Grab a cup of tea and fellowship with us as we share with you how we have been able to be in relationship with the Rochester community.

Grab a cup of tea and fellowship with us as we share with you how we have been able to be in relationship with the Rochester community.

The holidays can be a joyous time for some and a grievous time for others. Some struggle with feeling excluded, others with concerns about consumption. Whatever is your mix of experience, we welcome you to bring your truth and your complexity to this annual event. This will be an in person event at the Gandhi Institute. […]

Join us on December 16th for an in-person workshop to develop and exercise skills to transform conflict and de-escalate tense situations. Participants will work collaboratively to respond to conflict in ways that enable and promote safe outcomes. This event is open to all community members and free of charge (donations accepted). Walk-ins are welcome, but […]

Join us for the first of two community dialogues on the connections between masculinity and violence. We will discuss masculinity and media stereotypes and their ties to violence and desensitization to violence, especially in our community. This discussion is open to all community members and will take place virtually on January 20th from 5:30 - […]

THURSDAYS, JANUARY 27TH - FEBRUARY 24TH / 6:00PM - 8:00PM For many folks, effective communication has never felt harder or more important. Given the challenges our communities have been facing, it can be easy and almost irresistible to disengage from others, rather than talking about what’s really going on and to share a vision of […]

TUESDAYS,  FEBRUARY 1ST - MARCH 8TH / 5:00PM - 7:00PM The Gandhi Institute is in search of people who identify as Black, Latinx, Indigenous, People of Color to join us on co-creating a community story quilt. Each participant will work on one block of the quilt, detailing their own message. Mini Quilt Block sewing kits will […]

TUESDAYS, FEBRUARY 8TH - March 1ST/ 6:00PM-7:30PM Over 4 weeks, we will explore how the book's lessons can be used in our own lives. This group will be facilitated by Jonathon Jones who grew up in Rochester and learned deeply about nonviolence in many forms while incarcerated. Since his return home, he has continued his […]

Grab a cup of tea and join us to learn more about the work we do in the Rochester community

Join us on February 19th for an in-person workshop to develop and exercise skills to transform conflict and de-escalate tense situations. Participants will work collaboratively to respond to conflict in ways that enable and promote safe outcomes. This event is open to all community members and free of charge (donations accepted). Walk-ins are welcome, but […]

Thursdays March 3rd to March 31st / 5:00pm-7:00pm EST Join Kit Miller and Bianca Pointner for an exploration of this wise, timely book by Joanna Macy. This book group, organized by our friends at Pace e Bene is perfect for those of us who are overwhelmed at times about the state of our world—ecologically, socially, politically, […]

TUESDAYS,  MARCH 8TH - APRIL 5TH / 6:30PM – 8:00PM ESTCosponsored by the Center for Dispute Settlement. While Dr. King's legacy is celebrated in thousands of events each year, his commitment to nonviolence is generally unmentioned and overlooked.  Dr. King stood for the use of nonviolence throughout his career, and called for it even in […]