Blog posts by Institute Staff
Silent Protesting on the Job: An NFL Story
This weekend, multiple NFL teams and players kneeled or stood in solidarity with 49ers’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick regarding police brutality and black lives. Kaepernick began his silent protest during the pre-season …
Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re In Without Going Crazy
For those drawn by the allure of the title, “Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy”, feel confident that the book delivers on its promise. …
My first week (and a half) at the Gandhi Institute
I am an AmeriCorps VISTA. My job is to build capacity for an organization, to create and maintain sustainable infrastructures for an organization in order for them to achieve their …
An Open Letter to the Next Summer Intern
Dear Prospective Intern, I hope my letter finds you well. When you told me that you’re interested in interning at the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, my first reaction was: …
Aph Ko on Anti-Racism and Animal Oppression
In response to the dearth of easily accessible critical analysis on how the oppression of other species intersects with Black people’s oppression, the Ko sisters, Aph and Syl, launched the website …
Medicine for Hate
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. – Gandhi I was moved …
Always More to Lose
No matter how bad you think your life is now remember there is always more to lose. Some person, some security, some aspect of mental or physical health.
Paper Tigers Film Review
Prior to the arrival of Principal Jim Sporleder, Lincoln Alternative High School in Walla Walla, Washington was known as the final stop between public schools and prison for 300 of …
Why Garden?
The first week of my summer internship with the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence has come and gone. During this period, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time tending to …