Charter for Compassion's 2016-17 Annual Report

Charter for Compassion Annual Report 2016-17

Global Compassion Movement

We believe that a compassionate world is a peaceful world.

We believe that a compassionate world is possible when every man, woman and child treats others as they wish to be treated-with dignity, equity and respect.

We believe that all human beings are born with the capacity for compassion, and that it must be cul<vated for human beings to survive and thrive.

“Our world is dangerously polarized. There is a worrying imbalance of power and wealth which results in the control and dominance of a few over the many. Growing rage, malaise, aliena>on, and humilia>on have erupted in terrorist atroci>es that endanger us all.

We are engaged in wars that we seem unable either to end or to win. Disputes that were secular in origin, such as the Arab-Israeli conflict, have been allowed to fester and become “holy,” and once they have been sacralized, posi>ons tend to harden and become resistant to pragma>c solu>ons. Yet we are bound together more closely than ever before through digital media.

Suffering and want are no longer confined to distant, disadvantaged parts of the globe. We all face the terrifying possibility of environmental catastrophe. It has become impera>ve to apply the Golden Rule globally, ensuring that all peoples are treated as we would wish to be treated ourselves. If our communi>es, ins>tu>ons, and ethical tradi>ons fail to address this challenge, they will fail the test of our >me.”

~Karen Armstrong, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life

Solution

The response to the Charter has helped reveal the existence of a subterranean global compassion movement. We work to support the emergence and effec>veness of that movement in communi>es everywhere, enabling thousands of organiza>ons to act in concert to create a world in which dialogue transforms conflict. We inspire and sustain cultures of compassion locally and globally through diverse ini>a>ves in educa>on, ci>es, business, health care, and religious and spiritual communi>es. Through a vibrant Partner Network and global communica>on plaPorms we share informa>on, stories and experiences.

The ci>es that sign on to become Compassionate Ci>es are working to iden>fy the unique issues that need to be addressed through compassionate ac>on in their par>cular place on Earth. Issues range from a lack of social jus>ce for women, for immigrants, for the LGBT community, or for those orphaned by the tragedy of the AIDS epidemic. In some communi>es, it is issues of drugs, or gang violence, or the need for equitable healthcare or confron>ng the effects of environmental racism in marginalized communi>es. Others are working to provide empowerment to youth and to educate people about the need for compassion in addressing environmental issues.

The concern of people in all these communi>es is driven by the idea that beneath our culture of indifference runs a deep river of compassion, a vast aquifer of loving kindness wai>ng to be

tapped, yearning to be released. In the 21st century, scien>fic evidence has mounted for compassion as an essen>al ingredient in maintaining thriving, healthy, resilient, and innova>ve enterprises, ins>tu>ons, and communi>es.

We started 2016 with 311 compassionate ini>a>ves and ended 2017 with 405 ci>es, in 52 countries of the world. We made some significant headway with lending support to grassroots teams of organizers who struggled to address the most grave and pressing problems within their communi>es.

Every city is different, with a unique history, and a confluence of diverse cultures, languages, and habits. So every city has a unique path to becoming a community in which compassion comes alive. However, what all ci>es have in common is that in order for compassion to build, there is a call for ci>zens who have the imagina>on, energy, and courage to start the movement.

We have selected some stories that highlight the excep>onal work that happened within our compassionate ci>es in 2016-17. There are hundreds of such stories and while we know some, we realize we don’t know them all. A`er all, this is a grassroots movement in which many of the coordinators and team members of an ini>a>ve have jobs, families and even if they are re>red are working harder than they ever have. All are challenging themselves and their team members to assure that tomorrow will not resemble the past but will bring light to a new story compassionate care.

Karachi, Pakistan

Charter for Compassion Pakistan

The Compassion team in Pakistan has been working on a significant number of projects since 2011. They have become globally known for some of their “firsts”: a Compassion Schools Network, Collabora>ve Library Project, Compassionate Cricket Club, Compassionate Community Network, Business Quo>ent, Ramzaan Challenge among others. An ongoing commitment is to collect one million signatures among Karachi ci>zens to the Charter for Compassion.

In the last two years three new ini>a>ves were started.

Mumkin was launched in three geographic areas, targe>ng around 25-35 women in each community. Ages are ranging between 19-45 years.

Training in fashion designing and entrepreneurial skills is being provided in collabora>on with Fashion and Business Ins>tutes. The aim is to help women make compe>>ve quality products which can compete with market standards and enable par>cipants to sell their products within their own communi>es at affordable prices.

Educa6on Management Organiza6on (EMO)

Mumkin

According to famous saying; “If you educate a woman you educate an en>re genera>on.” Mumkin is a social learning space for underprivileged women to come together, socially connect with each other, acquire useful skills and share their knowledge. The project >tle highlights the message that women are equal members of society and with the right aftude and improved skill set; it is possible for them to become a thriving asset for a society.

A`er consistent efforts of the Charter for Compassion (CFC) to make humanity common in all corners of Pakistan; the Charter made another goal to take educa>on to the next level in the country. The EMO project along with the CFC made a Sindh Educa>on Sector Plan which sets its goal to make every child in the province not only educated without financial aid, but also given quality educa>on compe>ng the private schooling system and opportuni>es for deserving youth to earn a living through teaching profession. The project aims to make educa>on common regardless of gender, ethnicity, and class or language barriers. Opera>ve since 25th Feb 2016, this project has been successful in opening several schools and has started educa>ng several millions of pupils in areas like Sukkur and Khairpur, and aims to spread more rapidly than before in other areas of Sindh at large.

Since the occurrence of the most devasta>ng heat wave in Karachi in 2015, the city witnessed a deep shock of loosing more than 1200 lives. This warranted immediate ac>on, leading to the crea>on of Compassionate Footprint project. The CFC Pakistan teams went into an immediate overdrive to spread awareness about the environment. The target audience was schools and an awareness campaign was supplemented with a planta>on drive to increase the strength of the immediacy and importance of the message.

Towards a Smart City of Change Makers: Compassionate Pune, India

As the grassroots organizers of Pune say: Poona Pune is the Pune of our deepest dreams: a city which is spiritually fulfilling, economically thriving, socially just and environmentally sustainable. It is a Compassionate City where everyone is a Leader who ini>ates ac>on on things that they deeply care about in a way that others are inspired to join. It is a city of “Changemakers” (to use the term of Ashoka).

Compassionate Pune is dedicated to crea>ng a community with a thriving ecosystem for human evolu>on and well being—a city that is environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just.

Recently a cadre of the team formed a group, ICatalysts®, who are working directly with other ci>es to share processes that bring about compassionate transforma>on. However, most important to the organizing team (pictured below) is working in the field of educa>on.

Principal’s Round Table

Star>ng in 2016 Compassionate Pune created the Principal’s Round Table. The opening event, was amended by over one hundred educators including principals and head administrators, represen>ng schools and ins>tu>ons across the city and local region.

Nipun Mehta, founder of ServiceSpace, an incubator of gi` economy projects that inspire people to be the change they wish to see, launched this new ini>a>ve. Par>cipants had an opportunity to share their experiments in compassion and kindness projects. The Principal’s Round Table and another new project, Educa>on Today Society Tomorrow, con>nue to offer workshops, work in local schools and collaborate on compassionate curriculum.

