PRESS RELEASES

Praise from Dalai Lama, Oct 2010
Audience with Dalai Lama, Oct 2010
Dalai Lama's Request, March 2010
Eyewitness Accounts, July 2009

IN THE NEWS

Lamorinda Weekly Details Work of TOHP's Founder

November 23, 2011 - TOHP's Founder, Marcella Adamski, was interviewed by her local newspaper. Read the article.

VIDEO PREMIERE AT TIBET HOUSE US, NEW YORK

Marcella Adamski, Ph.D., founder and Executive Director of the Tibet Oral History Project, presented a new short film on September 7th at Tibet House US in New York. The video highlights interviews of Tibetan elders conducted in the Bylakuppe and Mungod Tibetan Settlements in India. These incredible eyewitness accounts provide a captivating glimpse into the elders' early lives in Tibet, the devastating impact of the Chinese invasion and occupation, their arduous flight into exile and their hopes for Tibet and its future generations. (This film will be available online in a few months.)


TOHP's Founder Presents His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Project's Oral Histories

October 14 , 2010 - His Holiness the Dalai Lama met on October 14 with Marcella Adamski, founder of the Tibet Oral History Project. Adamski presented a brief overview of the Projects’ work, which documents the life stories of exiled Tibetan elders. She presented His Holiness with some of the videotaped interviews with Tibetan elders on DVDs and photographs of all the elders whose oral histories have been recorded.

“This is very good,” said His Holiness as he looked with interest at the elders’ photos. Tashi Wangdu, who attended the meeting with Adamski, noted “His Holiness was very pleased to learn that someone was fulfilling his wish to document and preserve the stories of Tibet’s oldest people.” Mr. Wangdu is former Secretary of the Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, India and adviser to TOHP.

This important audience with His Holiness was announced in the Contra Costa Times, Silicon Valley Mercury News and The Tibet Post International.

TOHP is Guest Author on International Campaign for Tibet's Blog

May 25 , 2010 - TOHP founder and Executive Director, Marcella Adamski, wrote a blog posting for International Campaign for Tibet (ICT). The article highlights the success of TOHP's trip to Mundgod, India in April. Many Tibetans and other supporters have taken the opportunity to comment on the importance of TOHP's work and express their appreciation. Read the blog entry and comments.

Contra Costa Times Describes Urgency of TOHP'S Mission

March 25, 2010 - A story about the new interviews to be recorded by TOHP in April was featured in a California county newspaper. Read the article.

The Tibet Post International Highlights TOHP's Accomplishments

March 2, 2010 - The Tibet Post International, an online Tibetan news service, posted an article about TOHP's success in recording oral histories of Tibetan elders. Read the article.

International Campaign for Tibet Blogs about TOHP

July 14, 2009 - International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) wrote about the Tibet Oral History Project on their blog. ICT Program Associate, Leslie Butterfield, writes, "Congratulations to the Tibet Oral History Project for their indispensable contribution to the creation and preservation of Tibetan history. By recording this history, they help secure a future for Tibet." Read the blog entry.

Dalai Lama's Special Envoy Issues Call for Tibetans to Record Their Experiences

April 1 , 2009 - Lodi Gyari, Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, issued a call for Tibetans, in Tibet and around the world to record their experiences of suffering over the past 50 years. "It is vitally important, especially as a testament to those Tibetans no longer here, that we record our personal experiences of suffering. We should do this, not to fuel resentments but to help the Chinese people understand our true history and to know that we are justified in our hopes for a future Tibet."

Lodi Gyari urged Tibetan youth in particular to learn about their family experiences from their parents and relatives. "This is a part of the legacy our Tibetan children have inherited, and it is the moral responsibility of every Tibetan family to know their history and to collect evidence of the events that have shaped their lives."

Five Interviewed Elders Passed Away

February 26, 2009 - Five Tibetan elders interviewed by our Project have passed away in the last year: Tashi Nyima, Dorji Phuntsok, Khenrab Dakpa, Wangla, and Tsering Kyipa. This sad news underscores the urgency of our efforts. Tenzin Yangchen from Bylakuppe, India, tells us: "We have their remarkable stories with us and the passing away of each elder who was interviewed makes TOHP's work that much important and the passing away of an elder whose story has not been told is such a great loss."