Joined the United Sherpa Association (USA), Inc. in #Elmhurst to help celebrate #Losar with our Nepali neighbors and friends.
Happy Year of the Male Wood Dragon!
Losar Tashi Delek to our Tibetan and Himalayan neighbors! Wishing you a prosperous, healthy, and joyful Year of the Wood Dragon 2151.
ལོ་གསར་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས།
I was honored to join my neighbors at @TCNYNJ1 for their annual Losar celebration to ring in the Year of the Wood Dragon 2151. Commemorated the New Year with traditional religious rituals, songs, dances, and a toy distribution hosted by our office. (1/2)
Thank you @CMJulieWon for this bill that acknowledges the growing Tibetan & Himalayan population in NYC and keeping us in mind! 🙏🏽
New York is diverse and all its peoples should be celebrated and looked after. Losar Tashi Delek to all.
A quote you won't be seeing from a politician today:
"The sickness of racism, excessive materialism and militarism. Not only is this our nation’s dilemma it is the plague of western civilization."
-- MLK
Our collective struggles for freedom are forever intertwined. Free Tibet. Free Palestine. ✊🏽
Tibetan student activist Kunkie from SFT DMV at this week’s RISE UP AGAINST XI protest in San Francisco, where Palestinian students also led mass mobilization actions at the APEC Summit.
my litmus test for taiwanese pro-independence activists and pro-taiwan foreigners: palestine
my litmus test for leftists in and outside of taiwan: ukraine, tibet, uyghurs, hong kong, syria (for starters)
the pool of people who pass both is unfortunately vanishingly small 😔
Btw, this paper is relevant here: https://t.co/8mLgXFqhst (CREATING “STRANGERS IN THEIR OWN LAND”: SETTLEMENTS AS DE FACTO ANNEXATION IN PALESTINE AND TIBET) @3lfares
Today South Africa will present their genocide case against the Israeli government at the @CIJ_ICJ. I submitted the entire case to the Congressional Record.
Let me read directly from the case file so @SecBlinken can hear from Israeli officials in their own words, not mine:
Adila Hassim, a lawyer presenting South Africa’s Gaza genocide case at the ICJ, describes Israel’s 'unparalleled and unprecedented killing' of Palestinians.
Irish lawyer Blinne Ni Ghralaigh who is supporting South Africa's legal team at the ICJ, says the number of orphans caused by ‘Israel’s genocidal assault on the Palestinian population in Gaza’ has led to the need for a new acronym: WCNSF - wounded child, no surviving family.
Let me be clear: NO MORE U.S. funding for Netanyahu’s illegal, immoral, brutal, and grossly disproportionate war against the Palestinian people. Congress must reject any effort to pass $10 billion of unconditional military aid for the right-wing Netanyahu government.
This is why I called for a ceasefire early. This is why I voted against war in Iraq.
Violence only begets more violence. We need a ceasefire now to prevent deadly, costly, catastrophic escalation of violence in the region.
The @UyghurCongress extends heartfelt congratulations to the ruling party’s William Lai Ching-te on their resounding victory in the recent presidential election in 🇹🇼!
‘’Today’s election result is a great win for democracy in Asia. The people of Taiwan decided on their own political future and elected a leader that is not intimidated by China’’ said WUC President, @Dolkun_Isa. ‘’Uyghurs around the world celebrate this win.’’
https://t.co/GuJ0UvJcSI
I will say it again, and again, and again. Get educated and get involved!
If Taiwan can endure and overcome a campaign by the People's Republic of China, which aimed to deter Lai's election, it serves as a testament to the strength and determination of the Taiwanese people. Their ability to safeguard their democratic process demonstrates the importance of standing up for one's beliefs and maintaining sovereignty, even in the face of external pressures.
As President Lai said after his election: “We've done it. We didn't let external forces influence our election. That's because we decided that only we can choose our president”.
If we apply the same lesson to Canada, there is no reason why we can't also make positive changes through education and involvement. Canadians have the ability influence the direction of Canada. Don’t forget it!! ❤️🙏🇨🇦
https://t.co/I5NTDwQQA6