Pune, India

Charter for Compassiona—Sri Lanka

Begun in June 2016, the Sri Lanka Compassion Ini>a>ve is a project to bring back compassion in both public and private lives, star>ng first in Colombo, and then to other outlying areas adjacent to the city.

The launch was a shared fellowship dinner. Coming together, on the streets of Dehiwal, Colombo, residents “broke their fast” by having a street dinner. This was an interfaith gathering.

While this was the first step in developing an understanding of each other #compassioncolombo, the compassionate ini>a>ve is now working to expand its presence by working with volunteer efforts in healthcare and educa>on programs that are working within the Colombo area.

Charter for Compassion—Yemen

Begun in early 2016, Compassionate Yemen was a response to the horrors of war and internal displacement of people within Yemen, and most par>cularly in the city of Sana’a. In their sustainable ac>on plan, the team stated that they are working to send a message that they are prepared to work and not fight through adop>ng projects and quality programs in several fields.

Specifically their goals are:

• Help the community during and a`er the war

• Link Sana'a as a compassionate city with ci>es of mercy around the world

• Form a network of local coopera>on between non-profit organiza>ons in Yemen

• Spread the peace, by sending a message to the figh>ng sides about the possible damage they are crea>ng.

• Spread awareness on the risks of weapons.

The team has been able to set up safe houses for refugees, start a meal program, provides services in hospitals.

Sana’a, Yemen

Handvest voor Compassie—Compassionate Netherlands

The first Charter for Compassion ini>a>ve in Europe was the Netherlands, In May, 2016 Romerdam became the 76th City to Affirm the Charter. Mayor Aboutaleb affirmed the Charter for Compassion on behalf of the ci>zens of of Romerdam. In his speech he emphasized the importance of ‘so` powers’ in society today. "All the threats and confronta>ons with violence and terror should never make us forget how important it is to keep seeing others as human beings.”

In a video message that Karen Armstrong made especially for Romerdam, she once more accentuated that the West should pay more amen>on to civilian casual>es in far away wars (Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan) to make clear that all lives are equally valuable. Romerdam received congratula>ons from the mayor of Belfast, the Charter for Compassion Australia, Idaho, Atlanta, Tucson and Louisville.

The ‘We-society program’ of the city will, from now on be strongly connected to these ci>es.

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Other highlights for Handvest have included:

• Recorded a video with Mayor Lenferink of Leiden in which he tells what compassion means to his city (Leiden was the first Netherlands city to sign the Charter in 2009). Collaborated with Compassion for Care, Vereniging Arts en Auto and the Career Care Center on the organiza>on of the Compassion Prize 2017 with the theme Care and the ques>on "Who cares for the healthcare provider?"

• The Compassieprijs 2017 was awarded on Saturday, November 25 during the members event at Vereniging Arts and Auto in Beesd. The jury chose from the 22 submimed projects (including six within Dutch hospitals) the ini>a>ve "More pa>ent consulta>on >me" from a general prac>>oner won.

Waves of Compassion—Halifax, Canada and the Interfaith Community

As Jim Tolbert and Kim McAulay, founders of Waves of Compassion in Halifax say: “There’s always room for a limle more compassion in the world, and one non-profit organiza>on has developed a tool kit to ensure that compassion reaches every corner of the Halifax community. This has been the most recent accomplishment of the compassion team.

Waves of Halifax has been developing the toolbox over the last several years and are now ready to put it to the test by encouraging local partners to use it in order to find their own way to become compassionate businesses, schools and universi>es, healthcare and interfaith organiza>ons. Halifax Regional School Board and Halifax Regional Municipality have both commimed to u>lizing the tool box within their ins>tu>ons.

Waves of Halifax also works closely with the local Interfaith Community and were instrumental in being involved in the organiza>on being awarded the 2016 World Interfaith Harmony Award. In April 2016, Anthony Power and Kim MacAulay, representa>ves from Waves of Compassion and Interfaith Harmony Halifax (IHH), along with two representa>ves from Uniharmony Partners Manila, Philippines, and the interna>onal Euclid University were at the award ceremony in Jordan’s Royal Court to receive the King Abdullah II World Interfaith Harmony Week Prizes.

In making selec>ons, the judges took into considera>on efforts made despite scan>ness of resources, but also took into considera>on the terms of the Prize, judges rewarded events specifically celebra>ng the World Interfaith Harmony Week rather than good interfaith work in general. Also, they further took into considera>on whether events were consistent with the text of the U.N. Resolu>on establishing the Prize. Accordingly, judges rewarded events which respected each religion as it is; in accordance

The World Interfaith Harmony Week is based on United Na>ons General Assembly Resolu>on A/65/PV.34 for a worldwide week of interfaith harmony. It was proposed in 2010 by HM King Abdullah II and HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad of Jordan. The World Interfaith Harmony Week will fall on the first week of February of every year and aims to promote harmony between all people regardless of their faith.

The World Interfaith Harmony Week seeks to spread the message of harmony and tolerance among the followers of all the world’s religions, faiths, and beliefs. It seeks to do this by promo>ng their common basis of “Love of God and Love of the Neighbor, or Love of the Good and Love of the Neighbor”. Its message invites everyone, excludes no one, and is purely voluntary.

Belfast, UK

Compassionate Belfast

In 2016, the Compassionate City of Belfast led four community “Conversa>ons Exploring Compassion.” The event descrip>on shared that the aim was to explore “how the Charter for Compassion will translate into a tangible plan for compassionate ac>on among our ci>zens and communi>es,” as well as, “how it can be best used to promote an understanding in our unique city context of Belfast.”

Frank Liddy, Chairperson of Compassion City of Belfast and Co-founding Director of the Belfast Mindfulness Centre who has extensive experience in the community care voluntary mental health sector as well as mindfulness based ini>a>ves, was kind enough to share his reflec>ons on these events. He explained that the Compassionate City Belfast Board and Marilyn Turkovich (Director, Charter for Compassion) were inspired to bring compassionate conversa>ons across the city of Belfast and to explore what a compassionate city there would look like.

“Here in Belfast we have four quarters to our city and due to our troubled past, each quarter more or less remains separate in a once divided city,” explained Liddy. The sad news is that these some>mes quarters were separated by what [are] called the peace walls or lines...the West was predominately aligned to Green/ Republicanism and Na>onalist/ Catholic, the East would be seen as Orange/ Protestant/Loyalist, the North would have

been described as a patchwork area of both Protestant / Catholic and other (the North of the city also experienced the most loss through the troubles), and the South of the city was a neutral area and a more affluent area.”

One Board member served as a host and one as support for each event. Bill Shaw covered the North with Mary McManus as his support, Carolyn Blair covered the South with Frank Liddy as support, Mary McManus covered East Belfast with Bill Shaw in support, and Frank Liddy covered the West with Carolyn Blair as support. The Northern Ireland Mental Health and Arts Film Fes>val (NIMHAFF) was also an organizer of Conversa>ons Exploring Compassion in East Belfast.

