M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence

Garden Work Party
2023-09-02 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
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!

Roxy Manning Book Group
2023-10-23 17:30 - 19:00
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
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

Breakfast Chats
2023-11-14 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, 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

Rochester Roundtables: Walk the Talk (November Meeting)
2023-11-18 11:00 - 13:00
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 fourth meeting of the Rochester Roundtable series will take place on Saturday, November 18 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.

In-Person Grief Circle
2023-11-19 12:00 - 13:30
“Every one of us is an expert on what it is like to live on an endangered planet.” -Joanna Macy
What keeps you up at night? What contributes to hopelessness? Join Bianca & Kit for support in community, to honor our pain for the world and to unlock love and energy. Every kind of grief is welcome.

Rochester Roundtables: Walk the Talk (December Meeting)
2023-12-09 11:00 - 13:00 | M.K. Gandhi Institute, 929 S Plymouth Ave, Rochester, NY 14608, USA, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
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 fifth meeting of the Rochester Roundtable series will take place on Saturday, December 9 at 11 AM at the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence (929 S. Plymouth Ave.) If you are able to join us a little earlier, we’d encourage it (as early as 10:30 if you like). This time before the meeting starts will enable us to catch up with one another, have some refreshments, and then get down to business in an efficient fashion at 11.
For more information, contact Erin Thompson at erin@gandhiinstitute.org or call 585-565-8453.

Breakfast Chats
2023-12-12 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!

Register For Breakfast:
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

2023 Holiday Talking Circle
2023-12-16 11:00 - 12:30 | M.K. Gandhi Institute, 929 S Plymouth Ave, Rochester, NY 14608, USA, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
The holidays can be a joyous time for some and a grievous time for others. Some struggle with feeling excluded. Others struggle with concerns about consumption. Whatever your mix of experiences, we welcome you to bring your truth and complexity to this annual event.
Join the circle. Be heard.

NOT SO SILENT NIGHT OF KARAOKE
2023-12-16 18:00 - 21:00 | M.K. Gandhi Institute, 929 S Plymouth Ave, Rochester, NY 14608, USA, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
Grab your friends, family, and colleagues and join us for a night of fun and fundraising for a good cause! This event is a mini-fundraiser for the Institute so a $10 donation is requested. If you want to come and are short on cash, we got you! Space is limited so please register!

Online Grief Circle
2023-12-18 11:00 - 12:00

Weekly Online Grief Circles (January-June 2024)
2024-01-02 12:00 - 14:00
What keeps you up at night? What contributes to hopelessness? Join us for support online and in community, to honor our pain for the world and to unlock love and energy. Every kind of grief is welcome.
Grief circles Thursdays 12-1 pm EST
Questions? kit@gandhiinstitute.org / bianca@gandhiinstitute.org

Weekly Online Grief Circles (January-June 2024)
2024-01-04 12:00 - 13:00
Click here to register!
What keeps you up at night? What contributes to hopelessness? Join us for support online and in community, to honor our pain for the world and to unlock love and energy. Every kind of grief is welcome.
Grief circles Thursdays 12-1 pm EST
Questions? kit@gandhiinstitute.org / bianca@gandhiinstitute.org

Rochester Community Roundtables: Walk the Talk (January Meeting)
2024-01-20 11:00 - 13:00 | M.K. Gandhi Institute, 929 S Plymouth Ave, Rochester, NY 14608, USA, Rochester, NY, 14608, United States
Join us in the New Year for the sixth session of the Rochester Roundtable series will take place on Saturday, January 20 at 11 AM EST at the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence (929 S. Plymouth Ave.) If you can join us a little earlier, we’d encourage it (as early as 10:30 if you like). This time before the meeting starts will enable us to catch up with one another, have some refreshments, and then get down to business in an efficient fashion at 11 AM.
For more information, contact Erin Thompson at erin@gandhiinstitute.org or call 585-565-8453.
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.
