YSU Conference to explore themes of nonviolence

It also will feature poetry, music and special sessions.
The grandson of Mohandas Gandhi is the keynote speaker at the "Searching for a Nonviolent Future" conference scheduled for Nov. 1, 5 and 6 at Youngstown State University.
Arun Gandhi, executive director of the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, will speak on "Why the Gandhi/King Dream Remains Unfulfilled," at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 6 in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center.
The free conference begins at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 in the Gallery of Kilcawley Center with a poetry reading by Honoree Jeffers, an English professor at the University of Oklahoma and a nationally known poet.
The conference continues at 11 am. Nov. 5 in the Bliss Recital Hall when Isaiah Jackson, music director of the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, will give a presentation on music inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. At 8 p.m. that day, the WYSU-FM Folk Festival Concert features Kenny Eldridge & amp; the Jesus Celebration Singers in Kilcawley's Chestnut Room.
Next day
The conference continues Nov. 6 in the Ohio and Chestnut rooms of Kilcawley Center and features an array of sessions, including presentations on "Gandhi and King" by Victor Wan-Tatah, YSU professor of philosophy and religious studies; "What can you say yes to when you say no to war" by Mel Duncan, executive director of the Nonviolent Peaceforce; "Women in the Civil Rights Movement" by Sarah Brown-Clark, clerk of the Municipal Court of Youngstown; "Marching with Martin Luther King Jr." by the Rev. Lonnie Simon and the Rev. Jim Ray; and "Reflections on Nonviolent Challenges to Militarism at Home and Abroad" by Kathy Kelly, director of Voices in the Wilderness.
For topics, speakers, times and locations, visit www.wysu.org. The conference, which is sponsored by YSU Women's Studies, the James Dale Ethics Center and WYSU-FM is open to the public. For more information call Gary Sexton, (330) 941-1778.