During the conversa>ons, informa>on was shared though a presenta>on and video explaining how the Belfast Compassionate Charter was formed and endorsed by City Hall, and about the Charter for Compassion. Par>cipants broke up into groups to discuss the meaning of compassion and what compassion in Belfast might look like. The workshops lasted from 90 minutes to two hours on average and ended with a video of The Golden Rule, which “on feedback from par>cipants was a great note to end on offering hope.”

Gold Coast, Australia

Compassionate Australia’s New City Ini6a6ve: Compassionate Gold Coast

The Charter for Compassion was recognized by the Australian Parliament in 2010. It was the first parliament in the world to affirm the Charter.

In prepara>on for the launch of its strategic plan in 2021, Australia: A Con<nent for Compassion, the Charter for Compassion Australia is introducing four ini>a>ves.

The Launch

Australia: A Con>nent for Compassion will be formally launched via a series of coordinated events across Australia on 21 September 2021. That par>cular day has been chosen as it coincides with the United Na>ons Day of Peace. A project group will be established to plan and oversee the details of this launch.

Na6onal Day of Compassion

Each year an annual day of compassion will be held across Australia. This day will provide an interpersonal opportunity for all Australians to engage in expressing compassion.

Australian Compassion Ci6es Movement

Compassionate ci>es provide a visible presence for engaging council-wide communi>es to come together to recognize and respond to the need for human interac>on and allevia>on of suffering, in innova>ve and meaningful ways.

Compassionate Ac6on Network

The Compassion Ac>on Network encourages grassroots gatherings of people to host conversa>ons on how compassion can be implemented in their work and community lives.

The Gold Coast Affirms the Charter for Compassion

City of Gold Coast formally became a Compassionate City on 21 September, 2017.

Compassionate Gold Coast will focus on:

• Sharing stories of compassion.

• Facilita>ng mul>-sectorial gatherings to discuss key issues the community faces.

• Brokering crea>ve partnerships and innova>ve, resourcing solu>ons to respond to those issues.

Other Compassionate Gold Coast achievements:

• Councillor Glenn Tozer is designated a Compassion Ambassador

• Queensland Premier Department “We Are Queensland – Smart Grants Program” for a Higher Educa>on Project to build a more socially cohesive community.

• Miami State High School hold a Compassion Short Film Fes>val (pictured above).

Monterrey, Mexico

State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico

In the fall of 2015, the organiza>on Encuentro Mundial de Valores (EMV), a group dedicated to universal human values began to work as the organizing team for the Charter for Compassion —State of Nuevo Leon in Mexico. Since that ini>a>on, EMV has accomplished remarkable work. Thirteen ci>es and the State of Nuevo Leon affirming the Charter for Compassion :

• Allende

• Apodaca

• Cadereyta Jimenez

• El Carmen

• General Escobedo

• Guadalupe

• Mina

• Montemorelos

• Monterrey

• State of Nuevo Leon

• San Nicolas

• San Pedro

• Santa Catarina

• San>ago with a sustainable ac>on plan for bringing compassion to their public and private ins>tu>ons.

In 2016, the Compassion State of Nuevo team established a School of Compassion which is dedicated into bringing compassion training in local prisons, and in 2017, the prison system of the State affirmed the Charter for Compassion offering training to inmates and prison personnel.

The School of Compassion also begun teacher training in schools and through EMV’s annual conference has sponsored workshops on compassionate educa>on in 2016 and 2017. They have also conducted sessions in local private and public schools throughout the state.

Closely associated with several NGO’s, EMV is collabora>ng to work in local universi>es, eleven of which have affirmed the Charter for Compassion, in ini>a>ng charitable projects throughout Monterrey and its surrounding areas and to provide services in coopera>on with other organiza>ons.

Atlanta, GA, USA

Compassionate Atlanta, GA

The Compassionate Atlanta Organizing Team in 2016-17 have been working on five specific ini>a>ves to support:

Community Conversa6ons

One of the best ways to raise awareness about the benefits of compassionate ac>on is to host “compassion conversa>ons” with friends, family members, neighbors and co- workers. Compassionate Atlanta has been holding citywide conversa>ons throughout the year.

Community Conversa6ons

The Charter for Compassion’s call-to-ac>on has inspired businesses, schools and other organiza>ons to adopt the Golden Rule and to work with Atlanta’s compassionate projects.

Mindfulness

Atlanta’s third ini>a>ve is to provide guidance and support to other communi>es and individuals who would like to begin prac>cing mindfulness. Periodically the team offers free Mindfulness Workshops around the Greater Atlanta area.

Living Compassionately in a Diverse World

Compassionate Atlanta is engaging partners and organiza>ons in the greater Atlanta area to create conversa>ons and programming about apprecia>ng the differences we all bring to the table. Our communi>es possess a great deal of knowledge, exper>se and a willingness to learn how to be more compassionate to others who are different from ourselves. The first step is recogni>on and then listening and learning.

Children and Youth Ini6a6ve

We know that our children and youth face many challenges as they grow up in a complicated world. Educators and families too struggle with helping children face these challenges.

Compassionate Atlanta seeks to increase the opportuni>es for understanding and compassionate ac>on in the lives of our children and youth in order to create more vibrant and healthy communi>es, schools and families.

Austin, TX, USA

Compassionate Aus6n, TX

The Aus>n City Council passed a Resolu>on n April 14, 2016 designa>ng Aus>n as a Compassionate City!

The Aus>n team regards itself as a city of social innova>on. They realize that such innova>on does not exist without compassion.

Compassion is what brings people to the table to deal with the community’s pressing needs. Compassionate Aus>n has begun projects in environmental issues, educa>on and is developing a local Chapter of OpenIDEA.

Compassionate St. Augus6ne, FL, USA

St. Augus>ne, the oldest city in the United States, is Florida's First Compassionate City. Their mission is “to influence, inspire and grow a culture of compassion through advocacy, awareness and ac>on.”

Through official Proclama>on, February 2016 was officially designated "The Month of Criminal Jus>ce and Prison Reform Awareness" in the City of St. Augus>ne, Florida. Compassionate St. Augus>ne presented a one-man performance at Flagler College, a compassionate wri>ng workshop, and promoted a city-wide reading of Just Mercy, A Story of Jus<ce and Redemp<on.

Compassion in Ac>on (CIA), an outreach program ini>ated in 2016 is focusing on prison reform. CIA organizes public educa>on and ac>on programs and volunteer opportuni>es in juvenile deten>on facili>es, prisons and in programs that are effec>ve in helping boys and girls find paths that keep them out of the criminal jus>ce system. Each CIA program par>cipants can take several ac>ons to help the criminal jus>ce system be more compassionate, and contribute to a reduc>on of crime. In addi>on, CIA has taken on issues of re-entry of prisoners into society.

Other St. Augus>ne programs include: Environmental Rights, Compassionate Women, Revive Civility, The Golden Way: Films that Make a Difference, and Obelisk 450.

Visit Compassionate St. Augus>ne website to learn more about their work in all programs.

Suppor6ng and Befriending a Refugee Family

Canopy Northwest Arkansas (Canopy NWA), a refugee resemlement nonprofit, approached Compassion Fayemeville in the fall of 2016 about sponsoring a refugee family. Members teamed up with the Unitarian Universalist Church, Temple Shalom and The Omni Center to collect donated items and run a GoFundMe campaign to finance the resemlement.

