Gandhi Cards

After several years of teaching nonviolence to youth and adults, we created these cards to teach the principles and practices of nonviolence through the lens of Gandhi’s life. The cards include original photos from Gandhi’s life and the Indian Independence Movement on the front, and historical information, and interactive prompts on the back.

These cards are useful for middle school students through adults in:

Workshops
Classrooms
Leadership Training
Interfaith Dialogues
Personal Meditation
Historical Education
Icebreaker Tool

Gandhi Cards in Action

University of Rochester students use Gandhi cards to teach each other about nonviolence.

Shanghai students with Gandhi cards

Gandhi Decks were distributed at the United Nations during their “Significance of Non-violence in Today’s World” event.

Youth with Gandhi cards in Istanbul

A Gandhi card overlooks the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey

Students in Shanghai translated Gandhi Decks into Chinese as part of an English language program. They learned nonviolence and developed linguistic skills in the process.

We love to receive stories and pictures of our Gandhi Cards in action. Have some to share? Email them to mkgi@gandhiinstitute.org.

Purchase Gandhi Cards

Gandhi Cards are $20.00 per deck. This includes shipping (mainland US) and a small donation to the Gandhi Institute. Buy them in our online store or in person at the Institute!

Feedback on Gandhi Cards

“The Gandhi Cards provide a perfect opportunity to cultivate habits of mind and heart that will lead people to act ethically, courageously, kindly, and wisely. They can be incorporated fluidly and flexibly into language arts and social studies curricula; be utilized by groups attempting to diminish violence in all its forms in any community, and provide a powerful way for anyone to introduce important questions about peace in the context of powerful stories about Mahatma Gandhi’s life and work."

Zoe WeilPresident, The Institute for Humane Education

"I keep the cards on my desk as a reminder to speak with more care and awareness when dealing with challenging colleagues"

Rochester City School District Administrator

“I believe the Gandhi & Nonviolence Cards are a very beneficial tool to spread the message of nonviolence in the classroom or even at workshops. I think the cards set the tone of an informal, subtle way of implementing the information in a different form that reaches the need or learning style of everyone.”

Julia Polidore-OakleyDirector, Nonviolence Social Empowerment Project