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OCTOBER 10, 2026 — The San Francisco Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (SFRTYC) commemorated the 56th Founding Anniversary of the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) at the Tibetan Association of Northern California (TANC), reaffirming our unwavering commitment to the Tibetan freedom struggle, justice, and the fight for the rights and future of Tibet.
OCTOBER 1, 2026, THE SFRTYC AND TEAM TIBET TAKE A STAND OUTSIDE THE CHINESE CONSULATE GENERAL IN SAN FRANCISCO, TURNING CHINA’S NATIONAL DAY INTO A DAY OF RESISTANCE FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND JUSTICE
ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2026, SFRTYC AND TEAM TIBET STAND IN RESISTANCE OUTSIDE THE CHINESE CONSULATE GENERAL IN SAN FRANCISCO, PROTESTING XI JINPING’S VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES AND CALLING FOR FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR TIBETNCE FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND JUSTICE.
ONSEPTEMBER 12, 2026 — SFRTYC’S “WALK FOR FREEDOM” AGAINST COMMUNIST CHINA, FROM THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE TO THE CHINESE CONSULATE GENERAL IN SAN FRANCISCO: A MARCH OF RESISTANCE FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE RIGHT OF THE TIBETAN PEOPLE.
ON AUGUST 30, 2026 — SFRTYC, TEAM TIBET, TANC, AND SFT CAME TOGETHER IN PRAYER TO HONOR AND REMEMBER THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE FLOODS ALONG THE NEPAL–TIBET BORDER.
ON AUGUST 28, 2026 — SFRTYC ORGANIZED A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL MARCH FROM BERKELEY TO EL CERRITO, HONORING THE MARTYRS OF TIBET — PAWO LOBGA RANGZEN — AND KEEPING THEIR TESTAMENT OF FREEDOM, DIGNITY, AND RESISTANCE ALIVE.
ON AUGUST 19, 2026 — 49 DAYS AFTER PAWO LOBGA RANGZEN’S PASSING, TANC, SFRTYC, TEAM TIBET, AND SFT UNITED OUTSIDE THE CHINESE CONSULATE GENERAL IN SAN FRANCISCO. IN MOURNING AND DEFIANCE, THEY HELD A HEAD-SHAVING CEREMONY AND PROTESTED CHINESE COMMUNIST RULE, HONORING HIS SACRIFICE AND RENEWING THE CALL FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM.
ON AUGUST 15, 2026 — SFRTYC JOINED NYNJRTYC AND TIBETAN YOUTH CONGRESS CHAPTERS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA IN NEW YORK, STANDING UNITED IN SOLIDARITY FOR MARTYR PAWO LOBGA RANGZEN AND RENEWING OUR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO TIBETAN FREEDOM AND RANGZEN
ON AUGUST 14, 2026 — SIX WEEKS AFTER PAWO LOBGA RANGZEN’S PASSING, SFRTYC AND TEAM TIBET HELD A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AT BERKELEY BART STATION, HONORING HIS SACRIFICE AND TURNING GRIEF INTO RESISTANCE FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM AND RANGZEN.
ON AUGUST 07, 2026 — FIVE WEEKS AFTER PAWO LOBGA RANGZEN’S PASSING, SFRTYC AND TEAM TIBET HELD A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AT BERKELEY BART STATION, HONORING HIS SACRIFICE AND TURNING GRIEF INTO RESISTANCE FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM AND RANGZEN.
ON AUGUST 2, 2026 — ONE MONTH ON, THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES. SFRTYC PROTESTED OUTSIDE THE CHINESE CONSULATE GENERAL IN SAN FRANCISCO, HONORING PAWO LOBGA RANGZEN BY TURNING HIS SACRIFICE INTO A RENEWED CALL FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM AND RANGZEN.
ON JULY 31, 2026 — FOUR WEEKS AFTER PAWO LOBGA RANGZEN’S PASSING, SFRTYC AND TEAM TIBET HELD A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AT BERKELEY BART STATION, HONORING HIS SACRIFICE AND TURNING GRIEF INTO RESISTANCE FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM AND RANGZEN.
ON JULY 24, 2026 — THREE WEEKS AFTER PAWO LOBGA RANGZEN’S PASSING, SFRTYC AND TEAM TIBET HELD A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AT BERKELEY BART STATION, HONORING HIS SACRIFICE AND TURNING GRIEF INTO RESISTANCE FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM AND RANGZEN.
ON JULY 17, 2026 — SECOND WEEKS AFTER PAWO LOBGA RANGZEN’S PASSING, SFRTYC AND TEAM TIBET HELD A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AT UN PLAZA, SAN FRANCISCO, HONORING HIS SACRIFICE AND TURNING GRIEF INTO RESISTANCE FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM AND RANGZEN.
