Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, will speak this Saturday, October 23, at 10am at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 670 East Meadow Drive (near Middlefield) in Palo Alto. 

Building Bridges for Peace is to be the theme of his presentation.  Dedicated to working for peace between cultures and religions, Dr. Gandhi is the president of the international organization Initiatives for Change. In the first half of 2010, he and his wife, Usha, led a team on a Voyage of Dialogue and Discovery, visiting 15 countries on four continents.  On September 3, 2010, he addressed the United Nations together with the ambassador to the UN from Pakistan on the urgent need for international help for flood victims in Pakistan.  Rajmohan Gandhi is a Research Professor for the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Illinois.  He is the author of several books, including Mohandas: A True Story of a Man, His People and an Empire, a biography of his grandfather.

The event is free and open to the community.

Professor Gandhi's visit to Palo Alto is in honor of the Rev. Don Mason, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church and a local faith leader in our community between 1975-1990.  While later serving a church in Urbana, Illinois, Rev. Mason met and worked with Professor Gandhi in efforts to build multifaith dialogue and friendship.  Mason died in a hiking accident in 2009.

This event is part of a 6 week interfaith study series (see below for more information).  Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice is pleased to be a cosponsor of Building Bridges for Peace.