On February 28, 2008 Karen Armstrong won the TED Prize and made a wish: for help creating, launching and propagating a Charter for Compassion. Since that day, thousands of people have contributed to the process so that on November 12, 2009 the Charter was unveiled to the world.
The Life of the Charter
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February 28, 2008
Karen Armstrong wins the TED Prize and makes her wish to have the TED community help her create, launch, and propagate a Charter for Compassion.
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September 1, 2008
The Charter for Compassion begins to build its partnership network with organizations around the world.
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September 6, 2008
Jesse Dylan and his team at FORM TV film a short video to help get people excited about contributing to the Charter for Compassion.
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November 12, 2008
The Charter for Compassion website launches. People of all faiths, all nations, and all backgrounds are invited to submit their own words to the Charter.
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December 18, 2008
Contributions to the Charter close. Well over 150,000 people from over 180 countries participated in the course of the six weeks.
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February 24, 2009
The Council of Conscience meet in Vevey, Switzerland to take the words of the world and craft the Charter for Compassion.
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September 27, 2009
Karen Armstrong participated in a session on compassion in action at the Vancouver Peace Summit with the Dalai Lama and many Nobel Laureates.
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November 12, 2009
The Charter for Compassion is unveiled.
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