Composite assembled from two original Library of Congress photographs. Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948; Dr. King was 19. They never met in life. They meet here in the way they actually meet, in the work that joins them.
Dayton, Ohio · Est. 2024
A 501(c)(3) private foundation stewarding the Season for Nonviolence and the joined work of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in the company of their descendants and successors.
The Season for Nonviolence
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Sixty-four days between the assassinations of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Founded in 1998 by Arun Gandhi with the support of Coretta Scott King. We carry it forward each year through public commitments to live without violence in thought, speech, and action.
How to Observe the SeasonHow the work moves
Nonviolence is not the absence of violence. It is a positive force, a way of life that has to be practiced every day, by every person, in the smallest of decisions. Arun Gandhi (1934–2023), grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and founder of the Season for Nonviolence
What's next
India · led by Tushar Gandhi
A guided cultural immersion exploring the life and impact of Mahatma Gandhi, led by his great-grandson. Registration and itinerary on request.
Dayton International Peace Museum · youth
Workshops in peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and empathy development for students. Hosted in partnership with the Peace Museum.
A network of inheritance
The Gandhi-King Center board is held together by lived family and lived professional kinship: a great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, a first cousin of Dr. King raised in the same household, a cousin of Coretta Scott King, an Ambassador with two decades of work alongside Arun Gandhi, a Patron in the United Kingdom House of Lords, and the colleagues and family members who built the center in Dayton.
Support the work
Gandhi-King Center for Nonviolence is a 501(c)(3) private foundation. EIN 99-3986935. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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