Here's the route for the Olympic Torch run through San Francisco on April 9th.
Click on the map to open and enlarge in a separate window where you may download and print the map. The map is courtesy of the San Francisco Chronicle art staff.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the April 9 torch relay will start with an opening ceremony at McCovey Cove, travel along the Embarcadero, run past Fisherman's Wharf and turn around at Polk Street and return along the Embarcadero to Justin Herman Plaza at the Embarcadero Center, immediately behind the Hyatt Regency Hotel, a spokeswoman for San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said. A closing ceremony is scheduled to take place at the plaza.
The event will start at 1 p.m. and it will take the torch about an hour and a half to traverse the approximately 6-mile route, according to Giselle Barry, the spokeswoman for Mayor Newsom.
Mayor Gavin Newsom said an area in front of the Ferry Building - the route's end point - will be designated for protesters.
No groups will need a permit to protest, Mayor Newsom said, adding that more protesters are expected along the route than in the designated areas.
Meanwhile, silly public servants said protesters will also be allowed in Union Square, Portsmouth Square, Civic Center and Washington Square, although those areas are ridiculously far from the torch's announced route. Experienced protesters will likely leave these designated areas empty and line the torch route instead.
For more information about the FREE TIBET protest
along the torch route and public transit and parking information
please read:
San Francisco Rally for Tibet
The free speech guarantees of the U.S. Constitution and the California Constitution apply to all forms of expressive activity and demonstrations, including rallies and marches; and picketing, leafleting, and petitioning. The Northern California Office of the ACLU in San Francisco has developed a guide on how constitutional principles apply to specific situations and suggests arguments that can be used (in court or directly with the police or city officials) to maximize the scope of these activities.
More resource tools:
More Planned San Francisco Events
SF Team Tibet
Race For Tibet
Avaaz.org
The Dalai Lama - offcial web site
Students for a Free Tibet (SFT)
Students for a Free Tibet - USF San Francisco Chapter
www.torchrelaybeijing2008.org
http://www.savetibet.org
http://www.tanc.org
http://www.amnestyusa.org
http://www.studentsforafreetibe
http://www.tibetnetwork.org
http://www.sftyc.org
http://www.rangzen.org
http://www.c100tibet.org
http://www.friends-of-tibet.org
To contact the Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) USF San Francisco Chapter, please send an email to Dawa Dorjee at
A special Message from SF TEAM TIBET:
Tibetans and their supporters from all over North America are converging on San Francisco for this historic opportunity to shine the Olympic spotlight on China’s brutality in Tibet. SF Team Tibet is organizing a Press Conference, Rally and Candle Light Vigil on April 8th and a Mass Mobilization on April 9. Send a text message with the word SFTORCH to the phone number 41411 to receive important text message updates on April 8th and the 9th.
Click here for a schedule of events on April 8th & 9th from SF Team Tibet.
Here is a full list of links to the major pro-Tibet organizations in North America:
Association Cognizance Tibet, North Carolina
International Campaign for Tibet
International Tibet Independence Movement
Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association
Santa Barbara Friends of Tibet
The World Tibet Day Foundation
The Tibetan Alliance of Chicago
Tibet Justice Center (formerly ICLT)
Tibetan American Resource Alliance
Tibetan Association of Santa Fe
Tibetan Cultural Association - Quebec
Western Colorado Friends of Tibet
For more information contact:
Rinpo Tenzin
Phone:
Email:
Gendin Gyatso
Phone:
Email:
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