You know, it’s just not Washington DC unless somebody somewhere is protesting something. Today’s protest: Free Tibet. I snapped this photo of a Free Tibet protest in DuPont Circle.
Today is a Day of Infamy for Tibetans. China invaded Tibet in 1950 and quickly subdued it and incorporated it into The People’s Republic of China. On March 10, 1959, after nine years of Chinese rule, there was a massive uprising in the Tibetan capital city of Lhasa. The Chinese government in Beijing responded by shelling Lhasa and killing over 87,000 Tibetans, according to Tibetan sources. Tibetans around the world commemorate March 10 each year to honor the souls of the Tibetans that died that day in 1959.
After this protest got rolling the park, they marched up Connecticut Avenue to the Chinese Embassy and let’em have it. I counted about 200 protesters. I can’t wait to read the papers tomorrow and see if the media reports it as 200 or 2,000 protesters. In my experience, sometimes the media exaggerate the size of these events. It could go either way.
I did not get to follow the crowd to the Chinese Embassy. I had to check in at the National League of Cities conference HQ and get ready for my pre-conference training session. The training session was from 1-5pm today. The session topic was mentoring. The discussion focused on how to incorporate the best properties of a good mentor into your everyday management style. I found it interesting and informative. A lot of common sense stuff, but we took the time to learn why the techniques were common sense.
I’m glad I went. More tomorrow……
