Dalai Lama presents U-M sustainability lecture in
visit to Ann Arbor, April 19-20
Ann Arbor: His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, is visiting the United
States in the midst of worldwide protests concerning the
occupation of Tibet by the Peoples Republic of China, which is
hosting this year’s summer Olympics.
As part of the University of Michigan’s celebration of Earth Day
on April 20, the Dalai Lama will speak at Crisler Arena :
DATE:
2 p.m.
April 20, 2008.
PLACE:
University of
Michigan Crisler Arena, 333 East Stadium Boulevard,
Ann Arbor.
EVENT: As part of 2008 Earth Day activities, the Dalai Lama
will deliver a special Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability.
The event is sponsored by the
University
of
Michigan Office of the President and by the Center for Sustainable
Systems at the U-M School of Natural Resources and Environment.
The Nobel Peace
Prize winner is the head of
state and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He last visited
Ann Arbor in 1994, when about 9,000 people attended a lecture at
Crisler Arena.
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