Book Event: Highpointing for Tibet
WHEN: Thursday, October 12, 2017, 5:00pm
WHERE: ICT – Washington, DC
Event is free and open to the public; venue is not wheelchair accessible
Highpointing for Tibet chronicles John Jancik’s journey across the United States to mountains such as Mount Whitney, Mount Rainier, Granite Peak, Mount Katahdin, and beyond the U.S. borders to Ecuador, Norway, Sweden, Japan, Australia, Spain, and more as Team HighPoint chases adventure in support of The Rowell Fund for Tibet. Please join us for a conversation with John Jancik and John Ackerly, former ICT President and founding member of the Rowell Fund for Tibet, an organization that gives small grants to Tibetans who are working to promote their culture and environment in the arenas of environmental conservation, photography, humanitarian issues, journalism/literature, and women’s projects.
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Past Events
A Book Reading and Discussion with Author Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
WHEN: Thursday, October 12, 2017, 5:00pm
WHERE: ICT – Washington, DC
Event is free and open to the public; venue is not wheelchair accessible
Join ICT for a special opportunity to view a traveling exhibition on the Concept and Practice of Traditional Tibetan Medicine and Astrology. Meet with our visitors from the Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute in Dharamsala, India, including Mrs. Tsering Choezom, Senior Tibetan Astro-Science Practioner, and Dr. (Mrs) Tenzin Choying, Tibetan Medical Doctor.
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A Book Reading and Discussion with Author Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
WHEN: Wednesday, July 26, 2017, 5:30pm
WHERE: ICT – Washington, DC
Event is free and open to the public; venue is not wheelchair accessible
Coming Home to Tibet: A memoir of Love, Loss, and Belonging In this beautifully written memoir, a daughter travels to her mother’s Tibetan homeland and finds both her own deep connections to her heritage and a people trying to maintain its cultural integrity despite Chinese occupation.
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