Mayor Jorge O. Elorza announced on Feb. 27 that Providence Talks, a program in partnership with the RWU School of Continuing Studies and the City of Providence, has reached more than 2,500 children, accounting for 20 percent of the city’s eligible population.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Cleaver’s book “Soul on Ice,” his former wife, Kathleen Cleaver, will present the keynote lecture on March 8.