A day after pro-Tibet protesters disrupted the Olympic torch relay in San Francisco, about 30 Calgarians — mostly members of the Tibetan community — marched through waves of wet snow downtown April 10 to mark the one-month anniversary since the Chinese crackdown on Tibetan monks.

Carrying a mock coffin, placards with names of Tibetans who’ve died in the crackdown, and Canadian and Tibetan flags, the marchers began in front of the former A & B Sound building on Stephen Avenue and walked west to the Chinese consulate. “We’re just trying to… keep that awareness, especially here amongst Calgarians, that Tibet — we are still here, we still are in pain,” said Tenzin Khangsar, one of the protesters. “We’re still suffering."

When a man outside the King Henry VIII pub shouted “go back to where you came from,” one of the protesters ran across the street and amicably offered him a pamphlet. Khangsar says most people are receptive to the pro-Tibet message. “A lot of people are extremely business-minded here, so they’re a little worried about the economics and stuff behind it,” he says. “But the majority of people are very supportive.”