Community Dinner
2023-03-02 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Let’s connect, talk, mourn, celebrate, exchange stories, create ideas, dream, and get to know each other over a shared meal! Bring a dish if you would like to, but don’t worry, we’ll be cooking up a few of our own. Everyone is welcome — you can donate if you would like to, but all we ask is that you bring curiosity, respect, and an appetite!
If you want to join, or if you are bringing dishes or snacks, please let us know by emailing bianca@gandhiinstitute.org
We ask folks to remove their shoes in the house if that’s comfortable for you and we also keep vegetarian within the house. We are not requesting folks to mask inside the house at this time; you are welcome to do so. If you are having symptoms, we ask you to join another time.

Breakfast Chats
2023-03-14 08:00 - 09:00 | NY
Join our Directors for breakfast & conversation!
Come to get to know us and talk about your part in supporting nonviolence in Rochester and beyond. Share breakfast with Gwen & Erin, our Co-directors of the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. Chat with us to learn more about the Institute’s programs and plans.
Stay for some good breakfast, conversation, and company!
Dates:
The second Tuesday of the month!
March – 3/14 – 8:00 am
April – 4/11 – 8:00 am
May – 5/9 – 8:00 am

"Healing Resistance" Book Group
2023-03-14 18:00 - 2023-03-28 19:30 | NY
Join Jonathon Jones for a three-part book group during this year’s Season for Nonviolence. Explore nonviolent action and restorative societal transformation through Kazu Haga’s book “Healing Resistance.”
This book group will meet online on Tuesdays from 6:00 – 7:30 pm. Participants will be emailed the meeting link upon registering.

Online Grief Circles (March-April)
2023-03-30 12:00 - 2023-04-20 13:00 | NY
Join Bianca Pointner and Kit Miller for weekly virtual circles to honor our pain for the world and to unlock that stored energy for present and future good.
All people, and every kind of grief, are welcome.
You are welcome to join all sessions or you can drop in for as many sessions that work for you.

Breakfast Chats
2023-04-11 08:00 - 09:00 | NY
Join our Directors for breakfast & conversation!
Come to get to know us and talk about your part in supporting nonviolence in Rochester and beyond. Share breakfast with Gwen & Erin, our Co-directors of the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. Chat with us to learn more about the Institute’s programs and plans.
Stay for some good breakfast, conversation, and company!
Dates:
The second Tuesday of the month!
April – 4/11 – 8:00 am
May – 5/9 – 8:00 am

Communicating for Change (April-May '23)
2023-04-18 17:30 - 2023-05-16 19:00 | NY
Join Bianca, Gwen, & Jonathon for 5 weeks of online exploration and practice in Nonviolent Communication through thought, speech, and embodied practices.
We will explore how to apply this framework through discussions, interactive break-out rooms, & roleplays.
If you have any questions or requests please feel free to contact: bianca@gandhiinstitute.org

Breakfast Chats
2023-05-09 08:00 - 09:00 | NY
Join our Directors for breakfast & conversation!
Come to get to know us and talk about your part in supporting nonviolence in Rochester and beyond. Share breakfast with Gwen & Erin, our Co-directors of the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. Chat with us to learn more about the Institute’s programs and plans.
Stay for some good breakfast, conversation, and company!
Dates:
The second Tuesday of the month!
May – 5/9 – 8:00 am

Community Dinner (August)
2023-08-31 18:00 - 20:00 | M.K. Gandhi Institute, 929 S Plymouth Ave, Rochester, NY 14608, USA, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
Let’s connect, talk, mourn, celebrate, exchange stories, create ideas, dream, and get to know each other over a shared meal! Bring a dish if you would like to, but don’t worry, we’ll be cooking up a few of our own. Everyone is welcome — you can donate if you would like to, but all we ask is that you bring curiosity, respect, and an appetite!
If you want to join, or if you are bringing dishes or snacks, please let us know by emailing erin@gandhiinstitute.org

Garden Work Party
2023-09-02 13:00 - 15:00 | NY
Volunteer throughout the spring and summer in our community garden. You can help us plant, tend, and harvest produce (and flowers!). Please wear weather-appropriate clothes you don’t mind getting dirty and closed-toe shoes. Tools and gloves will be provided. Thanks so much for supporting this green space!

De-escalation Workshop
2023-09-09 15:00 - 18:00 | M.K. Gandhi Institute, 929 S Plymouth Ave, Rochester, NY 14608, USA, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
Come practice skills to reduce violence and help keep each other safe!
Join us on September 9th for a workshop for transforming conflict and de-escalating tense situations. Participants will work collaboratively to respond to conflict in ways that enable and promote safe outcomes.
We welcome all community members to register!

Breakfast Chats
2023-09-12 08:00 - 09:00 | M.K. Gandhi Institute, 929 S Plymouth Ave, Rochester, NY 14608, USA, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
Join our Directors for breakfast & conversation!
Come to get to know us and talk about your part in supporting nonviolence in Rochester and beyond. Share breakfast with Gwen & Erin, our Co-directors of the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. Chat with us to learn more about the Institute’s programs and plans.
Stay for some good breakfast, conversation, and company!
Dates:
The second Tuesday of the month!
September – 9/12 – 8:00 am

Open House 2023
2023-09-16 13:00 - 16:00 | M.K. Gandhi Institute, 929 S Plymouth Ave, Rochester, NY 14608, USA, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
Join us at the Gandhi Institute!
We’re thrilled to open our doors and green spaces to our community in our 13th Annual Open House on September 16th from 1-4pm.
Get a taste of what goes on at the Gandhi Institute through food, games, yoga, music, meditation, games, and more! (Some community partners will have some surprise activities you won’t want to miss.)
It’s a fun and family-friendly event, so bring your friends and come join us!
RSVP today!

