Dalai Lama honored with Freedom Center award

When the Dalai Lama visits Cincinnati later this year, he will receive the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center's International Freedom Conductor Award for his advocacy of freedom in his native Tibet.

Freedom Center CEO & President Donald Murphy says that the museum is "tremendously honored" that His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, will accept the award.  Previous award recipients include Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks and former Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush for their work to raise money for survivors of Hurricane Katrina and the South Asian tsunami.

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