MAHONING COUNTY Events at YSU promote peace

The grandson of Mahatma Gandhi will be at YSU.
YOUNGSTOWN -- Guest speakers will discuss civil-rights issues and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s work in separate programs to promote peace.
George Martin will focus on "The Reality of United States Occupation in Iraq" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Peace Action Youngstown headquarters, 204 Broadway Ave. A potluck dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.
Martin is the organizer of the Peace Voter '04 campaign for Peace Action for a Sane World, a national, grass-roots organization.
His activism began during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States when he was a teen-ager working with King. He is program director for Peace Action Wisconsin and a member of the steering committee for United for Peace and Justice, a peace coalition.
Last January, Martin represented UFPJ on a fact-finding trip to Iraq to listen to how the Iraqi people felt about occupation and their future.
For more information, contact Therese Powell of Peace Action Youngstown at (330) 747-5404.
Keynote address
Arun Gandhi, grandson of Indian spiritual and political leader Mahatma Gandhi, will give the keynote address during "Searching for a Nonviolent Future: Gandhi & amp; King," featuring workshops and related events at Youngstown State University. It's sponsored by YSU Women's Studies, James Dale Ethics Center and WYSU-FM Radio.
The first event will be a poetry reading by Honoree Jeffers, an English professor at University of Oklahoma, at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 in YSU's Kilcawley Center Gallery.
Music will be the theme Nov. 5, when Youngstown Symphony music director Isaiah Jackson discusses music that was inspired by King at 11 a.m. in Bliss Recital Hall. Also, WYSU's annual Folk Festival concert will be at 8 p.m. in Kilcawley Center Chestnut Room, featuring Kenny Eldridge & amp; the Jesus Celebration Singers of Youngstown.
Many speakers will lead sessions Nov. 6, concluding with Arun Gandhi's talk on "Why the Gandhi/King Dream Remains Unfulfilled" at 4:30 p.m. in the Chestnut Room.
For information, call Gary Sexton at (330) 941-1778 or visit the Web site at www.wysu.org.