P.S. If you are interested in volunteering click here!

Rochester Roundtables: Walk the Talk
2023-09-23 11:00 - 13:00 | NY
Join us in this community empowerment series, rooted in essential dialogues. This series is focused on bringing together generations, to draw on collective wisdom towards naming, understanding and galvanizing around issues that are critical to our community.
The second meeting of the Rochester Roundtable series will take place on Saturday, September 23 at 11 AM at the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence (929 S. Plymouth Ave.) For more information contact Erin Thompson at erin@gandhiinstitute.org or call 585-565-8453.

Intro to Restorative Circles with Dominic Barter
2023-10-06 - 2023-10-08 | NY
Intro to Restorative Circles with Dominic Barter

This October Dominic Barter, from Brazil, will offer a weekend introduction to the design of dialogical
social systems.

We’ll focus on how communities, families, groups and institutions can discover and strengthen their own effective responses to conflict through the unique Restorative Circles process developed by Dominic and colleagues in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the mid 1990s. This craft process of community self-determination has inspired change in a huge diversity of contexts, proving effective in war zones from the kitchen table to the office, from classrooms to campaigns, from prisons to court rooms and even armed civil conflict.

The Friday evening is an open presentation.

The full weekend event invites participants to share resources, food, care for children, rides and housing, so that those who wish to come are able to, while also sustaining the work and the communities from which it sprang. By increasing access in these ways, we take steps toward a living experience of this work.

Contact for questions: bianca@gandhiinstitute.org / restorative.circles.newyork@gmail.com

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Breakfast Chats
2023-10-10 08:00 - 09:00 | M.K. Gandhi Institute, 929 S Plymouth Ave, Rochester, NY 14608, USA, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
Join our Directors for breakfast & conversation!
Come to get to know us and talk about your part in supporting nonviolence in Rochester and beyond. Share breakfast with Gwen & Erin, our Co-directors of the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. Chat with us to learn more about the Institute’s programs and plans.
Stay for some good breakfast, conversation, and company!
Dates:
Tuesday, 10/10 – 8:00 am
Tuesday, 11/14 – 8:00 am
Tuesday, 12/12 – 8:00 am
Tuesday, 1/9 – 8:00 am
Tuesday, 2/13 – 8:00 am
Tuesday, 3/12 – 8:00 am
Tuesday, 4/9 – 8:00 am
Tuesday, 5/14 – 8:00 am

Roxy Manning Book Talk
2023-10-14 15:00 - 17:00 | NY
Explore a groundbreaking approach to fighting racism and white supremacy culture through compassionate yet fierce dialogue, inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King’s Beloved Community. Dr. Roxy Manning provides practical tools and frameworks that foster connection and courage, reimagining antiracist conversations. Join us for this event at Spiritus Christi Church on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 3 PM EST.
Sponsored in collaboration with the MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence and ROC SURJ.
Register Here: https://bit.ly/RoxyBookTalkOct14
Pre-order books: https://hipocampochildrensbooks.com
Books available for purchase at event.
Questions?
Contact Kit – kit@gandhiinstitute.org

Rochester Roundtables: Walk the Talk
2023-10-21 11:00 - 13:00 | NY
Join us in this community empowerment series, rooted in essential dialogues. This series is focused on bringing together generations, to draw on collective wisdom towards naming, understanding and galvanizing around issues that are critical to our community.
The third meeting of the Rochester Roundtable series will take place on Saturday, October 21 at 11 AM at the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence (929 S. Plymouth Ave.) For more information contact Erin Thompson at erin@gandhiinstitute.org or call 585-565-8453.

Roxy Manning Book Group
2023-10-23 17:30 - 19:00 | NY
Join Gwen and Bianca for this 4-week online book group, centered on Dr. Roxy Manning’s “How to Have Antiracist Conversations: Embracing Our Full Humanity to Challenge White Supremacy.” Dr. Manning offers a groundbreaking approach to fighting racism and white supremacy culture through compassionate yet fierce dialogue, inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King’s Beloved Community. This group will meet Mondays, starting October 23 from 5:30-7:00 pm EST until November 13. We’re looking forward to sharing this learning space with you!
If you have any questions feel free to reach out to: gwen@gandhiinstitute.org and bianca@gandhiinstitute.org

Sketch & Sip
2023-10-27 18:00 - 19:00 | NY
Join Gwen and Bianca for an evening filled with tasty alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks as well as fun and interactive drawing activities. No drawingskills or materials required, just come as you are! This event is a mini-fundraiser for the Institute so a $10 donation is requested. However, if you want to come and are short on cash, we got you! Space is limited so please register! If you have any questions feel free to reach out to bianca@gandhiinstitute.org
