University of Arkansas Students for a Free Tibet will host a candlelight vigil in support of the Tibetan people this Tuesday, March 25, in Giffels Auditorium on the 2nd floor of Old Main at approximately 7:15-7:30.  The student group’s advisor and Tibetan Buddhist monk Geshe Thupten Dorjee will speak, and his student Rinzin Dorjee will perform a chant and blessing for Tibet.  There will also be a short film.

Prior to the vigil, beginning at 6:00 pm in Giffels Auditorium, Professor Sidney Burris will present a lecture on His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and the history of Tibet leading up to the 1950 Chinese invasion. 

The lecture and vigil are part of the U of A History of Non-Violence class taught by Professor Burris and Geshe Dorjee; but this event is open to the public.  All are welcome to attend.