Nonprofit Startup Enlists Dalai Lama, Celebs for Kick-Off - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active and engaged democracy.

Nonprofit Startup Enlists Dalai Lama, Celebs for Kick-Off - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active and engaged democracy.: The One World Community Foundation will be putting on its very first “public endeavor,” an event titled Common Ground for Peace. Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama will attend the two-day forum at Syracuse University, and comedian Whoopi Goldberg will emcee the event, which will feature performances by Dave Matthews, Counting Crows, Nas, and more. The forum will also involve panel discussions, moderated by NBC News correspondent Ann Curry, with distinguished speakers such as Global Partnerships Forum founder Amir Dossal, Nobel Peace Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young, former director of the C.I.A. R. James Woolsey, and Martin Luther King III.