Summer Youth Facilitation Institute Reflection: Lavountae Anderson
My name is Lavountae and I am a SYFI (Summer Youth Facilitator Institute) member at the Gandhi Institute. I have worked and spent my time at the institute for the …
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Summer Youth Facilitation Institute Reflection: Quintorie Broomfield
The best highlight of my SYFI summer was when we went on a canoeing trip to Ellison Park because it allowed me to get out of my comfort zone and …
Summer Youth Facilitation Institute Reflection: Erika Suarez
Erika Suarez here, been here for three summers now! What a blast! The love and care at the Gandhi Institute is amazing. As soon as you come in you’re welcomed …
Summer Youth Facilitation Institute Reflection: Mohamed Koko
This was my first year as part of SYFI (Summer Youth Facilitation Institute). And it was also my first year learning a whole lot in such a short period of …
My Experience with Restorative Justice in American Schools
Leon, a high school student from Berlin, Germany, spent three months with the Gandhi Institute during the spring of 2018, learning about our mission and assisting us in our work. …
Bridges out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities
Before moving to Rochester last August, I was working and studying in Amman, Jordan. One of my favorite parts about life in Jordan is the culture of hospitality. Within my …
Two Experiments in Communal Grieving
This past September, more than thirty years after finishing my undergraduate degree, I entered a graduate program on Social Innovation and Sustainability at Goddard College in Vermont. The focus of …
Shaking Hands with Nonviolence
In my school in Berlin, all the eleventh-graders have a project called “Alle Ins Ausland“ (Engl. “All Abroad“): Every student has to go for three months in another country, to …
Headspace: Mindfulness and Intentionality
Increasingly, I am opting out of the typical, American greeting which is some variety of: Hi, how are you? Fine, thanks, and you? Doing fine, …
Space for Meditation
I have tried meditation before. Quite a few times, actually. I have also led meditations for a group and for a loved one. I often grow irritated with myself over …