Detroit Homecoming speaker in Warren on Wednesday

WARREN

James B. Hayes, founder of Detroit Homecoming, an annual event initiated in 2014 to reach out to former Detroit natives and bring them back to the city to inspire its youth, will speak at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the R.J. Wean Foundation offices, 147 W. Market St.

Hayes, former publisher of Fortune magazine, will talk about the benefits that have been brought by Detroit Homecoming.

Hayes was invited by Dennis Blank of Warren, a mayoral candidate last year. Blank, the Fine Arts Council of Trumbull County and the Trumbull County Historical Society are organizers of a Warren Homecoming Sept. 23 to Sept. 25 to celebrate the connection many Warren natives still have to their hometown even though they have moved away.