Gandhi's grandson speaks at conference

run Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas Gandhi, will be the keynote speaker for an upcoming conference at the University exploring different ways--from spiritual means to conflict resolution--of working toward peace. The two-day event will be held on Friday, September 15, and Saturday, September 16.

Arun Gandhi

Arun Gandhi, who travels across the United States and abroad teaching the theory and practice of nonviolence, will discuss "Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Grandfather" on Friday at 8 p.m. in Strong Auditorium on the River Campus. Mohandas Gandhi practiced passive resistance and promoted nonviolent measures to secure Indian independence from Great Britain and to improve conditions for Indians living in South Africa. Arun Gandhi is the founder of the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, headquartered at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tenn.

Holmes

Saturday conference sessions will be held 11 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Community Learning Center, located at the end of the Fraternity Quadrangle. Speakers will include Robert Holmes, professor of philosophy. A world-renowned expert on issues of peace and nonviolence, Holmes was the first appointee to the Rajiv Gandhi Chair in Peace and Disarmament at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India, in 1998.

Also presenting will be Barry Gan, associate professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Nonviolence at St. Bonaventure University. He is editor of The Acorn: Journal of the Gandhi-King Society, and program committee chair of the oldest and largest interfaith peace group in the United States, the Fellowship of Reconciliation. He received his master's and doctoral degrees from Rochester.

Conference participants also will hear from Sheila Hand, a local teacher of metaphysics and peace. The event is sponsored by the University of Rochester Peace Group, the Association for the Development of Interest of the Indian Subcontinent, and the Outside Speakers Committee.

Admission to the conference is $5 for the general public and free for University undergraduate students with a student ID. Tickets will be available at the door. For more information call the Peace Group, x4-2893.

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