What if we all stopped paying taxes?
For the first time, I’ve decided to do war tax resistance by withholding a percentage of the money I owe the Federal government. Below is the letter I wrote and sent …
Blog posts by Institute Staff
India Didn’t Change Me: A Counter-Narrative
There is more to life than increasing its speed. -Gandhi “Were the people friendly?” “Was the culture shocking?” “How bad was the poverty?”
Groveland Prison Dialogue
Two weeks ago, twenty-two community members from Monroe County traveled to join the men at Groveland Correctional Facility for a dialogue surrounding safety and prosperity.
Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist
Did you ever see the film Forrest Gump, about a character who seems to magically appear during historic occasions over the course of decades? David Hartsough seems to have manifested …
Black History Month: A Comment
Ultimately, ‘history’ is, as many things are, a power struggle. A struggle over airtime and validation. Whether or not a particular narrative has basis in reality is irrelevant; the most …
Community Engagement Project
In September of 2015 I started working on an eight week project that I titled “The Community Peace Dialogue” basically to get the community to discuss and come to a conclusion …
50 Simple Ways to Cut Carbon: by Earth Guardians
Earth Guardians has been recognized for this comprehensive yet accessible list. We encourage you to choose even one and try it for a week!
Twenty-One Vignettes from South Africa
On May 29, 2015, Hoody, Kit, and I left Rochester for the Gandhi Legacy Tour: South Africa, a two week long excursion to learn about the twenty-one years Mohandas Gandhi …
On Self-Empathy & Social Equity
The other week I had the privilege of sitting across the table from author and collaborative facilitation consultant Miki Kashtan. Despite her revolutionary presence in the realm of collaborative decision-making, …
bell hooks in Dialogue with Kevin Powell
As part of her final residency at The New School, bell hooks, noted Black feminist cultural critic and scholar, engaged in a dialogue with writer and public speaker, Kevin Powell.