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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Dalai Lama will honor Peggy Wellknown Buffalo, Crow, for her work with youths on the Crow Nation in Montana, when the Dalai Lama presents the honors for Unsung Heroes of Compassion this month in San Francisco. Actor Peter Coyote will emcee the event.
Peggy started The Center Pole in 1999, which now includes a summer youth recreation program, thrift shop and coffee shop near the Little Bighorn. Peggy is honored for nurturing more than 200 foster children. Peggy said, “The Center Pole is a place for Native American children to find help, hope, guidance, and new possibilities.”
Readers of Censored News will remember that Govinda at Earthcycles set up a grassroots radio station for Center Pole. Earthcycles and Censored News broadcast from Center Pole during the summer of 2011.
The inspiring 51 Heroes from around the world include the inspiring real life heroes who create soup kitchens in South Africa and help children who are victims of trafficking in Nepal. Wisdom in Action made the announcement today, naming 51 Heroes from around the world to be honored by the Dalai Lama as Unsung Heroes of Compassion at the Ritz Carlton hotel in San Francisco on Feb. 23, 2014. The event will be available on the web by live broadcast.
Indigenous Peoples who will be honored include Maria del Socorro Juan Ramirez Gonzalez, 'Mama Coco', for her home for children in Oaxaca, Mexico. Miguel Rodgriguez will be honored for his home for street children in Peru. Carlos Tapadera, Raramuri, will be honored for his work with mothers in maternal health in Chihuahua, Mexico. See all this year's Heroes: http://newunsungheroes.org/2014-event/2014-honorees/