The family of three arrived with four suitcases and very limle English. The resemlement team provided transporta>on, clothing, food and other types of assistance and mentoring to the new Fayemeville residents. Both of the parents are now employed, their son is amending school and the trio is gefng to know other local families.

“With needs so great, it can feel overwhelming. But with each and every act of kindness that Compassion Fayemeville extends to our refugee family, they are delighPully and humbly thankful. In fact, their gra>tude takes my breath away,” expressed Dian Williams, board president of Compassion Fayemeville.

City-Wide Food Drive 2017

Each year Compassion Fayemeville works with other local groups to run a City-Wide Food Drive. Dian Williams described the efforts to provide food for all through the annual drive. Reflec>ng on the project, Dian William stated: Since poverty has such a deleterious effect on too many in our region, I am grateful for the number of people dedicated to this compassionate and very worthwhile food drive to bring food to the hungry.

Compassionate Dallas-Ft. Worth

Fort Worth, Texas became the first DFW metroplex city mayor/council to sign the Charter for Compassion by resolu>on and become “Compassionate Fort Worth” on August 5, 2014. On July 27, 2017, Compassionate DFW received a lemer from the City of Dallas, Office of the Mayor. On behalf of the Dallas City Council, Mayor Rawlings expressed gra>tude for the work of Compassionate DFW in fostering the Charter for Compassion and cul>va>ng the value of compassion and compassionate ac>on in all that we do as community. He stated further that the city considers it a partner, thus becoming “Compassionate Dallas,” and stands by to support the organiza>on’s efforts in the metroplex area. Richardson, TX is the third compassionate city of the metroplex.

Goals for the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex Ini>a>ves include:

1. Make a clear and luminous statement that “We are an integral part of a compassionate metroplex,” “We are a compassionate city.”

2. Encourage and support Community Conversa>ons / Dialogue designed to raise awareness about the benefits of compassionate ac>on.

3. Encourage and support businesses, schools and other organiza>ons to become Charter of Compassion Partners.

Ft. Worth, TX, USA

4. Encourage and support ci>es and towns of all sizes to become Compassionate Ci>es.

Below are the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex ci>es with which they are currently working to encourage affirma>on of the Charter for Compassion. An informa>onal packet has been given to each mayor. Contact us if you would like your DFW area city to be added to our Campaign.

• Addison

• Allen

• Arlington

• Carrollton

• Colleyville

• Denton

• DeSoto

• Farmers Branch

• Frisco

• Garland

• Grand Prairie

• Grapevine

• Highland Park

• Rockwall

• Rowlem

Picture above illustrates Mayor Betsy Price’s Week of Compassionate Service.

Louisville, KY, USA

Compassionate Louisville

The 2017 Healthcare Leadership Seminar was hosted by the Healthcare Constella<on of Compassionate Louisville with fiscal sponsorship for the seminar coming from the Charter for Compassion Interna<onal. Eminent teachers gave their <me for free. Sponsorship from the University of Louisville School of Medicine, the Kentucky Medical Associa<on, ChooseWell, Passport Healthplan and WellCare helped to offset the expenses of interna<onal students with financial need.

Health professionals from Africa, South America, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the USA gathered June, 2017, for an intensive six-day immersion program exploring topics as diverse as ‘Who am I?’, ‘What is the nature of the mind-body connec>on and holis>c health?, ‘Where does compassion and spirituality fit in?’ and ‘Making a change’.

healthcareThe school was founded by a group of inspiring medical student leaders in the Netherlands – Humans in Health (www.humansoÅealth.com). Witnessing healthcare in crisis and not willing to devote a life>me to working in a broken system, they set

about crea>ng an interna>onal network of young health leaders with a powerful mission – ‘To bring healthcare back to its core: to truly care for health.’ Drawing par>cipants from all around the world, HLS has also been hosted in Portugal and South Africa.

The 2017 HLS was hosted by the Healthcare Constella>on of Compassionate Louisville. Eminent teachers gave their >me for free. Sponsorships from the University of Louisville School of Medicine, the Kentucky Medical Associa>on, ChooseWell, Passport Healthplan and WellCare helped to offset the expenses of interna>onal students with financial need.

For Kentucky par>cipants it was an opportunity to frame health issues in a global context while building leadership and collabora>ve skills that will equip our community’s healthcare team of the future. As a teacher on the program, I found myself awestruck by the talent and determina>on of these young leaders. I feel certain that every single par>cipant will go on to lead amazing change in their health system.

Adapted from an ar>cle wrimen by Dr. Robin Youngson, instructor at the program and founder of Hearts in Healthcare.

In summary: only a fac>on of what is occurring in compassionate ci>es globally has been offered in this report. There were 405 ini>a>ves registered with the Charter by the end of 2017. A list of these ini>a>ves is below. Each community that has affirmed the Charter with its local government and working on a sustainable ac>on plan is noted with an asterisk.

