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Thank you to everyone who donated to the Gandhi Institute on Roc the Day.
We received over $2,600! We also won the additional $1,000 for having the most individual donors in a two-hour window! Thank you so much for your support. We pledge to be wise stewards of your gift.
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Gandhi Institute Awarded NY Council for the Humanities Grant
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We are excited to announce that The Council has awarded the Gandhi Institute a Reading and Discussion (R&D) Grant to support a text-based facilitated discussion program on the theme of service. Stay tuned for more information.
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On January 9, over 2,000 anti-hydrofracking protestors (including Gandhi staff members George Payne and Shannon Richmond) gathered in Albany for Governor Cuomo's "State of the State" address to call for an immediate ban on the controversial method of natural gas extraction.  | | Pete Seeger sings This Land is Your Land at fracking protest |
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
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Kit Miller leading a Christmas Eve workshop on Nonviolent Communication in Tokyo, Japan.
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Feedback from Volunteers
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Volunteering at the MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
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Opportunities include helping with events, fundraising, outreach and more.
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INFLUENCE OF GANDHI ON MLK
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A Peaceful Reminder
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Letter from the Director
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Dear friends,
I write to urge you to participate in this year's Season for Nonviolence campaign, January 30-April 4. Especially in the wake of tragedies near and far, join us in doing two things: vow to reduce your internal violence and learn to train your eyes on the underlying causes of catastrophes, not just recent ones but all of them. Together we can dedicate our hearts and minds to solving it. If some part of you thinks "I can't", (it's someone else's job, I'm too young, too old, too tired) that's OK. Join us anyway. Let's invite the invisible alchemy of faith to bind us together in ways our minds cannot fathom.
We will gather 4 pm January 30 at Rochester's Liberty Pole for a brief ceremony with Rochester Mayor Tom Richards. That night (7 pm) we will hold a youth-community leader dialogue at the University of Rochester Interfaith Chapel with Rochester Police chief James Shepperd, artist Shawn Dunwoody, local leaders and high school and college youth. The event is called" Creating a Culture of Peace: Rochester in Twenty Years." On February 7 at 7 pm join us at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 220 S Winton Rd, for an interactive discussion called "Beyond Platitudes: Sacred Speech in Everyday Life". Former Democrat and Chronicle columnist Mark Hare will moderate a conversation with local faith leaders including Episcopal Bishop Prince Singh. The calendar for the Season is expanding daily, keep an eye on it!
This year's Season for Nonviolence campaign is once again supported by Rochester's Ad Council. More than $230,000 in media time has been dedicated to getting the message of nonviolence out in Rochester. You can help by planning or attending an event, take a pledge vowing some specific action, donate to help us cover campaign costs, volunteer, or involve any group you know of in some way. Like Gandhi and King to whom this campaign is dedicated, we will trust that actions carried out in love bears fruit for the future that we cannot foresee.
In peace and hope,
Kit Miller
Director
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Conversations on Race
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January 17, 2013
Chili Public Library 3333 Chili Avenue Rochester, NY 14624 6:00pm -8:00pm
Facilitated by Kit Miller and Gandhi Board member Jarred Jones to raise awareness about the impact of race in our everyday lives.
Building Upon the YWCA's National Stand Against Racism and Rochester's Racial Equity Initiative with support from NCBI Rochester. Presented by the Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library. Space is limited.
to register for a workshop contact Linda Rock at 585.428.8350 email: linda.rock@libraryweb.org
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Restorative Rochester
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 Strategic Planning Meeting
January 18, 2012
Gandhi House on 929 S. Plymouth St.
2:00-5:00pm
Join us as we review past accomplishments and create a vision and goals for the next two years! Whether you are new to restorative justice or currently facilitating processes, you are welcome!
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Celebrating the Season for Nonviolence: How Nonviolent Principles and Practices Can Enhance Your World
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January 22, 2013
12:00-1:00pm
The ability to trust, to speak with care and with honesty, and become progressively less fearful are skills that every one of us can develop. These are skills that can support the causes that we care about in tangible ways. Join Gandhi Institute Director Kit Miller as she shares some ideas and experiences about ways to develop these capacities in yourself and for the benefit of the community overall.
Kate Gleason Auditorium Central Library: 115 SOUTH AVENUE Rochester NY, 14608
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Nonviolence Education
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The Great Awakening: Exploring the Spiritual Traditions of the 6th Century B.C.E.
January 29-March 12, 2013
Tuesday nights (6:00-8:30pm)
Gandhi Reading Room in UR Rush Rhees Library
$5-10 suggested donation per session
We will be reading from sacred texts such as the Bhagavad Gita, Tao Te Ching, Book of Psalms, and more.
To register contact George Payne at gpayne2@ur.rochester.edu/ 585-703-9230 |
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Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Basic Level Workshop
Friday-Sunday, February 1-3
Friday: 5-9 pm, Saturday 9 am-9 pm, Sunday 9 am-3 pm
929 S. Plymouth Avenue, Rochester, 14608
Come examine violence and nonviolence in an interactive and fun community setting. We'll use individual, pairs, and small group exercises to look at what causes violence and supports nonviolence to grow in our personal and communal lives.
Registration for the workshop is required: call Pamela at 585.354.6844 or email pamelasusanhawkins@gmail.com
Suggested donation: $25-100, scholarships are available, your attendance is more important than a donation. Funds used to support food, facility use and AVP/NY. The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) is a grassroots organization, with workshops done all over the world in prisons and communities by volunteers. For more info on AVP in New York State, visit: http://avpny.org/
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Traveling Peace Circles
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Would you like to have a Peace Circle facilitated in your community?
Using personal storytelling and a circle process, Peace Circles are a wonderful way to to understand one another, and to strengthen bonds in inclusive and creative ways.
As part of the Season for Nonviolence a group of local Peace Circle facilitators are offering circles to communities in the Rochester area. We offer the following:
- We welcome members of your community to co-facilitate the circle
- We work ahead of time with your community members to come up a relevant topic
- We work with you to share this information with your community.
- We set up the room, and co-create a Peace Circle.
If you would like us to come to your community between January 30 and April 4th, please contact Padme Livingstone @ padme@aquieterplace.com or leave a message at 585-381 2093
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