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Local chapters of the Gandhi-King Center carry the Season for Nonviolence and the joint practice of Gandhi and King into their own communities. A chapter can be a campus group, a congregation, a civic organization, a peace committee, or a small circle of neighbors who decided to start one.
Chapters are local. They are not franchises of the foundation; they are local expressions of the same practice. A chapter:
When a chapter is approved, the center sends a complete kit so you do not have to invent anything from scratch:
The legal and ethical framework. What the chapter commits to, what the center commits to, how disagreements are handled.
Permission to use the Gandhi-King Center name and mark, with a usage guide that protects the integrity of the brand without micromanaging.
64 days of suggested content, daily practices, kickoff scripts, closing reflections. Use what fits your community; skip what doesn't.
Sample agendas for Peace Camp, public lectures, community reads, film screenings, and interfaith gatherings. Reusable, adaptable.
Access to board members and the center's speaker network for chapter events. Tushar Gandhi, Rev. Joel King, and others speak at chapter gatherings when the calendar allows.
A designated board contact for your chapter, quarterly check-ins, and answers to the questions you didn't know you'd have.
The full chapter-formation system, including the global chapter directory, the chartering pipeline, and the chapter-portal tools, launches with the 2027 Season for Nonviolence. Submit a chapter inquiry now to be on the founding-chapters cohort. Approval and kit-shipping for founding chapters happens during the second half of 2026.
Coming with the 2027 Season
An interactive map of chapters worldwide will live here. As chapters form, their pins appear on the map and their public-facing pages link from this directory. The center coordinates an annual chapter gathering and publishes a global Season report each spring.
Chapters chartered before the 2027 Season for Nonviolence are designated founding chapters. They are named in the archive's permanent record of the center's first generation. They are invited to the inaugural global chapter gathering. They help shape the chapter-portal tools, the chartering pipeline, and the governance model that all subsequent chapters will use.
Founding chapters do not need to be large. A serious circle of three people in a city that has never had a peace organization counts.