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Spirit of Freedom
A Special Event to Commemorate the Tiananmen Massacre and to Celebrate the Fall of the Berlin Wall & Freedom for Eastern Europe
When:
May 26, 2019 2:00pm
Where
A Special Event to Commemorate the Tiananmen Massacre and to Celebrate the Fall of the Berlin Wall & Freedom for Eastern Europe
In the spring of 1989, Beijing erupted with the largest spontaneous demonstrations the Peoples’ Republic of China had witnessed in its 40-year history. The pro-democracy movement quickly spread to over 30 cities around China before the world witnessed the horrors of the government’s brutal crackdown. As the Chinese people fled from the tanks and guns, they asked the international press to let the world know the truth. They asked the world not to forget.
The iron curtain divided Europe for more than 40 years and "the Berlin Wall" surrounded East Berlin for more than 28 years. In 1989, Poland, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Romania collapsed under its own repressive weight. The fall of the Berlin Wall became the symbol of the Miracle Year of 1989.
Speakers & Honorees
Jeff Widener: iconic Tank Man photographer
Zhou Fengsuo, Tiananmen Student Leader, one of most wanted
Ilham Tohti: Uighur economist in China under life sentence (daughter Jewher Ilham to represent)
Tibetan Association of Southern California
Visual Artists Guild former Presidents: Charles Sherman, Diana Wong, Ken Aaron
With entertainment by:
Sylvia St James, House of Blues headliner
Christina Linhardt, German concert singer
Sylvia Wang, 15, winner of Sierra Madre Got Talent
Cost:
Ticket: $45 advanced purchase, No Tickets available at the door
For information and reservations please call 310-433-0697 or e-mail to alau@visual-artists-guild.org
Online Ticket Purchase, please visit www.visual-artists-guild.org and click on blue button
Phone Number:
626-570-4600
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