Read the press generated by the launch of the Charter for Compassion.
News of the Charter
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September 25, 2009
Heed the call for compassion
Karen Armstrong and Desmond Tutu write an editorial on the Charter before the new website goes live.
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October 31, 2009
Sister Joan Chittister on the challenge of compassion
Sister Joan Chittister answers the question: “Have we lost our capacity for compassion?”
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November 10, 2009
At one with our ignorance
Karen Armstrong explains that if ever there was a time for compassion, a time to humbly accept what we don’t know, it is now.
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November 12, 2009
To counter hate, a more compassionate world
An interview with Karen Armstrong in the Times of India on the Charter.
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November 12, 2009
Show compassion, says Abdullah
The former Prime Minister of Malaysia makes a call for compassion.
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November 12, 2009
Can people be inspired to be more compassionate?
An article and discussion featured on USA Today.
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November 12, 2009
Jews, Christians and Muslims Join Together
In New Zealand, a multi-faith group came together to read verses from the Torah, New Testament and Koran.
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November 13, 2009
We have a choice: to be right—or compassionate
What would our world look like if we made deliberate choices, large and small, to be compassionate and kind rather than, simply, right?
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November 16, 2009
Karen Armstrong Embraces the World’s Most Powerful Idea
Tonic explores how the Charter can help spread the best idea humanity’s ever had: compassion.
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November 17, 2009
Charter for compassion and hope
An editorial on why Indonesia should embrace the Charter.
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November 20, 2009
Rabbi Soetendorp speaks on compassion
Rabbi Soetendorp tells his powerful life story and reflects upon the opening of the heart from compassion.
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December 1, 2009
A Grassroots ‘Charter for Compassion’ Aims to Unify People
Karen Armstrong speaks with Voice of America about highlighting the compassionate voice.
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December 8, 2009
Video Interview with Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong speaks to Big Think on topics ranging from faith and science to how to die well.
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December 9, 2009
Parliament focuses on Charter for Compassion
A report on the Charter’s presence at the Parliament of the World’s Religions.
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January 4, 2010
Telling the World a ‘Big Story’
Karen discusses how compassion is not just a sloppy emotional bonhomie; it requires a serious intellectual effort to learn about one another.
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January 27, 2010
Making Compassion Cool
An in-depth interview with Karen Armstrong on her hopes for how the Charter can make social change.
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A Moment from the Life of the Charter
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. Watch »

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