Kit Miller has been named director of the MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. She is the organization's third director, and replaces Arun Gandhi, grandson of Indian spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi. | Miller was formerly the director of Oakland, California-based Bay Area Nonviolent Communication, which she grew from a staff of three to 18. | Miller's goals for the MK Gandhi Institute are: to promote nonviolence education and conflict resolution based on Gandhi's writings; to build a peaceful community based on Martin Luther King's work in restorative justice; and to emphasize sustainability through conservation and protection of the environment. | A shortage of resources causes fear and conflict, Miller says. | The Institute is located at the University of Rochester in the Interfaith Chapel. | Arun Gandhi resigned from the Institute two years ago, under fire for a Washington Post blog he authored that was critical of Israel. | "There's no question in my mind that what Arun said on that Washington Post blog was unskillfully said," Miller says. "I'm sadder than I can say. I wish there could have been a way to work through that."