Join us for our “Dinners with the Community” series as part of this year's season for nonviolence! Let's connect, talk, mourn, celebrate, exchange stories, create ideas, dream, and get to know each other over a nice shared meal! Bring a dish if you can, but if you can't don't worry, we'll be cooking up a […]
Learn what compassion means to people of both Muslim and Christian traditions. This workshop will include skill building that will help you to leave a more compassionate person. For more information, contact Nick Frega at: nicholas.frega@dor.org or 585-328-3228 ext. 1287 Sponsored by the Commission on Christian-Muslin Relations of Rochester, NY
In conjunction with Phillis Wheatley Community Library, we will be hosting a discussion on cultural humility for adults 18 and older. Cultural humility is a framework for supporting lifelong learning and reflection with the goal of influencing and addressing structural inequalities. Through interactive exercises, this workshop will introduce and support understanding of a process-oriented mindset […]
Join the MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence to celebrate and raise funds to support peacebuilding in Rochester and beyond. Remarks by protest novelist and nonviolence trainer, Rivera Sun, in addition to an altruist auction. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres provided. Dress is business casual. Learn more about Rivera: Rivera Sun is a change-maker, a cultural creative, a […]
Ordinary people like you have made change using the tools of Dr. King, Gandhi, Jesus, and Cesar Chavez. Learn these strategies for change and apply them in your community. This workshop covers the basic dynamics and strategies of nonviolent action. Participants discover how to envision and build campaigns, become familiar with the 198 methods of […]
Our weekly garden work parties are back! Join us for weeding, planting, watering, harvesting, and general garden maintenance. Volunteers of all ages and experience levels are welcome. Come spend some time outside, doing good work with good people!
Restoring Rochester is an opportunity to bring together individuals with a common heart and call to action for the city of Rochester. This year’s conference will focus specifically on the call to action to empower young men of color in our city. As our young people face challenges and adversitites, the call to action for […]
Nonviolence Now, a global project to share and collect stories of nonviolence. Launched at the United Nations on Oct 2, this historic project is introducing nonviolence on global digital platforms as an education project and as a means to counter online extremist recruitment. Project team members Jamie Rudd ’17, Justin Fraumeni ’17, UR graphic designer […]
Brighten up your space with some spring flowers while supporting the Gandhi Institute! Available varieties include: -pink wave petunias -purple petunias -dark red petunias -pink geraniums 1 plant for $5, 3 for $12 To pre-order, email jamie@gandhiinstitute.org
Join us for our “Dinners with the Community” Let's connect, talk, mourn, celebrate, exchange stories, create ideas, dream, and get to know each other over a nice shared meal! Participation is donation based, just give what you can. Everyone is welcome -- all we ask is that you bring curiosity, respect, and an appetite! Special […]
At a time when hate crimes against Black churches, synagogues and mosques are spiking, we need to connect the dots between anti-Black racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, understand white supremacy, and build collective resistance to it. Here is an opportunity to engage with Muslim, Jewish and Black youth activists in order to come together as a […]
Join us in celebrating the achievements of our Youth Healing Hate Grant recipients! This year we funded 6 innovative projects to address issues of hate and incivility in our communities. Our two-hour gathering will allow community members to learn more about this specific program and to hear directly from our youth! This event is free […]