Accra, Ghana

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Allende, NL, Mexico*

Altamone Springs, FL, USA

Amherst, MA, USA

Amman, Jordan

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Anchorage, AK, USA

Ann Arbor, MI, USA*

Apeldorn, Netherlands*

Apodaca, NL, Mexico*

Appleton, WI, USA*

Arlington, VA, USA

Arnhem, Netherlands

Asheville, NC, USA

Ashland, KY, USA

Atlanta, GA, USA*

Aus>n, TX, USA*

Country of Australia*

Aviles, Spain*

Baghdad, Iraq

Bainbridge Island, WA, USA

Bakori, Katsina, Nigeria

Bali, Indonesia

Bancharampur, Bangladesh

Bandung, Indonesia

Bangkok, Thailand

Banyuwangi, Indonesia

Basalt, CO, USA

Beacon, NY, USA

Beaufort, SC, USA

Beirut, Lebanon

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Belgrade, Serbia

Bend, OR, USA

Berkeley Lake, GA, USA

Berlin, CT, USA

Besançon, France

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Bloomington-Normal, IL, USA

Boise, ID, USA

Bojonegoro, Indonesia

Boston, MA, USA

Bramleboro, VT, USA

Brisbane, Australia

Country of Botswana

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Bowling Green, KY, USA

Bracknell, United Kingdom

BranPord, ON, Canada

Bramleboro, VT, USA

Brighton, Sussex, UK

Brussels, Belgium

Buckhannon, WV, USA

Bundaberg, QL Australia Butula, Kenya

Cadereyta Jimenez, NL, Mexico Calgary, AB, Canada

Calicut, India State of California, USA

Cambridge, UK

Canberra, Australia

Canton, MI, USA

Cape Town, South Africa*

Carbondale, IL, USA

Carrboro, NC, USA

Casper, WY, USA

Charleston, SC, USA

Charleston, WV, USA

Charlome, NC, USA

Chamanooga, TN, USA

Chennai, India

Cheyenne, WY, USA

Chicago, IL, USA

Chippewa Falls, WI, USA*

Cincinna>, OH, USA*

Clarkston, GA, USA*

Cleveland, OH, USA

Collingwood, ON, Canada

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Columbia, SC, USA

Columbus, OH, USA

Conway, AR, USA

Cornwall, United Kingdom*

Corvallis, Oregon, USA

Dallas, TX, USA*

Danbury, CT, USA*

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Dayton, OH, USA*

Decatur, GA, USA*

Decatur, IL, USA

Del Rey , Los Angeles, CA, USA*

Denver, CO, USA*

Derry City, United Kingdom

Detroit, MI, USA

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dickson, TN, USA

Dilijan, Armenia

Djibou>, Republic of Djibou>*

Doncaster, United Kingdom

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dublin, Ireland

Duncan, BC, Canada

Durango, CO, USA

Eastsound, WA, USA

Edmonton, AB, Canada

El Dorado Hills, CA, USA

El Paso, TX, USA

Eldoret, Kenya

Elyria, OH, USA

Eskilstuna, Sweden*

Eugene, OR, USA

Fayemeville, AR, USA*

Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

Fitchburg, MA, USA

Flagstaff, AZ, USA

Frankfurt, KY, USA

Fort Wayne, IN, USA

Fort Worth, TX, USA*

Fox River, WI, USA

Fox River Valley, IL, USA

Fremont, CA, USA*

Frisco, TX, USA

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

Gaborone, Botswana

Gainesville, FL, USA

Garcia, NL, Mexico*

Garland, TX, USA

Garut, Indonesia*

Gary, IN, USA

Gaziantep, Turkey*

Glasgow, Scotland

Glastonbury, UK

Gold Coast, Australia*

Gorinchem, Netherlands

Gorsa, Andhra Pradesh, India

Greenville, SC, USA

Groningen, Netherlands*

Guadalupe, NL,Mexico*

Gunnison, CO, USA

Gurgaon, India

Gympie, Queensland, Australia

Halifax, NS, Canada

Hargeisa, Somalia

Harrison Township, MI, USA

Helsinki, Finland

Hemel Hempstead, UK

Henderson, NV, USA

Hendersonville, NC, USA*

Hereford, United Kingdom

Hervey Bay, QL, Australia

Honolulu, HI, USA

Hoogeveen, Netherlands

Hopkinsville, KY, USA

Horsham, United Kingdom

Houston, TX, USA*

Hull, United Kingdom

Hun>ngton Beach, CA, USA*

Huntsville, AL, USA*

Hyamsville, MD, USA

Indianapolis, IN, USA

Inland Valley, CA, USA

Irvine, CA, USA

Jakarta, Indonesia

Jakarta Barat, Indonesia

Johannesburg, South Africa

Johnstown, OH, USA

Kakamega, Kenya

Kalamazoo, MI, USA

Kampala, Uganda

Kansas City, MO, USA

Kapsabet, Kenya

Karachi, Pakistan*

Kathmandu, Nepal

Kendal, United Kingdom

Key Biscayne, FL, USA

Khairo Dharo, Pakistan*

Khartoum, Sudan

Kitchener-Waterloo, CA

Kokamo, IN, USA

Koto Sukabumi, Indonesia

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Lacey, WA, USA*

La Crosse, WI, USA

Lagos, Nigeria

Laguna Beach, CA, USA

Lahore, Pakistan

Lake County, CA, USA*

Lake Forest Park, WA, USA

Lakewood, CO, USA

Lambeth, UK*

Lampasas, TX, USA

Lancaster, PA, USA

Las Vegas, NV, USA*

Leiden, Netherlands*

Lelystad, Netherlands

Leominster, MA, USA

Lexington, KY, USA*

Liverpool, UK

Lochem, Netherlands

LoDo, Denver, CO, USA*

London, ON, Canada*

London, United Kingdom

Longwood, FL, USA

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Louisville, KY, USA*

Lyndhurst, ON, Canada

Lyndon, KY, USA*

Madison, WI, USA

Magnambougou, Mali

Malibu, CA, USA

Malaga, Spain

Mampong-Ashan>, Ghana

Mannheim, Germany

Maryborough, QL, Australia

Meford, OR, USA

Medina, WA, USA

Melbourne, Australia

Messina, Italy

Milford, CT, USA*

Millbrae, CA, USA*

Milwaukee, WI, USA

Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia

Monrovia, Liberia

Montemorelos, Mexico*

Monterrey, Mexico*

Montreal, QC, Canada

Mountain Grove, MO, USA

Mulanje, Malawi

Nairobi, Kenya

Nanaimo, BC, Canada*

Napa Valley, CA, USA

Nashville, TN, USA

Neenah, WI, USA*

Newberg, OR, USA

New Delhi, India

New York, NY, USA

North Bend, WA, USA

Norwich, United Kingdom

Nofngham, United Kingdom

Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Oakland, CA, USA

Oakville, ON, Canada

Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Olean, NY, USA

Onitsha, Nigeria

Oradea, Bihor, Romania

Orange County, CA, USA

Orlando, FL, USA

Omawa, ON, Canada

Palatka (Interlachen), FL, USA

Palm City, FL, USA

Paris, France

Parksville, BC, Canada

Parma, OH, USA

Parma Heights, OH, USA

Peel, Isle of Man, UK

Peja, Kosovo

Penzance, United Kingdom

Pepper, Jamaica

Perth, Australia

Perth, United Kingdom

Phoenix, AZ, USA

Pine Bluff, AR, USA

Plamsburgh, NY, USA

Plymouth, Devon,UK

Plymouth, MN, USA

Pocatello, ID, USA

Pomona, CA, USA

Port Erin, Isle of Man, UK

Portland, ME, USA

Portland, OR, USA

Porto, Portugal

Porto Allegre, Brazil

Portola Valley, CA, USA

Powell River, BC, Canada

Providence, RI, USA

Pune, India

Purwakarta, Indonesia

Raleigh, NC, USA

Redlands, CA, USA

Richardson, TX, USA

Rochester, MN, USA

Rosarito, Baja, Mexico

Romerdam, Netherlands

Rowlem, TX, USA

Running Creek, Australia

Sacramento, CA, USA

Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Salt Lake County, UT, USA

Sana'a, Yemen

San Antonio, TX, USA

San Bernardino, CA, USA

San Diego, CA, USA

San Fernando Valley, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Jose, CA, USA