ON JULY 11, 2026 — SFRTYC HELD THE FOURTH PRAYER SESSION AT SERA JEY, EL CERRITO, CA, IN MEMORY OF LHASANG TSERING — TIBETAN FREEDOM ACTIVIST AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF RTYC — HONORING HIS LIFE, SACRIFICE, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE STRUGGLE FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM
ON JULY 10, 2026 — ONE WEEK AFTER PAWO LOBGA RANGZEN’S PASSING, SFRTYC AND TEAM TIBET HELD A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AT BERKELEY BART STATION, HONORING HIS SACRIFICE AND TURNING GRIEF INTO RESISTANCE FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM AND RANGZEN.
ON JULY 03, 2026 — ONE DAY AFTER PAWO LOBGA RANGZEN’S PASSING, SFRTYC HELD A PRAYER SESSION AT TANC, HONORING HIS SACRIFICE AND TURNING GRIEF INTO RESISTANCE FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM AND RANGZEN.
ON JULY 03, 2026 — ONE DAY AFTER PAWO LOBGA RANGZEN’S PASSING, SFRTYC ORGANIZE PROTEST AT CHINESE CONSULATE, SAN FRANCISCO, HONORING HIS SACRIFICE AND TURNING GRIEF INTO RESISTANCE FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM AND RANGZEN.
ON JULY 2, 2026 — PAWO LOBGA RANGZEN SELF-IMMOLATED IN PROTEST AGAINST CHINESE COMMUNIST RULE AND IN A CALL FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM. HOURS LATER, SFRTYC GATHERED AT GYUTO MONASTERY IN MOURNING AND SOLIDARITY, TURNING GRIEF INTO RESOLVE AND VOWING TO CARRY FORWARD HIS LEGACY AND THE STRUGGLE FOR RANGZEN
ON JULY 1, 2026, SFRTYC AND TEAM TIBET PROTEST OUTSIDE THE CHINESE CONSULATE GENERAL IN SAN FRANCISCO, THE DAY CHINA’S ETHNIC UNITY AND PROGRESS LAW TOOK EFFECTSFRTYC AND TEAM TIBET PROTEST OUTSIDE THE CHINESE CONSULATE GENERAL IN SAN FRANCISCO ON JULY 1, 2026, THE DAY CHINA’S ETHNIC UNITY AND PROGRESS LAW TOOK EFFECT
ON JUNE 8, 2026 — AS HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA UNDERWENT KNEE SURGERY IN NEW DELHI, SFRTYC GATHERED AT SERA JEY MONASTERY IN EL CERRITO IN PRAYER AND SOLIDARITY, OFFERING COLLECTIVE PRAYERS FOR HIS RECOVERY, LONG LIFE, AND CONTINUED GUIDANCE FOR THE TIBETAN PEOPLE
ON APRIL 19, SFRTYC IS RAISING FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE BLACK HAT MARCH, HELD IN DHARAMSHALA, INDIA, TO OPPOSE CHINA’S SO-CALLED ETHNIC UNITY AND PROGRESS LAW AND ITS THREAT TO TIBETAN IDENTITY, LANGUAGE, AND CULTURE.
ON MARCH 10, SFRTYC, TANC, TEAM TIBET, AND SFT UNITED TO COMMEMORATE THE 1959 TIBETAN UPRISING, HOLDING PROTESTS IN BERKELEY AND AT SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL, THEN MARCHING TO THE CHINESE CONSULATE AND BACK TO UNION SQUARE TO PROTEST CHINA’S ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF TIBET AND DEMAND FREEDOM, JUSTICE, AND TIBETAN RIGHTS.
ON DECEMBER 31, 2025 SFRTYC ORGANIZED A NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT AND FUNDRAISER TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ITS ONGOING ACTIVITIES, INITIATIVES, AND FUTURE EVENTS
ON DECEMBER 20, 2025 SFRTYC RAISED ITS VOICE AGAINST THE DESTRUCTION OF TIBET’S LAND THROUGH MINING AND THE CRACKDOWN ON PEACEFUL TIBETAN PROTESTERS IN ZACHU.
ON DECEMBER 10, 2025,INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY | SFRTYC TOOK TO THE STREETS TO DENOUNCE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN TIBET AND DEMAND FREEDOM, JUSTICE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY. WE STOOD IN SOLIDARITY WITH TIBETANS WHO FACE REPRESSION FOR DEFENDING THEIR IDENTITY, CULTURE, RELIGION, AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS.
ON THANKSGIVING DAY | NOVEMBER 27, 2025, SFRTYC ORGANIZED A SOCCER TOURNAMENT TO CELEBRATE THE AUSPICIOUS 90TH BIRTHDAY YEAR OF HIS HOLINESS THE 14TH DALAI LAMA—UNITING OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH SPORT, TIBETAN PRIDE, AND DEVOTION TO HIS HOLINESS..
ON OCTOBER 11TH 2025, SFRTYC ORGANIZED THE 55TH COMMEMORATION DAY EVENT AT TANC, HONORING 55 YEARS OF THE TIBETAN YOUTH CONGRESS’S COMMITMENT TO TIBETAN FREEDOM, NATIONAL IDENTITY, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE
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