Civic Engagement
Machik's civic engagement work grows understanding and commitment for Tibet.
For many years Machik has pioneered conversations about Tibet in the global community. From our beginning in grassroots service and education work in a remote rural township of Tibet, Machik has grown to become a unique and respected platform for a global conversation about civic engagement, youth empowerment, and individual responsibility toward our collective future. Drawn together by a shared concern for Tibet's contemporary challenges, citizens from around the world convene at Machik events to learn, share, and participate in dynamic and thoughtful conversations about crucial issues.
Through events like the annual Machik Weekend and others, participants take part in forums to reflect on their differences while also developing a shared sense of stake in a transformative future for Tibet. The effect of Machik’s programs such as Khabda and Kora is to grow awareness about Tibet's daunting challenges and about the creativity of cultural producers in Tibet while strengthening the global community's commitment to a stronger future for Tibet through civic engagement.
Through events like the annual Machik Weekend and others, participants take part in forums to reflect on their differences while also developing a shared sense of stake in a transformative future for Tibet. The effect of Machik’s programs such as Khabda and Kora is to grow awareness about Tibet's daunting challenges and about the creativity of cultural producers in Tibet while strengthening the global community's commitment to a stronger future for Tibet through civic engagement.
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Recap | Machik Weekend 2024
Thank you for joining us for the 18th Machik Weekend, a global festival powered by Tibetans. In 2024, we convened from in Toronto and featured speakers from around the globe who conducted sessions on a wide variety of topics. To learn more about the 2024 program, please click here. We also want to convey our special thanks to all volunteers and supporters who make this annual gathering possible. Kadrinche! |
Our Programs
Growing civic engagement for Tibet globally
Machik Weekend
Machik Weekend is an annual Tibetan Ideas Festival convening inspired people to reach a deeper understanding of conditions in Tibet and to create new means of engagement and possibility.
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Machik Kora
Machik Kora is a virtual gathering of our global community to explore issues of community well-being and resilience affecting Tibetans and allies worldwide.
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Machik Retreat
Machik Retreat offers open and global space for creative discussion of our responsibility to each other and civic engagement for the next generation of Tibetans.
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Machik Khabda
Machik launched Khabda as a global platform for local communities world-wide to explore books, film, art, music and other Tibetan cultural forms emerging from inside Tibet today.
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Tsering and Pencho Rabgey Education Fund
The Tsering and Pencho Rabgey Education Fund is a grant for education for Tibetans in need of support in the health care fields. Previously, grants were awarded to three Tibetan medical students in India at the intermediate stage of their medical education. Recipients will have the opportunity to be mentored by advanced medical practitioners and healthcare professionals who are committed to fostering compassionate healthcare, global health equity and community well-being. Learn more |
Dr. Chetan Bettegowda Medical Award
The Dr. Chetan Bettegowda Medical Award is a grant to be awarded to a Tibetan medical practitioner who is from, working in or studying in the state of Karnataka, India, and is seeking to advance their skills and further specialize in a medical field. Candidates should demonstrate strong academic performance and leadership potential in their chosen fields while exemplifying outstanding dedication to the care and service of others. Learn more |
Machik is expanding efforts to support and expand access to women's health. Now in its third year, our Mammogram Screening Project provides free breast cancer screenings for women in rural settlements in Karnataka, South India. Since 2023, we have screened 300+ women. Early detection is key to to work towards a successful treatment.
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Learn how to Get Involved
Machik Co-founder Tsering Rabgey mentoring students in India.
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SPOTLIGHT
Machik in India Over two weeks in 2016, we shared Machik's mission and work with over 2500 Tibetans in North and South India – from students of Tibetan Children’s Village schools, to graduate students at Jawaharlal Nehru University, to young Tibetan professionals to the monks at monasteries in the southern Tibetan settlements of Bylakuppe. |
From the Archives
Past civic engagement programs
Machik Weekendx - MWx
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Cultural Mapping Project - CMP
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Summer Enrichment Program - SEP
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