April 9-16 — San Francisco to Los Angeles, USA

Added: March 29th, 2008

The Freedom Torch will be handed off to Tibetan cyclists on April 9th in San Francisco, who will relay it to Los Angeles over the next six days. It will be welcomed in Los Angeles by the Tibetan community and Tibet supporters, who will hold a day-long fast in front of the Chinese consulate on April 15th.

Tentative schedule:

April 9th - Torch hand-over to cyclists in San Francisco
April 10th - Program at Stanford, 12 pm
April 11th - Program at UC Santa Cruz, 12 pm
April 12th-13th - Bike to Santa Barbara
April 14th - Program at UC Santa Barbara, 12 pm
April 15th - Program at UC Los Angeles, 12 pm (to be confirmed)
- Torch Ceremony and Press Conference at Chinese consulate, Los Angeles

Organized by: Santa Barbara Friends of Tibet, Tibetan Association of Southern California

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