Anger as a Voice for Change
2020-08-25 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | NY
Anger is a powerful emotion that can sometimes have destructive effects, but anger can also be harnessed to remind us what’s important, and to create change in our interpersonal relationships and communities. Join facilitators Bianca Pointner and Jonathan Jones for this interactive webinar.
We will explore:
-Angers relationship to other emotions
-Skills to process and harness the energy of anger
-Ways to relate to anger in others
Registration & Cost:
Capacity is limited to 25, please register below to reserve your spot.
In an effort to make our events as accessible as possible, we’ve created a donation-based model, starting at no cost.

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Educating for Peace: Supporting the Youth in your Life
2020-08-26 13:00 - 15:00
What can our children learn about peace during and beyond this time of COVID-19? Is it possible to cultivate life-long learners during a crisis? Whether you’re a guardian new to teaching, or a seasoned teacher curious about peace, you’re welcome to join Gandhi youth educator, Alexandria Hubbell, as we explore how peace can be a theme to further enrich education, now and tomorrow.
Registration & Cost:
Capacity is limited to 25, please register below to reserve your spot.
In an effort to make our events as accessible as possible, we’ve created a donation-based model, starting at no cost.

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If you would like to contribute a different amount, choose Option 1, press “next,” and then designate the amount on the final summary page.

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Garden Work Party
2020-08-27 16:30 - 18:00, 2020-09-03 16:30 - 18:00, 2020-09-10 16:30 - 18:00
We are now accepting volunteers! Due to the pandemic we will be limiting how many volunteers we can have in the garden at a time, to encourage proper social distancing. We ask that you confirm with Alejandra@gandhiinstitute.org or Chyna@gandhiinstitute.org when you plan to help out. See you soon!

Online Grief Circle
2020-09-04 12:00 - 13:15, 2020-09-08 12:00 - 13:00, 2020-09-10 17:00 - 18:00, 2020-09-15 12:00 - 13:00, 2020-09-18 17:00 - 18:00, 2020-09-22 12:00 - 13:00, 2020-09-24 17:00 - 18:00, 2020-09-29 12:00 - 13:00
Join us for this opportunity to share what’s heavy on your heart during these uncertain times.
Registration & Cost:
Capacity is limited to 25, please register below to reserve your spot.
In an effort to make our events as accessible as possible, we’ve created a donation-based model, starting at no cost.

Please select one of the three options that works best for your budget.
If you would like to contribute a different amount, choose Option 1, press “next, and then designate the amount on the final summary page.

Thank you for participating and supporting us in being of service to the most people during this time of need.

Medicine For Hate
2020-09-11 12:00 - 13:30, 2020-10-16 12:00 - 13:30
What is hate? How does it shape our thoughts, identities, and communities? What can we do about it? Join Gandhi Institute Director Kit Miller and colleague Chyna Moorehead for an afternoon dedicated to exploring this seldom discussed topic through a variety of perspectives and traditions.

Nonviolence News Happy Hour
2020-09-11 16:00 - 17:00, 2020-10-09 16:00 - 17:00
Join the M.K. Gandhi Institute and Nonviolence News Editor Rivera Sun and others to explore this week’s Nonviolence News stories. Share your favorite headlines, your burning questions, the most creative tactics, and ideas for taking action in your own community.cNonviolence News was started in Spring 2019 by Rivera Sun as a sister project of Nonviolence Now. Nonviolence is used on a far vaster scale – and far more frequently – than most people imagine. It is literally changing our world and shaping our lives every single day. By collecting an impressive round-up of stories, Nonviolence News shows readers what’s happening. It gives us a different sense of the size and effectiveness of nonviolence in action. No longer a fringe element, nonviolence is increasingly being portrayed as the powerful force it truly is: ordinary and extraordinary all at once.
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Quote from one of our participants who recently joined the Happy Hour:
“Attending this session was hopeful, inspiring and thought-provoking. Thank you so much!”
Deep Gratitude to our co-sponsors for supporting the Happy Hour-Series:
Backbone Campaign
M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
Nonviolence News
Nonviolence International
Metta Center For Nonviolence
River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding

Natasha's Birthday!
2020-09-19 00:00 - 23:59

Race and Restorative Justice Book Group
2020-09-23 19:00 - 2020-10-14 20:30
This book group is for people who are interested and committed to deepening their understanding of the intersection of race and restorative justice.
Gandhi Institute staff members Natasha Morrison, Erin Thompson, and Kit Miller will lead this discussion group.

The first meeting will take place on Wednesday September 23rd, from 7-8:30 PM. Participants will need to have read chapter 1 (pg 1-30) before the first meeting, and are responsible for purchasing the book on their own.
The group will meet again from 7-8:30 PM on Wednesday September 30th, October 7th, October 14th. All meetings will be held via Zoom.
Unfortunately, Rochester City School District Teachers cannot earn professional development credit, as the deadline for credits applied for this academic year ends the first week of June. We wish that were not the case, and hope RCSD teachers will still consider participating.

Capacity is limited to 25, please register below to reserve your spot.
In an effort to make our events as accessible as possible, we’ve created a donation-based model, starting at no cost.

Please select one of the three options that works best for your budget.
If you would like to contribute a different amount, choose Option 1, press “next,” and then designate the amount on the final summary page.

Thank you for participating and supporting us in being of service to the most people during this time of need.

