Blogs from Inside the Institute

• Goal: Ending the Race Wars Shannon Richmond

  This piece is by guest contributor Curtis Taylor, who is a teacher at Dr. Freddie Thomas High School in Rochester, New York. The Gandhi Institute has been partnering with Mr. Taylor and other teachers at Freddie Thomas to provide nonviolence education ...

• THE [NON] INEVITABILITY OF CONFLICT Anna-Kristina

  By David Sanchez   Conflict in Palestine and Israel is not inevitable. How do I know this? Because I’ve met people of this land who, despite the overabundance of fuel for hate, recognize that it is just that type of energy that feeds the f...

• World Prayer for Boston Anna-Kristina

  By George Payne Dear God, have mercy on Lu Lingzi, her family, the people of China, and the entire Boston University community. Have mercy on Martin Richards, Martin’s parents, Bill and Denise, and sister, Jane. Have mercy on Krystle Campbell, her...

• The Horror of a Hidden War george

  By George Payne (This article was originally published in the Smugtown Beacon) Friday, March 8, 2013  Rochester, NY -  According to the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism from June 2004-mid-December 2012, American drone strikes kille...

• Rochester, the Culture of Guns, and the Choice to Disarm george

  By George Payne Until gun violence steals the life of your spouse, child, parent, or best friend there is no way to rationalize such primal suffering, especially in the form of an editorial. Consequently, it is assumed that political and spiritual r...

• Peak Oil and the Race to Frack george

  By George Payne Admittedly the hard science involved in hydrofracking is beyond my primary area of competency. As a philosopher and theologian, I am not qualified to speak with the perspicacity of a degreed ecologist, geologist, or mechanical engine...