Our History

The Institute was founded by Arun and Sunanda Gandhi at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee in 1991, four years after they moved to the United States after years of work in India on behalf of some of that country’s poorest people.  Arun is the third grandson of Mohandas Gandhi.   Arun grew up outside Durban, S. Africa at Phoenix Ashram (the first center for nonviolent living that MK Gandhi founded in 1903) and spent almost two years as a youth living with his grandparents in India.

The Institute moved to its current home in the Interfaith Chapel at the University of Rochester in 2007.

Upcoming Events

  • February 23, 2012 7:00 pmNonviolent Communication Class (NVC)
  • February 23, 2012 7:00 pmFoundation Movement Concert
  • March 1, 2012 7:00 pmNonviolent Communication Class (NVC)
  • March 2, 2012 7:00 pmTalking Circle on \\'COOPERATION\\'
  • March 3, 2012 10:00 amIntroduction into Nonviolence
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