The Santa Barbara Summit for Tibet (SBST) organized a Tibetan Cultural Week of Celebration and Education to increase awareness in our city of Tibetan cultural, philosophical and spiritual richness, and educate citizens about current affairs in TIbet.
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
Building a Sand Mandala & Prayer Ceremony
Silent Walk for Tibet
Festival featuring Tibetan art, crafts, literature, traditional foods, information tables
International Tibetan Performance Artists
Lectures and Discussion Circles
Films with Q&A by experts in Tibetan current affairs
Resolutions for Tibet and Intercultural Harmony by Santa Barbara City Council, County Supervisors, State Assembly 37th District, and US Congressional 23rd District
Completed Sand Mandala at the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara. Dissolution Saturday, Jan. 26th, 2013 at 11 am
The list below were the events held during Tibet Week 2013.
| DATE AND VENUE | TIME | PROGRAM |
| 1/19 SATURDAY Institute of World Culture Concord Hall |
8:00 – 9:30 pm | Loten Namling, Tibetan Singer Fresh Expressions of Traditional Tibetan Songs and Stories ($7 Donation at Door) |
| 1/20 SUNDAY Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara Sanctuary |
11am-12:20 pm | Opening Mandala Event Ven. Losang Samten & Tenzin Thokme Talk by Jose Cabezon, Chair: Dalai Lama Endowment |
| 1/20 SUNDAY From USSB to Santa Barbara Library |
12:20-1:00 pm | Silent Walk for Tibet and Cultural Harmony |
| 1/20 SUNDAY Faulkner Gallery & Front Plaza |
1:00 – 2:00 pm | Opening ceremony and introduction Performance: Loten Samling What is the Santa Barbara Summit for Tibet? Background on Tibet: Tenzin Tethong – President, Dalai Lama Foundation Performance: Children’s Choir – Tibetan Association of Northern California |
| 2:00 – 2:45 pm | Resolutions in support of the Tibetan People by representatives of: • Office of the Mayor and Santa Barbara City Council • Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors • The 37th Assembly District • 23rd Congressional District Presentation of Awards |
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| 2:45 – 3:00 pm | Tibetan Cultural Performance | |
| 3:00 – 4:00 pm | “Leaving Fear Behind” by filmmaker, Dhondup Wangchen, imprisoned in China Q & A by Lhama Tso, wife of filmmaker, and Giovanni Vassallo, President of Bay Area Friends of Tibet |
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| 4:00 – 4:15 pm | Tibetan Cultural Performance | |
| 4:15 – 4:45 pm | Talk by Prof. Tenzin Dorjee Nonviolence and Middle Way Approaches to Sino-Tibetan Conflict |
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| 4:45 – 5:15 pm | Dialogue Circles: Facilitated discussions on Tibet with all participants | |
| 5:15 – 5:45 pm | Concert of Tibetan Cultural Performances | |
| 5:45 – 6:00 pm | Announcements and Thank You | |
| 1/21 MONDAY Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara Parish Hall |
7:00-9:30 pm | Film “The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet’s Struggle for Freedom”, by filmmaker Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin Q&A by Tenzin Tethong, moderated by Michael Imperioli |
| 1/23 WEDNESDAY Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara Sanctuary |
7:00-9:30 pm | Mandala Public Viewing & Concert by singer/storyteller/activist Loten Samling |
| 1/25 FRIDAY Faulkner Gallery |
7:00 – 9:30 pm | Gathering for Tibet Film: “Gyalyum Chemo: The Great Mother,” from the Women of Tibet series by Rosemary Rawcliff Q&A by Tenzin Tethong |
| 1/26 SATURDAY Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara Sanctuary |
11:00 am-12:30 pm | Closing Mandala Event & Prayer Ritual |
| 1/26 SATURDAY Institute of World Culture |
2:00 – 4:30 pm | Lecture and Discussion Healthy Living from a Tibetan Buddhist Perspective With Tibetan doctor, Kalsang Yangdron from the Bay Area |
| 1/28 Monday Arlington Theater (SB Film Festival) |
8:00 pm | RETREAT Film by David Cherniack |