San Louis Obispo, CA, USA

San Nicolas, NL, Mexico

Santa Ana, CA, USA

Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Santa Catarina, Mexico

Santa Cruz, CA, USA

Santa Maria, CA, USA

Santa Monica, CA, USA

Santa Fe, NM, USA

San>ago, Mexico

São Leopoldo, Brazil

Scranton, PA, USA

Seamle, WA, USA

Seven Hills, OH, USA

Shreveport, LA, USA

Singapore, Singapore

Soap Lake, WA, USA

Somerville, NJ, USA

Sonoma, CA, USA

South Burlington, VT, USA

Spokane, WA, USA

Springfield, MO, USA

Sragen, Indonesia

St. Augus>ne, FL, USA

Saint George, UT, USA

St. Just, United Kingdom

St. Louis, MO, USA

St. Peterborough, ON, Canada

St. Petersburg, FL, USA

Sumedang, Indonesia

Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Surabaya, Indonesia

Surrey, BC, Canada

Sydney, NSW, Australia

Syracuse/Onondaga, NY, USA

Taipei, Taiwan

Tarrington, United Kingdom

Takoma Park, MD, USA

Tehachapi, CA, USA

Telluride, CO, USA

Thies, Senegal

Tijuana, Mexico

Greater Toledo & NE, OH, USA

Toronto, ON, Canada

Tower Hamlets, LON, UK

Tromso, Norway

Troy, MI, USA

Tucson, AZ, USA

Tulsa, OK, USA

Tus>n, CA, USA

Ukiah, CA, USA

Utrecht, Netherlands

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Venloo, Netherlands

Vero Beach, FL, USA

Victoria, BC, Canada

Villa Park, CA, USA

Virginia Beach, VA, USA

Vista, CA, USA

Washington, DC, USA

Wells, Somerset, UK

West Hollywood, CA, USA

Westland, MI, USA

Westminster, CA, USA

Wheeling, WV, USA

Wilmington, NC, USA

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Winston-Salem, NC, USA

Woodstock, NY, USA

Zagreb, Croa>a

Charter for Compassion 2016-2017 Highlights

On 1 January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit officially came into force. Over the next fi`een years, with these new Goals that universally apply to all, countries will mobilize efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequali>es and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is le` behind.

At the Charter we know that we can collec>vely overcome the challenges that we face as a global community. To that end we have incorporated each of the goals into our communi>es tool box and shown how the goals relate the work of our partners throughout our twelves sectors (art, business, educa>on, environment, healthcare, interfaith/spirituality, peace, restora>ve jus>ce, science and research, social jus>ce, social services, women and girls).

The new Goals are unique in that they call for ac>on by all countries, poor, rich and middleincome to promote prosperity while protec>ng the planet. They recognize that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and addresses a range of social needs including educa>on, health, social protec>on, and job opportuni>es, while tackling climate change and environmental protec>on.

The Charter for Compassion Community Toolbox gained a new sec>on in 2016: “Spirituality Assets for Community Building.”

The Community Tool Box is a four-part model or framework for building a Compassionate Community. Those working to create Compassionate Communi>es are moved through empathy to compassionate ac>on—a desire to address pain and suffering wherever it occurs—not only in their own communi>es but in all communi>es and for all living beings everywhere.

“Spirituality” refers to the quali>es that inspire us to do what is right and good–for ourselves and for others. This new chapter of the toolbox is about those quali>es and their applica>on in one’s personal, professional, and community life. “Spirituality Assets for Community Building” was wrimen with the support and contribu>ons of experts connected with the Charter for Compassion and simultaneously appear on our website and on the University of Kansas' Community Tool Box. Individual sectors of the chapter include: Being Compassionate, Being Charitable towards Others, Forgiveness and Reconcilia>on, Promo>ng Peace, Spreading Hope, Promo>ng Hospitality. New segments will be added in 2018.

New Sector Added to the Charter for Compassion: Women and Girls

Since the beginning of recorded >me, we know women sit at the center of our communi>es. Women are first to gather together when their families and communi>es are threatened. We are drawn together by a biological innate impera>ve to heal, nurture, support and protect our environment and preserve our cultures and tradi>ons. Indigenous wisdom reminds us of this and the cri>cal need to collaborate and cooperate, hold one another up and blow in one another’s sails.

The mission of the Charter for Compassion

Women and Girls sector is to provide a plaPorm that would enable and foster the partnerships of our Charter Partners who encounter and advocate on all issues, such as those related to gender equality, educa>on, feminine leadership, and spirituality. All who explore crea>ve solu>ons that contribute to promo>ng the crea>on of a balanced and peaceful global community are embraced and supported. With our Partners, we aim to co-create healing one heart at a >me for swi` and regenera>ve change of our communi>es and world.

Goals of the Women and Girls Sector

Along with our Partners: we address condi>ons that impact women and girls in order to accomplish our goals of co-crea>ng a balanced, healthy and sustainable society for all humanity.

Empowering Poli6cal Literacy: The founda>on of the Charter for Compassion is built on the Ci>es ini>a>ve. We want to ensure women have a fair and equitable role in local government. To that end we are commimed to working within our Ci>es network and with our Partners to

to bring awareness to programs, organiza>ons and educa>onal opportuni>es so women are well equipped to enter the poli>cal arena and have a voice in their community’s policy and solu>ons based decisions.

Advancing Educa6on for Girls in STEAMD (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math, Design); When we focus on the cri>cal importance of girls becoming well educated in these areas of study, we are ensuring they are prepared to compete and thrive in the world ahead of them. Like all of our ini>a>ves, we operate in the manner of collabora>on and support of our Partners and elevate their efforts to help us accomplish our mutual goals of crea>ng a culture of compassion and peace and where all girls and women reach their fullest poten>al. Please let us know if you are interested in mentoring girls.

Advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Each goal has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years. We recognize the role women and girls play in addressing each of these goals and the impact each of them have on helping us achieve or Vision. We consider each of these goals in our decision making and programming.

Ambassador program: empowers the most important layer of our leadership.

Consor6um connec6ons: Charter Partners who iden>fy in the Women and Girls sector are further organized by their body of work. We encourage opportuni>es to network, learn, share, and explore with others in similar fields of interest and work.

We strive to elevate: our Partner's work on social media, through our programming and in our newslemers.

Webinar Series: We host webinars throughout the year that promote issues and bring high profile amen>on to certain ini>a>ves. We are careful to engage our Partners who work on these ini>a>ves.

The Charter for Compassion Joins Sound Vision and Compassionate Atlanta to Launch One America Coali6on

encourages all Americans to sign and join its One America Registry as a way of recalling the unique and incomparable nature of the modern American iden>ty whose very founda>ons are diversity and immigra>on.

Not only does the One America Coali>on repudiate the U.S. government’s uncons>tu>onal policies on immigra>on, but also, on a broader front, seeks to combat an emerging vision of America relinquishing its long-held moral high ground among the community of na>ons.

The One America Registry at hmp:// oneamericaregistry.org is a na>onwide campaign to inform Americans about the harmful consequences of these policies and provide ideas, ac>on items and materials for individuals to help defeat them. Such policies include a domes>c Muslim registry, faith-based bans on refugees and visas, mass deporta>on policies and amacks on U.S. sanctuary ci>es.

Imam Malik Mujahid, the President of Sound Vision (a co-founder of the One America Coali>on) and Chair-Emeritus of the Parliament of World’s Religions, called the current government’s ac>ons “dangerous, discriminatory and uncons>tu>onal.”

“The One America Registry is a powerful way to show President Trump that he cannot divide Americans so easily. Americans of all races and religions, men and women, young and old, we stand together as one America in opposi>on to divisiveness and hate.”

What Makes a Compassionate City?

We want all Charter members to consider being a part of an informa>ve project which started in 2017. The Charter for Compassion announced a new collabora>on with the “What is the Meaning of Life” project and its founder, Nicolae Tanase, and Dr. Lesa Walker, founder of the Compassionate Aus>n movement. The Project is >tled, “What makes a compassionate city?” We have begun to gather and publish the insights of individuals in several communi>es in response to the following ques>ons:

• What makes a compassionate city/ community?

