DHARAMSHALA, JUNE 30: A two day 14th Annual Working Committee meeting of North America Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (NARTYC) started on Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin. Representatives from seven regions – San Francisco, Seattle, Minnesota, Toronto, Capital Area, Wisconsin and New York/New Jersey attended this meeting joined by local Tibetan community members.
Karma Yeshi, former TYC centrex executive member and current member of the 15th Tibetan Parliament in Exile presided over as an honored guest at the opening ceremony. Karma Yeshi shared his experience of the many years of his work with TYC. He said, “Every individual has responsibility and we should keep the spirit of the Tibetan people in Tibet in our hearts and continue our efforts until our struggle is resolved ”.
Tenzing Jigme, President of TYC, was also present during the two-day meeting. Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Jigme stressed on how TYC continues to be a great platform for youth leadership. Jigme stated that education, sacrifice and responsibility are key to moving forward and strengthening the movement. “It is time to develop new ideas and strategies”, said the TYC president, who also encouraged participants of the meeting to bring forth tactics and proposals that will help the organization.
The meeting continued with a review of the eight resolutions passed in the previous year with each region stating their efforts in active implementation of the resolutions. Annual reports from each regional chapter were presented before the President and all the regional chapters for review.
A wide range of topics discussed during the meeting included campaigns to gather support and highlighting the spate of self-immolations in Tibet, campaigns to amplify the plight of various political prisoners in Tibet, actions to contain Dhogyal propitiator’s false allegations against His Holiness the Dalai Lama and preserving Tibetan culture & religion in exile.
This 14th North America Regional Tibetan Youth Congress Working Committee Meeting was convened by Regional Tibetan Youth Congress chapter of Wisconsin.
The TYC is the largest non-governmental organization of the Tibetan Diaspora with independence as its goal, a position that is contrary to the Tibetan government in exile’s stand of genuine autonomy for Tibet within the PRC. The Chinese propaganda machinery often refers to the TYC as a “terrorist organization”.
