Join Team Tibet
Take action and become a member of Team Tibet!
With the Olympics rapidly approaching, we are at a pivotal moment in history with a powerful opportunity to pressure the Chinese government to change its policy in Tibet. Every action taken by individuals the world over is truly making a difference for Tibet.
What is Team Tibet?
Being a member of Team Tibet just means joining people worldwide standing in solidarity with the Tibetan people in their struggle for human rights and freedom. There are many ways to help make history for Tibet right now:
Ways to Take Action:
1 )Find a Team Tibet in Your Area. Contact a “Team Tibet Captain” near you to find our more about local events and initiatives. Visit the Find Your Local Team Tibet page to find a contact near you.
2 ) Join Students for a Free Tibet’s online Action Network. We’ll send you Team Tibet updates and opportunities to support Tibet online with just the click of a button. Please spread the word by forwarding action alert e-mails to your friends and family and encouraging them to join too.
Tibet Support Groups worldwide have made the 2008 Olympics campaign a key priority. Contact a group already organizing in your area to find out about upcoming events, and ways to get involved between now and the August 2008 Olympics… and beyond.
3 ) Be a Facebook activist! Help spread information about Tibet among your facebook friends.
- Join the “Tibetan Freedom Movement” cause and become a member of the “Team Tibet” group on Facebook.
- Set the “I’m with Team Tibet” image as your profile picture.
- Post Tibet news and information to your profile. Tibetan news site Phayul.com and the SFT Blog are good places to keep up on breaking news and info.
Please bring Team Tibet to other social networking sites you use like MySpace, Hi5, Friendster, etc.
4 ) Blog about Tibet – write about Tibet on your personal blog or on your facebook or myspace blog, or if you don’t have a blog, offer to write a ‘guest post’ for a friend who does. You can also download banners to put on your blog or website at the SFT Blog, www.SupportTeamTibet.org, or www.NoTorchInTibet.org
5 ) Write a letter to the editor of your local or school newspaper. Perhaps you’ve seen an article or editorial that expresses a strong bias against the movement for human rights and freedom in Tibet. Or maybe the paper has published stories about the Beijing Olympics and human rights without mentioning Tibet. Write a letter to the editor and choose one or two points to make. Be polite and concise. Highlight the current situation inside Tibet, or the lack of media access to Tibet, or why you hope the world will stand with Tibet during the Beijing games. Check the newspaper’s guidelines for letters to the editor before writing.
6 ) Buy stylish Team Tibet gear and wear your support for Tibet on your sleeve (or back, or head…).
Take it a step further and start your own local “Team Tibet” by ordering gear and downloading information to distribute to family members, friends, and others in your community. You can even approach sports teams, business owners, politicians, celebrities and other high profile personalities on campus or in your community to wear Team Tibet gear. Anyone can be a part of Team Tibet!
7 ) Order ‘TEAM TIBET’ stickers, badges, and buttons to display in prominent places. Put these up everywhere to raise awareness. Contact Kala (kala@studentsforafreetibet.org) to place your order.
8 ) Organize a screening of the acclaimed documentary film The Forbidden Team.
The Forbidden Team is an exceptional film about an historic 2001 football match between the “National Teams” of Greenland and Tibet – a match that a furious Chinese government tried vigorously to stop. The film follows an inspiring group of Tibetans whose love of football is matched only by their love of Tibet. The filmmakers behind The Forbidden Team have offered Tibet Support Groups copies of the film to screen in order to educate people about Tibet and inspire them to participate in the Olympics campaign.
If you are interested, contact SFT’s Grassroots Coordinator Kala (kala@studentsforafreetibet.org) to learn how you can get a copy of the film. Click here to download a comprehensive kit with helpful materials and resources on organizing a screening.
