'Our Young Black Men are Dying and No One Seems to Care'

YOUNGSTOWN

The Office of Student Diversity Programs is co-sponsoring the play “Our Young Black Men are Dying and No One Seems to Care” at 6 p.m. Oct. 19 in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center.

The play will be performed by the Flow Theater for a New Era, a nationally acclaimed

Columbus theatrical group. It is an off-Broadway hit full of history, passion and sheer drama where the despair and hope of African-American males are exposed and celebrated.

There will be a question-and-answer session after the performance.

Tickets are free (limit 4) and are available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 9 a.m. next Friday at the Kilcawley Center information desk.

Co-sponsors are YSU’s Office of Student Diversity Programs, Eastern Gateway Community College, 100 Black Men of Greater Youngstown/Warren, City of Youngstown, Youngstown city schools, Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Planning Committee and The Buckeye Review.