Aishwary Kumar, the director of the Ahimsa Center and a history professor, has been named the new Shri Shantinath Endowed Chair in Ahimsa Studies in the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences (CLASS). Ahimsa is the Hindu, Jain, and…
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The Cal Poly Pomona Ahimsa Center is holding an annual conference on the “Transformative Power of Education: Lessons from Gandhi, King, Chavez and Mandela,” on Oct. 5-7. Speakers and workshops will explore the lives and movements of Mohandas K. Gandhi,…
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Why do millions of people starve when there is an abundance of food? Vandana Shiva, an environmental activist, believes the key to solving the problem is sustainable farming. She will discuss this topic and others at her lecture, ¿Hunger in…
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The Ahimsa Center will be hosting an international conference Nov.12-13 on sustainability and nonviolence. Ahimsa, which literally means “no harm,” focuses on nonviolence as a way of life and a force for positive social change. Although Gandhi did not specifically…
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