Campaign Details
Essay Writing Campaign to Spark Ideas and Strategies for the Future of the Tibetan Movement
All About Tibet
English
Open to All Tibetans (No Age Limit)
Cash awards of ₹15,000 for each top 5 essays
Background
As the Tibetan freedom movement continues into its seventh decade, it faces both unprecedented challenges and powerful opportunities. Global political shifts, rising cultural assimilation, and generational change demand renewed commitment and vision. Today's youth are not just participants but the future leaders of the Tibetan cause. To ensure the long-term sustainability, strength, and relevance of our movement, it is essential to begin investing in leadership, capacity, and imagination that will shape tomorrow's Tibet.
In this spirit, a group of passionate Tibetan youth has launched All About Tibet, a platform for meaningful discussion, critical reflection, and collaboration among Tibetans worldwide. The campaign begins with an open essay writing campaign designed to gather ideas, strategies, and reflections on how to build and sustain a vibrant Tibetan movement for the future.
Importantly, this essay writing campaign is being launched in honor of the 90th birth anniversary of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, a year of special significance for all Tibetans. His lifelong vision of a united, compassionate, and forward-looking Tibetan society continues to inspire us to reflect on our responsibilities and reimagine our collective path forward.
Objective
The central aim of this essay writing campaign is to ignite broad-based community discussions on long-term strategies to sustain and advance the Tibetan movement. Through the essay campaign, we seek to:
- Generate dialogue on the future of the Tibetan cause in the 21st century
- Collect innovative and actionable strategies to strengthen Tibetan youth engagement
- Document diverse Tibetan voices across generations
- Launch a series of follow-up initiatives under the All About Tibet platform, beginning with this campaign
Essay Campaign Details
Themes
Participants are invited to choose one of the following broad themes or propose a relevant topic aligned with the campaign's objectives:
1. Sustaining a Legacy: Carrying Forward His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Vision
Reflect on how Tibetans can carry forward His Holiness's values and legacy into the future.
2. Global Advocacy and the Tibetan Movement: From Awareness to Strategic Influence
Offer ideas on strengthening international solidarity, digital activism, and diplomatic engagement. Explore political, cultural, social, and spiritual pillars that must be strengthened to ensure the movement's relevance and resilience.
3. Voices Across Borders: Strengthening Communication Between Tibetans Inside and Outside Tibet
Examine existing barriers and innovative strategies for secure, meaningful, and sustained communication between Tibetans in Tibet and those in exile. How can technology, storytelling, and networks bridge this divide?
4. Building Bridges: Diaspora Collaboration with Tibetans in India and Nepal
Propose ways to deepen collaboration between the global Tibetan diaspora and exile communities in South Asia. How can knowledge-sharing, investment, mentorship, and joint advocacy create a more unified movement?
5. From Settlement to Sustainability: Revitalizing Tibetan Communities in India and Nepal
Explore strategies to make Tibetan settlements and schools more vibrant, sustainable, and attractive to the next generation. Consider education, housing, livelihoods, and cultural activities as cornerstones of long-term resilience.
6. Embracing Migration: Building Sustainable Tibetan Communities in the Global Diaspora
Explore the realities and opportunities of the growing Tibetan migration outside India and Nepal. What strategies can transform migration from a challenge into a resource for global solidarity and resilience?
Submission Guidelines
- Essays must be between 1,200 – 1,500 words
- Language: English
- Format: PDF or Word (.doc/.docx)
- Submissions must include the author's full name, age, current location, and a short bio (unless anonymity is requested)
- Only one submission per participant (participants can jointly make submissions)
- Submit your essay through: Online Submission Form
Important Dates
Expected Outcomes
- A published compilation of selected essays in a digital or print booklet titled "Mawongpa – Essay Writing Campaign"
- A strategy brief highlighting recurring ideas to inform future community and institutional planning
- Identification of new thinkers and contributors within the Tibetan community
- Foundation for future dialogues, forums, storytelling events, and collaborative projects under the All About Tibet platform
Way Forward
Mawongpa – Essay Writing Campaign is more than a writing campaign; it is a call to action. It invites Tibetans of all generations to reflect, write, and shape a future grounded in unity, resilience, and vision. Through this initiative, we hope to spark meaningful discourse, deepen community ties, and inspire practical steps that contribute to the sustained growth and strength of the Tibetan movement. The essay campaign is only the beginning, future plans include open forums, workshops, creative campaigns, and storytelling initiatives led by and for the community.
By empowering Tibetans to express, reflect, and lead, All About Tibet seeks to be a humble yet powerful contribution to the collective journey of preserving and advancing the Tibetan identity, culture, and cause.
Additional Notes
All submitted essays will be published on All About Tibet's social media platforms to encourage wider community engagement. Authors who wish to remain anonymous or exclude their identifying details may request so at the time of submission.
The final selection of winning entries and the awarding of prizes will be made by the organizing team of the All About Tibet initiative. All decisions made by the organizers will be final and binding.