• How do you personally measure compassion?

• What do you do to contribute to crea>ng a more compassionate community and world?

• Where is compassion needed in your city?

• Where does it exist?

• If your city was one of compassion, what would that look like? What is your idea of a compassionate city?

Compassion Summit in Amman, Jordan

The American Community School and the Charter for Compassion hosted the first annual Compassion Summit from March 22-25, 2017. Over 250 students, teachers, administrators and parent representa>ves from eleven schools, from seven countries (Bahrain, Dubai, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia) amended the session.

The three day session was reported in the Near East and South Asia school publica>on:

The messages that students were given from the range of workshops and keynote speakers, Marilyn Turkovich from the Charter for Compassion, and Kathy Kelly from Voices in the Wilderness, were the kinds of inspira<onal life lessons that will be cherished for years to come. It was the kind of event that can be a catalyst for life-altering commitments to service, to finding voices to oppose injus<ces, and to working on the maWers of the heart.

All par<cipa<ng students came up with an Ac<on Plan for their schools on how to infuse compassion into all aspects of school life, from K-12. All of the delegates used Design Thinking to work through some tough problems, to listen to the story of the other, and to make a commitment to compassionate ac<on. Our keynote speakers and workshop leaders inspired

delegates to do more, to think more, to dare more, and to love more.

Culmina<ng in a day of service learning with nearly 70 refugee children on campus, we debriefed as the visi<ng students who par<cipated were leZ in tears from the impact of their work.

Student voices from the Compassion Summit: hmps://youtu.be/y-eKarO47Ic

The Charter for Compassion the Bridge Alliance Award in 2016

The Bridge Alliance named the Charter for Compassion the top organiza>on that embodies civilu<on. Criteria for the award included the following core principles:

• Collabora>ve partnership -- excellence in collabora>on with other individuals or organiza>ons, finding crea>ve ways to work together.

• Innova>ve solu>ons pufng country before poli>cs—crea>vely addressing even the most challenging of problems across poli>cal divides or special interests.

• Display of Curiosity and Inquisi>veness in poli>cal conversa>ons—demonstra>on of openness and curiosity, display of respect and civility.

Amman, Jordan

Charter Funding and Financial Statements

The Charter for Compassion became a 501(c)3 in 2014. Prior to that it was under the fiscal management of the Compassionate Ac>on Network (CAN) and before that was launched under the auspices of the TED organiza>on and then the Fetzer Ins>tute. The Charter is predominately a grassroots organiza>on that works with interna>onal volunteer assistance. There are lead volunteers for each of the twelve sectors. Financing for the Charter for Compassion for 2016-2017 came from the following sources:

Charter for Compassion expenses fell into categories listed below. Income for the Charter has been consistent since 2014 when it became its own 501(c)3, under $185,000 each year. We have been able to achieve our goals and objec>ves because of our commimed volunteers.

Charter for Compassion Board of Directors

The Global Compassion Council is the advisory body for the Charter for Compassion. Recruited from around the world, the Council is a confluence of leaders of the movement in the realms of government, business, educa>on, philanthropy, religion & spirituality, health care, the environment, peace, and social jus>ce.

The chair of the Council is Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, a devoted ac>vist for peace and social jus>ce. The governing Board of Directors is drawn from the members of the Council. The Board consists of the following members: Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell, president; Dr. James Doty, M.D., vice-president; Toni Murden McClure, treasurer; Amin Hashwani, director-atlarge and the following members:

Karen Armstrong, 2008 TED Prize winner, creator of the Charter for Compassion.

Allan Boesak, South African poli>cian and poli>cian and an>-apartheid ac>vist.

Amy Novogratz, former director of the TED Prize, television and web producer.

Anil Sachdev, Indian business leader and founder of the School for Inspired Leadership in Gurgaon, India.

Anil Singh-Morales, religious scholar, business execu>ve, and co-founder of Seamle’s Compassionate Ac>on Network.

Anne Tillery, managing partner at Pyramids Communica>ons.

Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp, human rights advocate, writer, environmental ac>vist.

Caren Goldman, author, journalist and cofounder of Compassionate St. Augus>ne.

Chandra Muzaffar, interna>onally known Malaysian advocate for human rights.

Cynthia Figge, business innovator and leader in movement for corporate social responsibility,.

Darshita Gillies, founder of a chapter of Conscious Capitalism in the UK.

Diana Eck, Harvard professor, director of the Pluralism Project.

Elizabeth Rider, Director of Academic Programs at the Ins>tute for Professionalism and Ethical Prac>ce, Boston Children’s Hospital/ Harvard Medical School.

Haidar Bagir, Indonesian publisher and educator,

Howard Behar, former president of Starbucks Interna>onal.

Janja Bec, Serbian peace and humanitarian ac>vist focused on war crimes and genocide.

Jean Zaru, Pales>nian Quaker, founding member

of the Theology Center in Jerusalem; helped establish Friends Interna>onal Center in Ramallah.

Jeff Vander Clute, evolu>onary leader consultant to technology startups, nonprofits at the leading edge of social transforma>on, and global communi>es of prac>ce.

Lynne Twist, global ci>zen, teacher, author of The Soul of Money, co-founder of the Pachamama Alliance.

Magdalena Whoolery, ci>zen ac>vist and organizer, founder of the Botho Compassion Movement in Bostwana.

Michael Wolfe, Muslim American poet, author, Execu>ve Producer of Unity Produc>ons Founda>on; author of The Hadj, and One Thousand Roads to Mecca.

Imam Mohamed Magid, president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), Imam of All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) Center in Sterling, Virginia.

Monica Neomagus, co-founder of the Dutch Charter for Compassion Founda>on, trainer, organizer, social worker.

Mussie Hailu, peace ambassador and teacher from Addis Adaba; interna>onal advocate and ac>vist for crea>ng a culture of peace, interfaith harmony & coopera>on.

Rev. Dr Ofelia Ortega Suárez, minister of Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba, elected member of the Cuban Na>onal Assembly, leader in World Council of Churches.

Owsley Brown, philanthropist, filmmaker, and ac>vist on behalf of interfaith partnerships and the compassion movement.

Peter Storey, former president of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, past president of the South African Council of Churches, and Methodist Bishop of Johannesburg/Soweto.

Chief Phil Lane, Jr., enrolled member of the Yankton Dakota and Chickasaw First Na>ons, leader in human and community development,

Chair of the Four Worlds Interna>onal Ins>tute (FWII).

Robi Damelin, leader and spokesperson for the Parent’s Circle in Pales>ne/Israel, a peacemaking organiza>on composed of parents who have lost their children in the conflict.

Robin Youngson, physician and anaesthe>c specialist in New Zealand, interna>onally renowned for his leadership promo>ng compassion in healthcare.

Roshi Joan Halifax, Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, and pioneer in the field of endof-life care; Founder, Abbot, and Head Teacher of Upaya Ins>tute and Zen Center in Santa Fe.

Tom Williams, co-host of the Partnership for a Compassionate Louisville; founder and chair of Restora>ve Jus>ce Louisville, Inc.; past President of the Louisville Bar Associa>on.

