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STUDENTS FOR A FREE TIBET CANADA'S
EAST COAST CONFERENCE NOV 14-16, 2008.

Students for a Free Tibet Canada will be holding our annual Eastern Regional Leadership Conference from November 14-16 in Toronto, ON.

For those of you who have never been to an SFT conference or camp, it is a must! Workshops and trainings include non-violent direct action, media, campaign strategy, grassroots organizing, fundraising and a lot more! It is also a great opportunity to meet, share skills and strategize with fellow freedom fighters from all over Eastern Canada.

For you seasoned conference and camp goers, we will have advanced workshops to help you become an even more effective leader and activist.

Do you believe Tibet will be free?

Are you committed to youth empowerment and leadership?

Do you want to inspire and enable people to work for social justice?

If so, run for SFT Canada's Board of Directors and help lead the organization that is coordinating Tibetan and non-Tibetan youth at the forefront of the Tibet movement in Canada . You will be making a significant contribution to the Canadian and global movement for Tibetan independence, especially now as Tibetans inside Tibet suffer the most repressive times in decades.

Being a part of the Board of Directors is a great way for you to have a strong voice in the future of our movement. The majority of Board members hold elected positions and we currently have five such positions open on the board. Read the information included below, and if this sounds like something you want to be a part of, RUN FOR THE BOARD!

All applications are due no later than WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2008!

On early Friday morning, August 15th, Nicole Rycroft of Vancouver abseiled off an Olympic billboard outside the CCTV headquarters and unfurled a massive banner calling for a "Free Tibet" in Chinese and English. Rycroft undertook this powerful protest for freedom and justice with a Briton and 3 Americans. They were able to maintain the protest for 30 minutes before Chinese paramilitary detained them.

Rycroft is a former national level athlete whose interest in Tibet began after a bike trip there in 1995 when she personally witnessed the repression faced by Tibetans as a result of the Chinese occupation. As she was being detained, Rycroft said "As long as Tibetans in Tibet are risking their lives to cry out for freedom, I and other people of conscience around the world continue to stand up for Tibet and to push the Chinese leadership bring an end to the brutal occupation of Tibet."

Thank you Nicole Rycroft and all the Canadian SFTers for your brave actions in speaking out for Tibetans in China where we have no voice.