Honolulu is holding a public peace gathering at the Gandhi statue in Waikiki, a quiet counterpoint to a world full of active wars.

• The 21st annual celebration runs this evening at the Waikiki Gandhi statue and is open to everyone.
• The program mixes live music, yoga, meditation and sound healing, with "world peace" as this year's theme.
• Organizers picked that theme because so many wars are running at once right now, and they want Gandhi's nonviolent methods back in the conversation.
• The event ties Gandhi to Hawaiian history: in 1893 Queen Liliuokalani was overthrown the same year a young Gandhi was thrown off a South African train over his skin color, and both answered empire without force.
• India won independence in 1947; Hawaii was annexed, and the queen died in 1917 without seeing justice — a gap Hawaiian sovereignty advocates still point to.

Outlook: The gathering runs from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and is expected to double as a reminder that Hawaii's own sovereignty questions remain unresolved.