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.