M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence

Online Grief Circle
2021-02-17 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-02-15 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
We will be offering online grief circles for the month of February every Monday Evening from 7pm to 8pm EST and Wednesdays from 12pm to 1pm EST. Please join as often as you like.
Come to this space of listening, where what is burdening and wearying your heart will be heard and honored.
“So much harm is happening to us at a collective level constantly. There’s no room to grieve. There’s no room to rest. There’s no room to recover.” -adrienne maree brown
Facilitation:

Rev. Dr. Stephanie L. Sauvé has been a clergy person in the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. for over 35 years. She recently retired from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, where she has served for 20 years as a professor and administrator. Stephanie received an M. Div from Yale Divinity School and a D. Min from Colgate Rochester Divinity School.

Dr. Sauvé is a certified Spiritual Director and a trained Conflict Mediator/Transformer.
She leads retreats, offers spiritual direction, and works with faith communities in conflict.
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.

Race and Restorative Justice Workshop with UCP
2021-02-16 19:00 - 20:30
“Race and Restorative Justice” by Fania E. DavisSome of us participated in a book study this fall, but we want to give people an overview of practices from this book in a single session. You might want to buy and read the book first. You can purchase it for $5 or $6 HERE.
Again, it’s free and open to anyone in the community or anywhere.
Register below to get the Zoom link.

Online Grief Circle
2021-02-10 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-02-03 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-02-01 19:00 - 20:00
We will be offering online grief circles for the month of February every Monday Evening from 7pm to 8pm EST and Wednesdays from 12pm to 1pm EST. Please join as often as you like.
Come to this space of listening, where what is burdening and wearying your heart will be heard and honored.
Facilitation:

Rev. Dr. Stephanie L. Sauvé has been a clergy person in the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. for over 35 years. She recently retired from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, where she has served for 20 years as a professor and administrator. Stephanie received an M. Div from Yale Divinity School and a D. Min from Colgate Rochester Divinity School.

Dr. Sauvé is a certified Spiritual Director and a trained Conflict Mediator/Transformer.
She leads retreats, offers spiritual direction, and works with faith communities in conflict.
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.

Online Grief Circle
2021-02-08 19:00 - 20:00
We will be offering online grief circles for the month of February every Monday evening from 7:00pm to 8:00pm EST and Wednesdays from 12:00pm to 1:00pm EST. Please join as often as you like.
Come to this space of listening, where what is burdening and wearying your heart will be heard and honored.
Facilitation:

Rev. Dr. Stephanie L. Sauvé has been a clergy person in the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. for over 35 years. She recently retired from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, where she has served for 20 years as a professor and administrator. Stephanie received an M. Div from Yale Divinity School and a D. Min from Colgate Rochester Divinity School.

Dr. Sauvé is a certified Spiritual Director and a trained Conflict Mediator/Transformer.
She leads retreats, offers spiritual direction, and works with faith communities in conflict.
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.

Gandhi tea social
2021-01-28 16:00 - 17:00
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.

Racial Justice Workshop Series
2021-01-14 19:00 - 20:30
Racial Justice Workshop Series co-sponsored and led by the Gandhi Institute – will wrap up with two final workshops in 2021.
Racial Justice Leaders Forum (with 3 Rochester area leaders)
Please invite anyone you know in the community or among friends and family outside the area. This is a free, online workshop (funded by a denominational grant).
Register here to get the Zoom link.

Appointment Reminder #1 - Victor Pest Management & Expert Environmental
2021-01-06 14:00 - 15:00
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Nonviolence News Happy Hour
2020-12-18 16:00 - 17:00, 2020-12-04 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.
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

Online Book Group: "Healing Resistance"
2020-12-10 19:00 - 2021-01-21 20:30
Join Kit Miller and Jonathon Jones in reading this 2020 book on nonviolence by Kingian nonviolence and restorative practitioner Kazu Haga. This group will meet Thursdays 7:00-8:30 pm for 6 weeks, Dec 10 – Jan 21.
**Note: We will not meet on Dec 24th and Dec 31.
Check out a review of the book here.
*For those looking to order a copy of the book, our friends at Hipocampo Books have them in stock! Click here to visit their website and place an order!
Contact Kit Miller with questions: kit@gandhiinstitute.org

Chyna's Birthday!
2020-12-02 00:00 - 23:59

Anger as a Voice for Change
2020-11-20 17:00 - 18:30, 2020-11-06 17:00 - 18:30
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.

