Board and Advisory Members
Contact Information: Bay Area Friends of Tibet 1310 Fillmore Street, Suite 401 San Francisco, CA 94115 bafot@friends-of-tibet.org
Board Members:
President, Giovanni Vassallo Phone: 415-409-6353
Vice President, Tenpa Jamyang
Secretary, Lhamo Dolma
Treasurer, Dave Spitzer
Videographer/Photography Coordinator, Barbara Green Tsering Dolma Vassallo
Cultural Coordinators: Jamyong Singye, and Jamyang Lama
Advisors:
Jigme Raptentsetsang, former BAFoT President
Pema Chhinjor, former Security Minister of the Dalai Lama’s Tibetan Government-in-Exile
Thepo Tulku, BAFoT Founder and former President
Tenzin Tsedup, former TANC president
Kunjo Tashi, former TANC president
Tenzin N Tethong, former Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister) of the Tibetan Government in Exile
Webmaster: Dave Spitzer
His Holiness Dalai Lama with members of Bay Area Friends of Tibet September 2003
Mission:
The mission of BAFoT is to study, promote interest in, and actively preserve Tibetan culture in all its aspects; to educate the general public in matters pertaining to Tibet and the Tibetan people; and to provide assistance to Tibetans.
Announcements
- Tibetans and supporters from all over US headed to DC to protest Xi Jinping’s Visit
- Leader Nancy Pelosi's speech on March 10, 2015
- China: Human #Rights365 = Human Rights for All
- Humanitarian China note of thanks for Friends of Tibet solidarity on Tiananmen 25th anniversary
- Dhondup Wangchen released, thanks supporters
- Statement of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery on the Panchen Lama's 25th Birthday
- Rep. Pelosi's statement on March 10
- Dhondup Wangchen Campaign: "Unchain The Truth"
- Appeal for help for Phuntsokling Tibetan Settlement in Odisha
- Committee to Project Journalists concerned about Dhondup Wangchen
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