WOMEN WITH WISDOM is night of music and inspirational conversation with Tencho Gyatso, daughter of Jetsun Pema La (Younger sister of His Holiness Dalai Lama), Meshel Laurie, Kerry Armstrong, Tenzin Choegyal and the Tarella Strings, moderated by Gabriel Lafitte.
Tencho Gyatso, is the daughter of Jetsun Pema (sister of Dalai Lama). Born in Dharamsala, the seat of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the exile Tibetan administration, Tencho was educated at the Tibetan Children’s Village school and St Bede’s College in Shimla, India. She served as an elected member of the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile for two terms during which, among her other work, she traveled widely to Tibetan settlements in India, and to speak on Tibet to various governmental and NGO groups in Europe and the United States.
She moved to the United States in 1999 to join her husband, Losang Gyatso, a contemporary Tibetan artist. She and her family currently live in Washington DC, where she oversees the Tibetan Empowerment and Chinese Engagement programs at the International Campaign for Tibet, an organisation which works to promote human rights and democratic freedoms for the Tibetan people.
Along the way, Tencho also acted in Martin Scorsese’s film Kundun, playing the role of the Dalai Lama’s mother, and started the popular Tibetan food blog, Simply Tibetan.
Tencho Gyatso, is the daughter of Jetsun Pema (youngest sister of Dalai Lama)
What: Women with Wisdom, a night with music and inspirtational conversation
When: Thursday, 29 January, 7:30pm
Where: Deakin Edge, Federation Square, cnr Flinders and Swanston Sts, Melbourne
Cost: $47:00 (all proceeds go to Tibetan Children’s Villages)
More information: http://www.chrishooper.com.au/women-with-wisdom.html