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
2020-11-20 16:00 - 17:00, 2020-11-06 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

Online Grief Circle
2020-11-13 17:00 - 18:00
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.

Alex's Birthday!
2020-11-12 00:00 - 23:59

Restorative Systems: Justice and Community Safety Reimagined
2020-11-10 18:00 - 2020-11-17 20:30
During this learning event you will begin to develop the experience and skills needed to support organizations and communities in developing their own restorative systems.
We strongly recommend that participants from neighborhood associations, community based organizations and other groups seeking to reform the justice system consider participating. If possible we recommend that two people from your group attend, to increase your capacity to implement the learning. We will:

Identify the five preconditions to setting up a restorativesystem

Learn the key components of a conscious, systemic response to conflict that enables community members to identify and solve problems for themselves

Develop a practical structureand set of agreements that groups/ communities can develop to learn from and transform conflict that strengthens relationships and enhances community accountability

Discover the benefits of a restorative structure and see how those benefits relate to enhanced community connection, safety, and social cohesion

This event will consist of three (3) two and a half (2 ½) hour sessions. The sessions will be interactive with considerable time for practical learning and the integration of learning.
This work was originally developed in the favelas in Brazil by Dominic Barter and colleagues, and has been used by communities in a variety of settings on five continents. (See below for more about the framework behind this approach)
This event is a collaboration between Partners in Restorative Initiatives (www.piri.org) and the Gandhi Institute. The event is grant-funded and free. We will ask for a contribution from participants at the end to help fund the next round of these experiences for others.

More on Restorative Systems:
What is justice? How do we achieve it? In this time of the Black Lives Matter movement and its demand for racial equity; police caused violence and killings; nightly protests and increasing polarization these questions become even more urgent and vital. Does it mean only retribution and punishment? Or is what we are seeking building safer, more equitable communities where harm in all it forms and at its various levels can be addressed?

Our current justice system – with its strategies of punishment, policing, and prison – has not made our communities safer nor improved their well-being. As we have seen, more training or different policies is not effective. This is because crime and other forms of social harms that happen in our communities are not individual problems but systemic problems. We need to reimagine what justice means.

A Restorative approach brings a justice that seeks to transform broken lives, relationships and communities; it emphasizes bringing together everyone affected by harms to address needs and responsibilities, and to heal the harm to relationships and community. Thus it is inherently focused on systems.

A Restorative system is a dynamic set of agreements that a community makes to guide them in working with conflict, harms, and other issues of community safety. A Restorative System empowers a community to design structures and processes that work with conflict and community safety issues in ways that are based on their values, their needs, their preferred ways of working. The whole process is designed by the community, run by the community, and owned by the community. It supports communities in addressing all forms of harm, not just the individual acts but as systemic problems. In fact the very act of establishing a restorative system in a community is an act of systems change. And it can also be a powerful compliment to alternative policing strategies and community safety initiatives.

Duke Bio:
Facilitator Duke Duchscherer is a Certified Trainer with the International Center for Nonviolent Communication and is a past member of the Board of Directors for the MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. He has facilitated training in Restorative Circles and Nonviolent Communication around the world with a depth and breadth of peoples and communities from small villages at the grassroots to governmental leaders at the United Nations on five continents.
Some of this work has included supporting the transformation of active conflicts such as leading a series of restorative dialogues between the Ukrainian army and the pro- Russian community where they reside near the warfront in Ukraine; or facilitating dialogue between state-level government officials, minority/indigenous groups, and those who have been directly harmed by strikes, protests, and border closings due to the promulgation of the new Nepal constitution. Duke has also worked extensively in the area of reconciliation leading numerous dialogues such as one between former Shining Path & MRTA rebels, former military, civil society leaders, and those directly harmed during the ‘time of violence’ in Peru; or between Rwandan genocide survivors and recently released prisoners who killed their families. (see the documentary In The Eyes of the Good and the website www.togetherwethrive.world for examples of Duke’s work).
We are thankful to the Wilson Foundation for sponsoring these two community training opportunities.

