Why does the Bay Area Tibetan community need a community center?
Over the last 15 years, the Tibetan community has undergone exponential growth in the San Francisco Bay Area. From only a handful in the 1980’s, the community is now estimated to be 1,500, with many more new arrivals expected in the coming years due to the deteriorating political conditions for Tibetan refugees in Nepal, the increased numbers of Tibetans fleeing Tibet for Nepal and India, and other factors.
