restore Tibet as a
nation. President Bush has privately met with him, and the UN has
declared March 1991- March 1992 as the International Year of Tibet.

On the last day of the year of Tibet, Galen Rowell is going to present
slides from his book, __My_Tibet__, to an auditorium of 1700 at
Stanford University. He has presented the same show to a Berkeley
crowd of 1400 at Wheeler Hall. We, the Stanford Friends of Tibet, hope
that you can come, enjoy nice photos, and learn about this urgent and
little-known world crisis.  Tibet is slowly being taken apart by the
government of the PRC.  Only people in empowered nations such as ours
can help stop them.

Help free Tibet!

   						Benjamin Lai
   						Chief Financial Officer
   						Stanford Friends of Tibet
   						(415) 497-5305