MEET OUR BOARD
Students for a Free Tibet UK (SFT UK) is run by a voluntary board. The board members work tirelessly to make life difficult for the Chinese government, so that China understands that the occupation of Tibet must end. The board provide leadership on campaigns and organisational strategy as well as training young Tibetans, students and supporters at a grassroots level.
SFT UK does not have an office and the board members generally use their own resources to campaign, fundraise and network to strengthen the non-violent struggle for Tibetan freedom. SFT UK is part of the international SFT network..
PEMA YOKO, Director
Pema Yoko was born and brought up in London, she is a recoginisable face in the UK and has been very active within the Tibetan community and was also a member of the Tibetan Youth UK. After graduation in 2007, she immediatly joined SFTUK as National Co-ordinator and played a heavy role in the UK’s Olympic co-ordination for the Beijing games. Since joining SFT UK, she has been a key spokesperson and has organised and taken part in many actions in and around the world, including in London, Athens, Cannes and Beijing.
LIAM
Liam co-ordinates our lobbying campaigns in the UK and ensures our supporters are familiar with the proccesses involved while lobbying their political respresentatives. Liam also leads on networking activities bringing other groups oppressed by the Chinese regime together and is a key representative in coalition work.
GABRIEL
After working in fundraising for the Tibetan cause since 2007, Gabriel joined the SFT UK board to concentrate on organisational systems and outreach materials such as websites and the SFT UK magazine while also working on campaigns, social media and grassroots training. He is currently Chairman of the SFT UK board.
SONAM
Sonam joined the SFT UK board in November 2011 after running the SFT Essex university group. She has organised protests and political theatre around the Enough! campaign and continues to work with SFT Essex and national campaigns.
TSEPHEL
Tsephel joined the board in November 2011 and is working on SFT Uk events and fundraisers. She was part of SFT’s actions and protests at the G20 summit in Cannes and is also managing SFT UK’s merchandise.
LISA
Having joined the SFT UK board from Hull Human Rights Action group, Lisa has moved on from student group work to join the national board and is working on a variety of campaigns, fundraising and grassroots work.
TOM
Also joining from Hull Human Rights Action group, Tom is SFT UK’s grassroots co-ordinator and will be working closely with student group members to provide materials and support their groups to grow and maintain members. He organised SFT UK’s last annual conference in Hull.
SFT UK is always working to develop young leaders to set up their own local chapters and become leaders for the future, including national board members. Board nominations take place once a year as there are a limited amount of positions, but we are always happy to hear from perspective board members. SFT UK believes that this should be a Tibetan-led movement, so we are always especially happy to hear from Tibetans in the UK who would like to be more involved, but also from non-Tibetans. If you haven’t been involved in SFT training before, we recommend you attend an SFT Action Camp or SFT UK’s annual training conference; contact us for more details.
For information on SFT UK Grassroots chapter setup at your university, please email tom@sftuk.org.
For information on SFT UKCampaigns please email pema@sftuk.org.
For more information on SFT UK merchandise please email merch@sftuk.org.
If you have any further queries please email us at: info@sftuk.org
