Tickets are now available online for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center’s International Freedom Conductor Award luncheon honoring His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama.
Registration for the event is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. at the Duke Energy Center with the luncheon beginning at 11:30 a.m. on October 20th. The luncheon program will conclude at 2:00 p.m. Ticket prices start at $125.00 and can be purchased on the Freedom Center website at: www.freedomcenter.org/dalailama.
“We are tremendously honored and gratified that His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, will accept our Freedom Conductor Award, and we are pleased to invite the general public – and all defenders of freedom – to participate in this momentous occasion,” said the Freedom Center’s CEO and President, Don Murphy.
Previous IFCA honorees have included civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, South African Bishop Desmond Tutu, Dorothy Height, The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights and, most recently, in 2007, former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
The Dalai Lama will receive the IFCA honor, speak and answer audience questions. For questions regarding this event please contact Jamie Brandt at 513.333.7598 or jbrandt@nurfc.org.
Tags: Dalai Lama, International Freedom Conductor Award
Posted on Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 9:35 am in Events, News, Press Releases.
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