The Charter is inspiring compassionate action around the world. Read the latest activity here and follow the links to learn more.
News of the Charter
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December 2, 2011
Chile Joins Rapidly Growing Cities Campaign
Four cities from Chile recently joined the International Campaign for Compassionate Cities, including Santiago, Sierra Gorda, San Pedro Atacama and Antofagasta. Seventy cities are now participating in the rapidly growing global campaign.
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May 27, 2011
The First Compassionate School
London, Ontario announced that its very own University Heights became the first Compassionate School in Canada.
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May 18, 2011
Appleton, WI’s Mosaic of Compassion
Over 10,000 K-12 students created “compassionate” art panels, which were inspired, in part, by the Charter. The art projects are on display at the Trout Museum of Art.
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May 12, 2011
College Becomes “Compassionate Campus”
Santa Barbara City College committed to being a compassionate university campus after being inspired by the Charter for Compassion. See their Facebook page for more information.
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May 10, 2011
Canada’s First Compassionate City
With a population of over 350,000 people, London, Ontario became the first Compassionate City in Canada. London is one of eight compassionate city campaigns underway in Canada.
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May 1, 2011
Growing Compassionate Cities Campaign
The International Institute for Compassionate Cities launched a new website with a library of resources for cities interested in committing to a Compassionate City campaign. Seattle, WA, Basalt, CO, and London, Ontario affirmed the Charter and 20+ cities are in various stages of the campaign including New Delhi, Chicago,IL, and Louisville, KY.
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April 30, 2011
The Charter in Amman
At their April 2011 event, TEDxDeadSea introduced the Charter to the nearly 900 attendees with Karen Armstrong’s 2008 TEDTALK.
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April 16, 2011
Compassionate Collective Impact Meeting in Seattle
The Compassionate Action Network, Seeds of Compassion, and the City of Seattle hosted a meeting to hear about and weave together individual efforts and produce collective impact across the city.
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April 8, 2011
International Golden Rule Day - April 5
From March 28th – April 5th we tailored all of our social media posts on Facebook and Twitter to drive awareness of International Golden Rule Day and all of our partners’ work around the world. Partners from Canada to Jordan to Seattle contributed some amazing videos for our Facebook campaign. On Twitter we saw tons of support of the hashtag we created “#goldenruleday” with daily Golden Rule quotes! Check out our YouTube page for some of the inspiring videos.
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April 1, 2011
Affirming the Charter in Canadian Parliament
Jannet Ann Nordemann’s cross-country road trip launched a nationwide campaign urging the Canadian Parliament to declare Canada a “Compassionate Country.”
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March 24, 2011
Karen Returns to American University of Sharjah
Karen gave a lecture entitled “The Challenge of Tradition: Some Lessons From the Past for the Present,” to a large audience, marking her second lecture with AUS students.
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March 22, 2011
Compassion in Healthcare
This year at TEDxMaastricht, attendees will be launching a Charter for Compassion for Care during their series themed “The Future of Health.” Created by Lucien Engelen, the series will launch on April 4th, 2011 with a video acceptance by Karen Armstrong. People around the world will be able to watch live at: http://www.tedxmaastricht.com.
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March 9, 2011
Colorado Town Joins Compassionate City Campaign in the US
Basalt, CO became the second city in the world to affirm the Charter for Compassion and declare its support for a 10-year Compassionate Cities campaign.
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February 1, 2011
Pakistan launches the Charter for Compassion
Our partners in Pakistan have launched the Charter for Compassion this week with an extensive lecture series featuring Karen Armstrong. The Charter for Compassion Pakistan will implement the charter across various sectorss of society in Pakistan including compassion-based curriculum and activities for schools, universities, corporate, and media sectors.
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November 16, 2010
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
One of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world—author of such acclaimed books as A History of God, Islam, and Buddha—now gives us an impassioned and practical book that can help us make the world a more compassionate place.
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April 26, 2010
Seattle Affirms the Charter
Details on an event held in honor of Seattle becoming the first city to affirm the Charter.
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April 5, 2010
Karen Armstrong in Sharjah
News of Karen Armstrong’s lecture on the Charter for Compassion at the American University of Sharjah.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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November 17, 2009
Charter for compassion and hope
An editorial on why Indonesia should embrace the Charter.
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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 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 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 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
Show compassion, says Abdullah
The former Prime Minister of Malaysia makes a call for compassion.
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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 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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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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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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A Moment from the Life of the Charter
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