Gandhi Tea
2020-11-10 16:00 - 17:00
Grab a cup of tea and join us to learn more about the work we do in the Rochester community

Restorative Systems: Justice and Community Safety Reimagined
2020-11-10 13:00 - 2020-11-17 15:30
Registration for this session is full.
During this learning event you will begin to develop the experience and skills needed to support organizations and communities in developing their own restorative systems.
We strongly recommend that participants from neighborhood associations, community based organizations and other groups seeking to reform the justice system consider participating. If possible we recommend that two people from your group attend, to increase your capacity to implement the learning. We will:

Identify the five preconditions to setting up a restorativesystem

Learn the key components of a conscious, systemic response to conflict that enables community members to identify and solve problems for themselves

Develop a practical structureand set of agreements that groups/ communities can develop to learn from and transform conflict that strengthens relationships and enhances community accountability

Discover the benefits of a restorative structure and see how those benefits relate to enhanced community connection, safety, and social cohesion

This event will consist of three (3) two and a half (2 ½) hour sessions. The sessions will be interactive with considerable time for practical learning and the integration of learning.
This work was originally developed in the favelas in Brazil by Dominic Barter and colleagues, and has been used by communities in a variety of settings on five continents. (See below for more about the framework behind this approach)
This event is a collaboration between Partners in Restorative Initiatives (www.piri.org) and the Gandhi Institute. The event is grant-funded and free. We will ask for a contribution from participants at the end to help fund the next round of these experiences for others.

More on Restorative Systems:
What is justice? How do we achieve it? In this time of the Black Lives Matter movement and its demand for racial equity; police caused violence and killings; nightly protests and increasing polarization these questions become even more urgent and vital. Does it mean only retribution and punishment? Or is what we are seeking building safer, more equitable communities where harm in all it forms and at its various levels can be addressed?

Our current justice system – with its strategies of punishment, policing, and prison – has not made our communities safer nor improved their well-being. As we have seen, more training or different policies is not effective. This is because crime and other forms of social harms that happen in our communities are not individual problems but systemic problems. We need to reimagine what justice means.

A Restorative approach brings a justice that seeks to transform broken lives, relationships and communities; it emphasizes bringing together everyone affected by harms to address needs and responsibilities, and to heal the harm to relationships and community. Thus it is inherently focused on systems.

A Restorative system is a dynamic set of agreements that a community makes to guide them in working with conflict, harms, and other issues of community safety. A Restorative System empowers a community to design structures and processes that work with conflict and community safety issues in ways that are based on their values, their needs, their preferred ways of working. The whole process is designed by the community, run by the community, and owned by the community. It supports communities in addressing all forms of harm, not just the individual acts but as systemic problems. In fact the very act of establishing a restorative system in a community is an act of systems change. And it can also be a powerful compliment to alternative policing strategies and community safety initiatives.

Duke Bio:
Facilitator Duke Duchscherer is a Certified Trainer with the International Center for Nonviolent Communication and is a past member of the Board of Directors for the MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. He has facilitated training in Restorative Circles and Nonviolent Communication around the world with a depth and breadth of peoples and communities from small villages at the grassroots to governmental leaders at the United Nations on five continents.
Some of this work has included supporting the transformation of active conflicts such as leading a series of restorative dialogues between the Ukrainian army and the pro- Russian community where they reside near the warfront in Ukraine; or facilitating dialogue between state-level government officials, minority/indigenous groups, and those who have been directly harmed by strikes, protests, and border closings due to the promulgation of the new Nepal constitution. Duke has also worked extensively in the area of reconciliation leading numerous dialogues such as one between former Shining Path & MRTA rebels, former military, civil society leaders, and those directly harmed during the ‘time of violence’ in Peru; or between Rwandan genocide survivors and recently released prisoners who killed their families. (see the documentary In The Eyes of the Good and the website www.togetherwethrive.world for examples of Duke’s work).
We are thankful to the Wilson Foundation for sponsoring these two community training opportunities.

Online Grief Cirlce
2020-11-08 12:00 - 13:00
