The M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence is located at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY.  We are dedicated to carrying out the principles of Mohandas K. Gandhi. Learn more about Gandhi!

Working in partnership with University of Rochester students and other organizations, we help local children learn about alternatives to conflict, teach nonviolence through service projects, plant food and flower gardens on and off the University of Rochester campus, tend sections of the nearby Genesee River, participate in urban agriculture to reduce hunger and create jobs, and support a grassroots movement to make Rochester a national leader in restorative justice.  We strive to identify, support and create projects and social systems that value all lives equally and where means and ends are understood to be inextricably linked.

Nonviolence means to:

- honor the dignity and worth of every human being and the sacredness of all life

- practice mindful consumption. 'Live simply so that others may simply live'

- listen deeply with an intent to understand and to address the fundamental causes of violence in order to create lasting peace

- actively challenge ignorance, prejudice, poverty, oppression and exploitation without resorting to violence. Work for justice, healing and reconciliation

- cultivate moral strength and courage through education, community building and creative nonviolent action

- cultivate a spiritual practice of nonviolence

- take responsibility for being peacemaker wherever you are-with family, in school, at work, in your community, nation and worldFebruary 1, 2009