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Women of Tibet
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Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution |
"Last November I did an interview about the Women of Tibet trilogy for the semiannual Buddhist journal Inquiring Mind. The 2008 Spring edition is just out with an image from A Quiet Revolution on the front cover." [and the interview inside] —Rosemary Rawcliff
Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution, the second film in the trilogy, is showing over the next few weeks on PBS (in the US). All stations are simultaneously running the show on their digital channels. Check local listings for times.
April 28- WNYE New York
April 30- WYBE Philadelphia
May 1, 3, 7- KCSM San Mateo CA
May 3- KCDT, KUID Spokane, KAID Boise, KIPT Twin Falls, ID, KISU Idaho Falls Pocatello,
May 4 & 9- KEET Eureka, WMVT Milwaukee,
May 6 & 11- WIPB Indianapolis,
May 7 & 22- WCVN, WKON Cincinnati, WKAS, WKPI Charleston Huntington, WV, WKMA, WKOH Evansville, IN, WKPC, WKZT Louisville, KET, WKHA, WKLE, WKMR, WKSO, WKHA, WKHA, WKLE, WKMR, WKSO Lexington, KY, WKMU, WKPD Paducah KY - Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg, KY, WKGB Bowling Green, KY,
May 8 & 9- WCNY Syracuse, KEET Eureka, CA,
May 15 & 16- KVCR Desert Channel Desert Cities, CA,
May 18- KLCS Los Angeles, KUED, KUES, KUEW Salt Lake City,
May 25 & 26- WLAE New Orleans,
May 28 & 29- KVIE7 Sacramento Stockton Modesto, CA.
The Women of Tibet trilogy was profiled in earlier Foundation newsletters (June 2005 and September 2007) and is a partner project of the Foundation. The project consists of three one-hour documentary films revealing potent historical moments of past and contemporary Tibet. The films touch on themes of women's endurance and their struggle for freedom, social justice, peace, and human rights. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Himalayas, the Women of Tibet film trilogy shows the strength and perseverance of a people dedicated to the principles of peace, nonviolence, and compassion.
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Pangea Day— May 10th, 2008
—Can a film change the world?
 Pangea Day is a global event bringing the world together through film. It seeks to overcome differences by "helping people see themselves in others ó through the power of film."
On May 10, at 18:00 GMT (2pm in New York, 11am in Los Angeles, 11:30pm in all of India, 4am in Sydney) people will gather in locations all around the world to spend 4 hours together viewing 24 short films made by the world for the world — broadcast live around the globe.
We first reported on Pangea Day in our September 2007 newsletter.
 There will be live screenings in Los Angeles, Rio de Janiero, London, Cairo, Kigali and Mumbai.
The program will also be broadcast live to the world over the internet, TV, and mobile phones. There will be many public and private showings, which you can locate at www.pangeaday.org.
The event will stream from the Pangea Day web site, and will be carried on TV worldwide. We'll be watching, and we hope you will too.
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Karuna Center for Peacebuilding
 [An article in our series about organizations we hope youíll find interesting.]
Karuna Center for Peacebuilding was founded in 1994 to address the growing global challenge of ethnic, religious and political conflict. Following violent conflicts, survivors struggle to find a way forward out of a nightmare that has brought enormous social and psychological upheaval, making ìnormal lifeî a distant memory. Karuna is the Sanskrit word for compassion.
The mission and work of the Center is to provide tools and encouragement for coexistence, connection, and a renewed promise of our common humanity, and to promote cultures of peace through the transformation of violent conflict. Through carefully constructed initiatives, community leaders gradually build visions, risk relationship across divides, and acquire skills that allow cultures of peace to arise out of the ashes of violence. The Center has conducted programs in more than 20 countries to build global networks of peace leaders.
Through peacebuilding training and structured dialogues tailored to specific circumstances participants in the programs can: deepen their understanding of the roots of violence, build mutual understanding across the divisions of war, transform and heal their communities, their relationships, and themselves, and develop concrete initiatives to further the processes of reconciliation and peacebuilding.
Read more about the center and its programs online at www.karunacenter.org.
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