Reflections on Acceptance
Hello all who are reading this! If you are familiar with the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence you know about the Season for Nonviolence, which occurs from January 30th to April …
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Playing it Safe Since 1833: How Personality Affects One’s Work
TW: This blog post briefly mentions suicide in paragraph 5. You don’t have to know me long to pick up that I have exactly two personality traits: my passion for …
Investigating Investment: A Systems-Thinking Approach to Giving Tuesday
Here at the Gandhi Institute we recognize that the ‘how’ of our work is as important as the ‘what’. This allows us to be completely transparent about all aspects of …
Gratitude without Consumption: An Invitation to Participate in Buy-Nothing Day this Friday
Over the last nine (million) months since we’ve been living in this pandemic, I’ve seen a lot of advertising attempting to tap into our basic goodness and drive to help …
Nonviolence Cannot be Preached
“Nonviolence cannot be preached. It has to be practiced.” -Gandhi, from “Nonviolence in Peace and War” I’m reading Resmaa Menakem’s remarkable book, “My Grandmother’s Hands.” I’m reading the section about …
In Between: A Personal Reflection on Belonging and Biracial Identity
I was born in Austria to an Austrian mother of Czech Republican descent and a Father who was born in Punjab, India. My parents got divorced when I was a …
Caring for Those Who Have Died
During this time of the pandemic when the fear of death and increased likelihood of loss is on our minds, I have been thinking of how to extend care to …
Where is Nonviolence Hiding Today?
More and more I am realizing that nonviolence shows up in many places throughout our daily lives. In the past few weeks, I have enjoyed discovering new places where nonviolence …
Let’s Talk about Hate
Since 2016, my colleagues and I have been leading public workshops called “Let’s Talk About Hate” at the Gandhi Institute, and for other groups and sites upon request. These events …
Hidden Brain Podcast Mixtape
I’ve got a bit of a Hidden Brain obsession. For those of you who don’t know, Hidden Brain is an NPR podcast hosted by Shankar Vedantam. He “uses science and …