Arun Gandhi to Speak of “Lessons My Grandfather Taught Me” Lecture will be part of university mission celebration Released: Jan. 20, 2005 Arun Gandhi, grandson of legendary peacemaker and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), will present “Lessons My Grandfather Taught Me” on Feb. 3, at 4:00 p.m. as the keynote speaker during Marquette's annual Mission Week celebration.   This year's Mission Week, themed "Constructing Peace,” will feature events across campus between Tuesday, Feb. 1, and Sunday, Feb. 6. After intense racism in apartheid South Africa filled a teenage Arun Gandhi with rage, his parents sent him to India to stay with his grandfather.  Eighteen months with his grandfather armed the younger Gandhi with the powerful philosophy of nonviolence that helped shape his life's work.  Since then he has led several successful projects for economic and social reform in India and, together with his wife Sunanda, founded the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tenn. , in 1991. Arun Gandhi will speak at the Varsity Theatre at 1324 W. Wisconsin Avenue. The lecture is free and open to the public.   Tickets will be issued at the Brooks Lounge on the first floor of the Alumni Memorial Union on a first come, first served basis to the general public beginning Tuesday, Jan. 25.  There is a limit of four tickets per person. Mission Week Each February, the Marquette community pauses to reflect on its mission of faith, excellence, leadership and service.   Other Mission Week events include a labyrinth, photo exhibit, celebration of Indian culture, retreats, lectures, liturgy and the Faculty Commons, where faculty will share teaching, scholarship and research related to the Marquette mission.  The Marquette community will also be able to help construct peace in our own neighborhood by donating tools for Milwaukee 's Habitat for Humanity. Complete details of Mission Week are available online at: http://marquette.edu/missionweek . Interested media should contact Anne Broeker in the Office of Public Affairs. Office of Public Affairs Contacts Christopher Stolarski Media Relations Specialist Phone: (414) 288-1988 Send e-mail