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March 18, 2008

Oakton Hosts Free Non-Violence Conference April 17-18

Oakton Community College will host "Global Legacies of Non-Violence: From Mahatma Gandhi to Martin Luther King, Jr.," April 17 and 18 at its Skokie campus, 7701 N. Lincoln Ave. The two-day academic conference is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

The keynote presentation, which is free and open to the public, is by Dr. Clayborne Carson, 6 - 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 17. Carson is the director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. His previous appearances include Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, and CBS Evening News.

For registration information, visit www.oakton.edu/globalstudies or contact Katherine Schuster at 847-376-7118. Registration deadline for the conference is Friday, March 28.


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