BLACK HISTORY MONTH \ Area events

Youngstown State University

Today: Lecture: “Africanist Value-Centered Education in the Global Village,” 7 p.m., Kilcawley Center, the Gallery. Dr. Yvonne Brown is a Canadian educator who has done extensive research on the link between colonization and globalization. She has sponsored international service-learning projects in Africa and Canada. In her position as manager of international initiatives for the faculty of education at the University of British Columbia, she has analyzed and interpreted the university’s internationalization policy and weighed its implications for education. Papers and articles she has written include “Green Paper on Internationalization.”

Thursday: Keynote lecture: Dr. Cornel West, Skeggs Lecturer, 7:30 p.m., Stambaugh Auditorium, Fifth Avenue. A professor of religion and African-American Studies at Princeton University, West is one of America’s pre-eminent and most prolific public intellectuals. He is a much sought-after speaker in universities across the country addressing a variety of topics across disciplines to various audiences. He is the recipient of more than 20 honorary degrees and a National Book Award. His numerous books include “Prophecy Deliverance: An Afro-American Revolutionary Christianity,” “Race Matters,” “Democracy Matters” and “Hope on a Tightrope.” The lecture is free and open to the public, but complimentary tickets are mandatory. They will be available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Friday at the YSU Information Office in Kilcawley Center. Tickets are limited to eight per person.

MOUNT UNION COLLEGE, ALLIANCE

Thursday: Basheer Jones, host of the “Basheer Jones and Company Morning Show” of Radio-One Cleveland, will speak at 7 p.m. at Mount Union Theatre. A graduate of Morehouse College, Jones is a published author of poetry and opened up for The Def Poetry Jam at Emory University. The event is free and open to the public.