1. Return From India
2. Announcing Our New Website: www.digitaldharmafilms.org
3. Fundraising!
4. How You Can Help – Connections & Donations
5. Infrastructure Creation
6. Milestones: Events Locations & Interviews We Filmed
7. THANK YOU!

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1) Return from India:

Andrea and I have returned from an incredibly successful trip in India and I wanted to share with you the milestones we have achieved and the current and future plans of our film project. We are deeply grateful with how magical this trip has unfolded; from the tremendous support from our community, to the incredible connections that arose in the Tibetan Exile community.

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2) Announcing our new website! digitaldharmafilms.org

We’re very excited about our new webspace. It is functionally a Wordpress Blog – so we’ll be able to update it easily, and we’ll be able to post photos and videos and links related to the project. We’ve also installed a forum: http://digitaldharmafilms.org/forums/ which will provide a place for community dialogue and discussion about our film and topics such as Tibet, Non-Violence, China, Activism etc. If you have a website please add a link to us, because that is what search engines like, and it will also help get the word out.

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3) Fundraising!

There is a lot of exciting funding possibilities unfolding for our film. We are working on getting a fiscal sponsor which will allow us to receive tax-deductible grants and donations. If you made a contribution and would like to receive a tax-write-off, please let us know and we will get you the proper paperwork before the year’s end.

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4) How You Can Help:

Please send us information about any grants, foundations, organizations or individuals that may be interested helping out our project. We are looking for resources of all kinds! If you know of some great informative websites, send us the link! We are still totally community and self-funded, so any donation, even $20 still makes a big difference right now. You can visit our website: http://digitaldharmafilms.org/donate/ or send checks to:
Tom Sepe
430 Ashland St.
Ashland, OR 97520

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5) Infrastructure Creation:

We are feverishly working on our mission statement and general proposal so that people can understand on paper what we are up to. We are also working on a 5-10min promo video that will give people a taste of the subject matter and style we are presenting. Stay tuned we’ll let you know when its ready for viewing!

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6) Milestones: Events, Locations and Interviews that we filmed:

• Interview: Laurel Sutherlin (1 of the 3 activists from Golden Gate Bridge Banner Action) – 4/3/08
• “March To Tibet” Fundraiser at 1015 Folsom – 4/6/08
• Interview: Kunsang Kelden (Students for Free Tibet International Board of Directors) studentsforafreetibet.org – 4/6/08
• Golden Gate Bridge Banner Action/Protest – 4/7/08
• Interview: Karsh Kale karshkale.com – 4/7/08
• Interview: Robin Goodfellow (CYPHERTOWN) facebook.com/pages/Cyphertown – 4/7/08
• “Tibet Freedom Torch” Ceremony @ United Nations Plaza, SF – tibetanfreedomtorch.org – 4/8/08
• “Tibet Candlelight Vigil” with Richard Gere, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and others at U.N. Plaza, SF – 4/8/08
• Interview: Karen Garfinkle solutionsinaction.com – 4/8/08
• S.F. Olympic Torch Protest – 4/9/08
• Interview: Duane Martinez (1 of the 3 activists from Golden Gate Bridge Banner Action) – 4/9/08
• Interview: Tenzin Tsundue friendsoftibet.org/tenzin – McLeodgnaj, India
• Children & Students Candlelight Vigil & Procession- McLeodganj, India
• Ongoing Hunger Strike – McLeodganj, India – 4/14/08
• Interview: Mary Gendler (ANEC – Active Non-Violence Education Center) McLeodganj, India 4/15/08
• Interview: John Powers (Author – “History as Propaganda-Tibetan Exiles Vs the People’s Republic of China“) McLeodganj, India 4/16/08
• Tibetan Freedom Torch – Delhi, India tibetanfreedomtorch.org – 4/17/08
• March To Tibet – Press Conference and March Delhi, India tibetanuprising.org – 4/18/08
• Gandhi Memorial and Museum, Delhi, India – 4/18/08
• Interview: Pema Richardson (Tibetan-American) (Media Team of March to Tibet) Delhi, India tibetanuprising.org – 4/18/08
• Interview: 6 ex-political prisoners (Tibetan Monks) – 4/20/08
• Sherbling Tibetan Buddhist Monastary Palampur, India – 4/22/08
• Interview: Wangdu (Tibetan Exile) – 4/23/08
• Interview: Urgen Tenzin (Director, Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy) www.tchrd.org/ 4/24/08
• Students at T.I.P.A – (Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts) tibetanarts.org – 4/25/08
• Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche – (Prime Minister of Tibetan Government-in-Exile) www.tibet.com – 4/25/08
• Interview: Kyizom Tsam (Tibetan) (ANEC – Active Non-Violence Education Center) – 4/27/08
• Dali Lama’s arrival - McLeodganj, India – 4/28/08
• Tibetan Women singing freedom songs – Sewing Cooperative McCleodganj, India
• Buddhist Monks Debating at McLeodganj Monastery – 4/28/08
• Interview: Dhardon Sharling (Research and Media – Tibetan Woman’s Association) tibetanwomen.org – 4/28/08
• Buddhist Nuns Debating at Geden Choeling Nunnery, McLeodganj http://gedenchoelingnunnery.org/ – 4/28/08
• Interview: Tibetan Youth Congress tibetanyouthcongress.org Mcleodganj, India
• Tibetan Children Kindergarten Mcleodganj, India

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7) THANK YOU!

A big shout-out to everyone: Thank you so much for your time, your support, your words, your contributions, your connections. This project is truly showing the power of community and how we can all make a difference by lending each other a hand. We are dedicated in our service to justice, non-violence, community and creative expression! Hip-Hip-Hooray!

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Dear Friends,

I writing to you to ask for your assistance. I am going to Dharamsala to collaborate with Andrea Vecchione, on a video documentary of recent events involving the Tibetan struggle for independence. Our goal is to document current events as they unfold by connecting with first-person accounts. Andrea is already there laying the groundwork. I am hoping to leave as soon as possible. I am standing up in solidarity with the people of Tibet against the cultural genocide enacted by the Chinese Government.

I have received partial funding to travel to India, however I am in need of funds for equipment and expenses. Therefore I am calling out to my community, to raise about $2000 for a prosumer HDDV camera, extra batteries, etc as well as part of my plane ticket.

Any Donation will assist in this endeavor. Every bit counts and will add up in the end. What’s 20 bucks?

Please, if you are able to assist me, the cause of the Tibetan people, and the struggle for truth and peace worldwide, know that my work is in service to this. Contributions can be sent to me via PayPal: thomas@tomsepe.com or by check and snailmail:
Thomas Sepe
430 Ashland St
Ashland, Or 97520

Thank you for your time and attention

Namaste,

Tom Sepe