Welcome to the Ahimsa Center Programs and Events!

To facilitate the teaching and learning of nonviolence and nonviolent social change, the Ahimsa Center in the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences at Cal Poly Pomona offers and organizes the following programs and events.

Upcoming Events & Programs

To be announced soon

Nonviolence Studies Minor

Program Description and Requirement

Scholarships for Students Participating in the Minor

Fellowship Programs for K-12 Educators

July 15-28, 2007: Gandhi, Nonviolence and 21st Century Curriculum: A Summer Institute for K-12 Educators
July 18 - 30, 2005: Nonviolence and Social Change: Summer Institute for K-12 Educators

Curriculum on Nonviolence for K-12 Educators

Conferences and Symposia

October 17-19, 2008. Rediscovering Gandhian Wisdom: Building a Peaceful Future Hamilton and Denise Brewart International Conference on Nonviolence.
April 28 - 29, 2006: Ahimsa (Nonviolence) and the Quality of Life Conference
July 3, 2005: Ahimsa and Aparigraha in Contemporary Contexts: International Symposium
May 14-15, 2004: Inaugural Conference: Creating a Culture of Ahimsa

Dialogues

November 3, 2008. Dialogue with Krishnammal Jagannathan, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
April 27, 2008. Gandhi's Ideal of Trusteeship: An Executive Dialogue with Rajashree Birla.
November 8, 2007 From Violence Against Women To Affirming Life: A View on Women and Health in India. Dialogue with Dr. Mira Dakin Sadgopal.
September 8, 2007: The Real Purpose of Business: A Dialogue with R. Gopalkrishnan.
July 26, 2007: Nonviolence in the Time of Terror : Ahimsa Center Dialogue with Mark Juergensmeyer
February 2, 2007: New Perspective on Gandhi for a New Century: Dialogue with Rajmohan Gandhi
November 28, 2006: Films, Politics and Social Justice: A Dialogue with Shabana Azmi & Javed Akhtar
July 16, 2006: Ahimsa Center Dialogue and Lunch with B. Alan Wallace
October 10, 2005: Ahimsa Center Dialogue with A. T. Ariyatane
April 24, 2005: Ahimsa Center Dialogue with Satish Kumar and Dwarko Sundrani
July 17, 2004: Nonviolence and Social Change: A Dialogue with Dwarko Sundrani

Public Lectures

July 19, 2008. Nonviolence and the Art of India. Public Lecture by Sonya Quintanilla October 27, 2007 The Power of Love: A Public Lecture by A. T. Ariyaratne
July 15, 2007: Teaching Truth & Ahimsa: The Gandhian Initiatives. A Lecture by Srimati Kamala
November 12, 2006: Building Global Peace in the Nuclear Age: Lecture by David Krieger
October 16, 2005: Awakened Intelligence and Nonviolence by Catherine Ingram
November 21 , 2004: Gandhi, Nonviolence & Contemporary Conflicts: Lecture by Johan Galtung

Special Events and Workshops

August 11-12, 2007: Balancing the Heart and Mind: A weekend Retreat with Alan Wallace
July 21, 2007: Gandhi: A Man of Action and Prayer. Public Lecture and Bhajan Recital
April 30, 2006: Soil, Soul, and Society: A Workshop with Satish Kumar
November 23, 2004: Nonviolent Conflict Transformation: Workshop with Johan Galtung