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Jessica Ahlquist also received the Judge Alexander George Teitz Award from the Touro Synagogue Foundation in August 2012.
Since her successful challenge last year of a prayer banner at Cranston High School West, Jessica Ahlquist has been traveling the country speaking about First Amendment rights.
But not until now has she been invited to speak at the Playboy Mansion.
Ahlquist, 17, is scheduled to speak at the Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills, CA on May 22nd where she will receive a Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award. The award in the Education category -- $5,000 cash and a commemorative plaque -- is for Ahlquist's "courageous and successful lawsuit'' in the Cranston prayer banner case, a publicist for the foundation said in a statement.
Ahlquist has accepted the invitation to particpate in the ceremony, her father, Mark J. Ahlquist confirmed Tuesday.