His Holiness the 14th聽Dalai Lama聽and keynote speaker, Sister Helen Prejean, a strong advocate of eliminating capital punishment, were the featured presenters the first day of the 26thNobel Peace Prize Forum, 鈥淐rossing Boundaries to Create Common Ground鈥�, hosted by Augsburg College, the University of聽Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Policy, and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
A week prior to March 1st the event had already sold out, at 3400 tickets. Upon arrival at 7:00am, the atrium of the Minneapolis Convention center was packed with streams of people waiting in line to hear聽the Dalai Lama. Participants arrived from all over the world, experienced the only event that celebrates聽Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and inspires peacemaking. In addition to many sponsorships that made this聽event possible, Google + is also sponsoring the event and live streaming all the workshops and speakers聽online. To connect digitally the Forum can be found on , , and Twitter. Audience聽engagement whether near or far is what makes the Forum successful and meaningful for all involved.聽Thank you for your support!
There are still tickets available for Law & Business Day, Health & Science Day, and Global Day.聽Please consider joining us for the following Forum days, March 7, 8, & 9th聽.