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Published: Sept. 20, 2010
Updated: 3:33 p.m.

Nobel Peace Prize winners to speak at Soka in Aliso Viejo

By PETER SCHELDEN
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Shirin Ebadi and Betty Williams will speak to students, staff and the public Oct. 6 at Soka University.

  

ALISO VIEJO – Two Nobel Peace Prize winners will speak at Soka University on Oct. 6, and the public is invited to attend for free, with limited reservations.

Betty Williams and Shirin Ebadi will speak at 10:30 a.m. it the school's recreation center.

Article Tab : Betty Williams (left) won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 and Shirin Ebadi won the award in 2003. Both women will speak at Soka University in Aliso Viejo on Oct. 6.
Betty Williams (left) won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 and Shirin Ebadi won the award in 2003. Both women will speak at Soka University in Aliso Viejo on Oct. 6.
COURTESY SOKA UNIVERSITY,
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Williams won the prize in 1976 for cofounding a Northern Ireland peace organization called Community of Peace People.

Ebadi founded the Defenders for Human Rights Center in Iran. She won the award in 2003 for her work for children's, women's and refugee rights.

Admission is free with reservations. E-mail info@soka.edu or call 949-480-4081.

Contact the writer: pschelden@ocregister.com or 949-492-5128


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ALISO VIEJO – Two Nobel Peace Prize winners will speak at Soka University on Oct. 6, and the public is invited to attend for free, with limited reservations.

Betty Williams and Shirin Ebadi will speak at 10:30 a.m. it the school's recreation center.

Williams won the prize in 1976 for cofounding a Northern Ireland peace organization called Community of Peace People.

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