Nonviolence News Happy Hour
2020-09-25 16:00 - 17:00
Join the M.K. Gandhi Institute and Nonviolence News Editor Rivera Sun and others to explore this week’s Nonviolence News stories. Share your favorite headlines, your burning questions, the most creative tactics, and ideas for taking action in your own community.
Nonviolence News was started in Spring 2019 by Rivera Sun as a sister project of Nonviolence Now. Nonviolence is used on a far vaster scale – and far more frequently – than most people imagine. It is literally changing our world and shaping our lives every single day. By collecting an impressive round-up of stories, Nonviolence News shows readers what’s happening. It gives us a different sense of the size and effectiveness of nonviolence in action. No longer a fringe element, nonviolence is increasingly being portrayed as the powerful force it truly is: ordinary and extraordinary all at once.
Subscribe here to receive the weekly e-newsletter.
Quote from one of our participants who recently joined the Happy Hour:
“Attending this session was hopeful, inspiring and thought-provoking. Thank you so much!”
Deep Gratitude to our co-sponsors for supporting the Happy Hour-Series:
Backbone Campaign
M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
Nonviolence News
Nonviolence International
Metta Center For Nonviolence
River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding

Before We March: Strategies for Powerful Social Change
2020-09-26 13:00 - 16:00
Nonviolent action offers tools, strategies, and effective approaches for making change. In this 3-hr webinar, you’ll discover how to merge principles and strategy to create powerful nonviolent campaigns. Building on strategies used here in the US and globally, trainer Rivera Sun will walk participants through creating power analyses, and planning campaigns and strategies that fit specific goals, and adapting to changing circumstances, opportunities and opposition, and more. You’ll come away with ideas you’ll return to over and over as you work for environmental, racial, and economic justice, peace and social change. We’ll cover types of nonviolent action (over 200!), shifting people into supporting your cause, finding ways to leverage people-power into policy change, and other useful approaches. This webinar is for everyone from decades-long activists to newcomers to making change.
Participants will learn:
The 6 Steps of Kingian Nonviolence
Basics of Nonviolent Action
How to Design Effective Nonviolent Campaigns
Ways to Build Support Using Spectrum of Allies
An Understanding of How Power, Struggle, and Change Works

“This workshop is experiential, fascinating and is the most timely workshop we can offer at this time of upheaval and change. Please join us and tell others. “-Kit Miller

Presenter bio: Rivera Sun is a nationwide trainer in strategy for nonviolent campaigns. She offers trainings for many organizations, including the MK Gandhi Institute and Pace e Bene/Campaign Nonviolence. Rivera is the editor of Nonviolence News, the author of The Dandelion Insurrection and other novels, and serves on the Advisory Board for Backbone Campaign and World Beyond War. Her articles on movement strategy and nonviolence are syndicated by PeaceVoice and have been published in over 100 journals. www.riverasun.com

Capacity is limited to 25, please register below to reserve your spot.
In an effort to make our events as accessible as possible, we’ve created a donation-based model, starting at no cost.

Please select one of the three options that works best for your budget.
If you would like to contribute a different amount, choose Option 1, press “next,” and then designate the amount on the final summary page.

Thank you for participating and supporting us in being of service to the most people during this time of need.

Nonviolence: A Strategic and Moral Compass in Extraordinary Times
2020-10-02 12:00 - 13:30
Grievance and deprivation, perceived or real, tempt groups into violent behavior. Rapid change, social upheaval and uncertainty make violent expression of social discontent even more likely. It is in those moments that we are called to demonstrate a heightened sense of restraint and sound judgement. It is in those moments that nonviolence presents as a timely and timeless concept for contemporary societies. And yet, while few would disagree about the virtue of nonviolence, a similarly firm belief and understanding about its power, strategy and discipline is much harder to locate.
The M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence and Rumi Forum, proudly inspired by two masters of nonviolent action, are co-hosting this event on Gandhi’s birthday, the International Day of Nonviolence. The program features a panel from scholarly as well as practitioner backgrounds. Our speakers will guide an exploration of the current state of nonviolent action around the globe, its growing relevance amid social unrest, and efforts to make it an inherent element of individual and collective behavior.

10th Annual (Virtual) Open House
2020-10-04 14:00 - 15:30
Join us to learn more about the Gandhi Institute and our initiatives. Choose one of our pillars to hear about our projects in that area. We are excited to bring the Gandhi Institute to you in these times of virtual learning and social distancing!

Before We March: Strategies For Powerful Social Change
2020-10-17 13:00 - 16:00
Building on strategies used to create effective campaigns here in the US and globally, trainer Rivera Sun will walk participants through creating power analyses, and planning campaigns and strategies that fit specific goals, and adapting to changing circumstances, opportunities and opposition, and more.
“This workshop is experiential, fascinating and is the most timely workshop we can offer at this time of upheaval and change. Please join us and tell others. “-Kit Miller

Presenter bio: Rivera Sun is a nationwide trainer in strategy for nonviolent campaigns. She offers trainings for many organizations, including the MK Gandhi Institute and Pace e Bene/Campaign Nonviolence. Rivera is the editor of Nonviolence News, the author of The Dandelion Insurrection and other novels, and serves on the Advisory Board for Backbone Campaign and World Beyond War. Her articles on movement strategy and nonviolence are syndicated by PeaceVoice and have been published in over 100 journals. www.riverasun.com

Capacity is limited to 25, please register below to reserve your spot.
In an effort to make our events as accessible as possible, we’ve created a donation-based model, starting at no cost.

Please select one of the three options that works best for your budget.
If you would like to contribute a different amount, choose Option 1, press “next,” and then designate the amount on the final summary page.

Thank you for participating and supporting us in being of service to the most people during this time of need.

Garden work party
2020-10-24 10:00 - 11:30