Vinciane Rycrog, Director and Co-Founder at Mind with Heart in London, United Kingdom; main organizer behind the interna>onal conference Empathy and Compassion in Society Conference.

Will Poole, Social Technologist and angel investor, co-founder and Managing Partner of Unitus Seed Fund, former corporate vice president of the Unlimited Poten>al Group at Microso` Corp.

Yaffa Maritz, co-founder of Listening Mothers, using reflec>ve and mindful techniques to increase enhance paren>ng; founder and director of the Community of Mindful Parents.

Zeid Abdul-Hadi, Co-Founder, Vice-Chairman and Chief Execu>ve Officer of an investment and development company in Amman – Jordan; founder of Charter for Compassion Jordan.

Individual Donors to the Charter for Compassion

Algeria

Gary Come

Mohamed Redha

Australia

Robyn Maggs,

Terence HartC

Jennifer Flinn

Kellie Edwards

Catriona Devlin

Donald Chalmers

Chris Waltrowicz

Angela Falkenberg

John Dean

Lynne Reeder

Jayendra Shah

Heather Lawrence

Shona Pearson

Elizabeth Morgan

Veronica Anderson,

Katherine Hayward

Debbie Ling

Norman Jackson

June Lennie

Vikas Rana

Vince Schubert,

Jenny Collins-White,

Hollie Fifer

Catherine Whewell,

Andrew Allsop

Amy Kate Isaacs, Kelvin Grove

Kevin Diflo

Viviennne Dawes

Jill Gillmore,

Damien Carroll

Helen Murphy

Denis Hopking

Kevin Kingswell

Elizabeth Johnston

David Laczko

Malcolm Robertson

Thong Phap Thich

Shanika Kalansooriya

Maxine Radus

Anna Stathis

Rebecca Hoffmann

Virginia Margaret-Ann

Adlide

Ron Baumann

Amanda Elliom-Brennan

AUSTRIA

Elisabeth Florkowski,

Joanna Francis

BANGLADESH

Abdullah Rakeeb, Md Reshad Ur Rahman MD. ABU Sayem

BELGIUM

Anneme Cairns

Jacobus Van Heuven,

Sagee Wize

Anne Soenen Geertrui De Ruymer

Kate Mayne

Stefan van den Broeck,

Katrien Francois

Thomas Boone

Jimmy Martens

Mieke Verhelst

Anne Marie Hautekeete

Luc Wimers Rob Vanderwildt Claude Vanstaen Jozefa Driessens Tom Van den Steen Natasha Degroote Olivier Lefebvre Frank Vanmessem

BENIN

Gisele Elaine AdounvoAffolabi, Abomey-Calavi

BERMUDA Monica Jones

BHUTAN

Tshering Choden

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Maria Schildknecht

BRAZIL

Cassandra Corvello Zenon Lotufo Junior

William Souza

Cecilia Hartmann Regueira

Hugo Bernardo

Charles Melo, Chonchal

Ana Luiza Soares Ana Soares, RJ Andres Nacht

Felipe Bovolon

Cris>ane Almeida

BULGARIA

Kremena Lazarova

CANADA

Sharon Gubbay

Gilles Bouchard

Janet E Staniforth

Anne-Marie Burrus

Kathleen M Chambers

Susan Hawker

Angela Saxe,

Constance Milbrath

Dawn Clarke

Sharon DeWreede

Debbie McGee

Isobel Dowler

David Walsh

Fran Darlington,

Ian Gartshore

Gabriella Komar

Gregory Baum

Lynn Mar>n

Monique Tro>er

Marcelle Kors

Michele Ramray-Huish

Norma Collier

Taylor S M

Mary Picard Rod WadeB

Sean McStay

Sheena Frisch

Nyingje Norgang

Edwin Parkinson

Janet Thomson

Bemy Ann Hubbell

Alice Margaret Leaker

James Williams,

Victoria Jimenez

Toni Crawford

Tracey Ferguson

Upkar Arora

Sebas>an Lopez

David Lewis-Peart

Donna Valai>s

Patricia Tilmant Randeep Purewall

Linda Boucher, Peter Farncombe

Emily Leonard

Kim Lassiter

Mindy Yi

Heather Hurst

James An

Lori Wyam-Shiers

Theresa Mudge

Sylvia Carlson

Rochelle Risman

Natalie Speth, ON

Janet Gasparini

Grace Ross

Sarah Gwynn

Tarin Sultana

Ronny Yaron

Judith Mills

Carlos Tavare

Celine Yeung

Andrea Armstrong,

Moh'Ku Sayeed

Farzad Hassani

Norbert Krumins

Emily Schroeder

Penny Rankin

Delphine Elleze

Gordon Halsey

Pam Benson

Alexandra Sellers

Rae Haddow,

Alexandra Audet

Mary-Frances Scully

Anne Scappa>cci

Nicole Anderson

Barbara Wilson

Susan Fisher

Bridget McEwan

Nestor Felix

Ellen Judd

Mona Talje

Stanley Wong

Ken Bentham

Reid Parker

Anne Marie O'Sullivan

Diane Markis

Wong Kan Yi

Tj Killoran

Stephen Shanahan

Percival Peter

CatJoslyn Sharp

Michael Kirwin,

Gwen A McGrenere

CAYMAN ISLANDS

Kenneth Hydes

Suzanne Muise

CHINA

Xin Zhang

COLOMBIA

Alba Cris>naStefanny

Pacheco GarciaCarlos

Mario Murillo

COSTA RICA

Nuria Camps Salat

Anita Myketuk

CROATIA

Tin Dolick

Cyprus

Rachel Pemus

DENMARK

Erik Andersen

DOMINICA

Idahosa Charles, Roseau

ESTONIA

Madis-Marius Vahtre

FINLAND

Sami Humunen

Liisa Pohjonen

FRANCE

Chen Lin-mea

Yuka Nishina Karin Gangloff

Jean Raffin

Nathalie Onfray

Marilyn Deegan Sylvaine Van den Esch

Rachel Alburga duPre, Pierre Musset

GAMBIA Ansumana Badjie

GERMANY

Chris>ne Braehler

Jaime Quoll

Susanne Bachmann Annemarie Jacobs

Thomas Ulrich

Alexandra Stelmach

Teresa Jane

Alexander Gatesman

Medrano Kreidler

Sophia Tolle

Ludwig L'Hoste

Alexandra Enke,

Ahmed Salah

Anne Hersmann

Leila Miadi

Alex Pojda

Andrea Salame

GREECE

Antonis Triantafyllakis,

GUATEMALA Sherry Miller

HONG KONG

Tiffany Hon

Melissa Shadforth

HUNGARY

Melinda Varfi

ICELAND Petur Knutsson

INDIA

Abbas Sutarwala

Anne Moreigne

Robert Bellarmine, Teri Tivey Jaslein Mahi

Anant Bhaskar Garg

Dimple Shah Prasad, Titu Gogoi, Anuradha Prasad

Ahira Cheriyan

Sahil Aggarwal

Leo van der Meij

INDONESIA

Ali Bin Zed

Ellan Rohelan

Reni Susan>

Rima Liga

Leilani Hermiasih,

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

IRAN

Mohammad Jamali

Has> Seifi

IRELAND

Sarah Bird

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