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Studens For A Free Tibet Wins $25,000 in Facebook Challenge

SFT, Students For a Free Tibet, came 2nd in the Facebook Giving for a Cause challenge, winning $25,000 in prize money. So far, the total amount of money SFT was able to raise through this challenge is $94,624.

Here is the description of SFT in Facebook’s The Giving Challenge:
Positions:

1. Tibetan people’s right to self determination.
2. Ending China’s brutal occupation and oppressive colonization of Tibet and the Tibetan people.
3. Through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action, we campaign for Tibetans’ fundamental right to political freedom.

Category: International - International Human Rights
Description: Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) works in solidarity with the Tibetan people in their struggle for freedom and independence. We are a chapter-based network of young people and activists around the world. Through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action, we campaign for Tibetans’ fundamental right to political freedom. Our role is to empower and train youth as leaders in the worldwide movement for social justice.

VISION:
In our work for Tibetan independence we also aim to inspire and enable people, especially youth, to create a just and equitable world, free of oppression, in which there is respect for the earth and all living things.

VALUES:
We believe every individual has the right to be free. Those who enjoy freedom have the power and also the responsibility to make positive change in the world. We seek to create opportunities to inspire, enable and motivate all people to see that change is possible. We value creativity in every pursuit and we believe it is essential to have fun while working towards our vision of a just and equitable world.