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A Compassionate Challenge: Join Our Pillar Teams
Compassion is not just a feeling—it is a call to action. Around the world, members of the Charter for Compassion are building a new way forward through our Seven Pillars: Education & Learning, Health & Compassion, Justice & Integrity, Environment, Music & Arts, Play & Innovation, and Spirituality.
Last week, our message was about volunteerism—because there can be no Charter for Compassion without volunteers at every level of our work. Volunteers are the heart of our movement, the ones who help us imagine and enact compassionate change in every community.
Over the past months, we have been sharing how the Charter is moving from sectors to pillars—a shift that reflects the breadth of our work and the depth of our commitment. This transition will become visible with the soft launch of new website materials on September 17.
We invite you to take up a compassionate challenge:
- To turn your passion into practice.
- To bring your skills and expertise into service.
- To align your concern for the world with collective action.
By joining a pillar team, you will:
- Collaborate with others who share your passion for change.
- Help design programs, campaigns, and resources that touch lives globally.
- Connect compassion to urgent needs—whether that’s climate, healthcare, peace, education, or the arts.
- Learn, grow, and act in community with people across cultures and generations.
While we welcome volunteers for all pillars, we are especially in need of those who feel called to engage with our Justice & Integrity Pillar—a pillar that integrates social justice, restorative justice, and peacebuilding. This work is vital for creating the fair and compassionate societies our world so urgently needs.
This is not about adding one more item to your to-do list. It is about aligning what you care most deeply about with a movement that is reshaping communities worldwide.
Your experience matters. Your voice matters. Your compassion matters.
Take the step. Join us in bringing compassion to life—pillar by pillar, action by action, heart by heart. Please fill out our volunteer survey.
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The Charter’s global compassion movement is built on the principle that all the parts need to support the whole – we are seeking "eco-systemic" health by honoring entities that exchange in a two-way flow of energy, financial support, and recognition.
There’s a lot you can do to help empower the Charter to make compassion a clear, luminous, and dynamic force in our polarized world. Our message is great, and our efforts are grassroots. We are looking for individuals, organizations and corporations that would like to help us spread compassion. Here are some specific ways you could help:
Build a Compassionate Community
Start an initiative: use our Communities Toolkit to organize. This framework is intended to guide your process, and to provide a place to begin. We are here every step of the way. Contact Merida.
Grant Writing / Reporting
Assist the on-going operation of the Charter by helping to write grants and create stories for newspapers, journals, and social media. Contact Marilyn.
Travel and Lodging
Underwrite air fares, hotels, and other accommodations in exchange for sponsorship. This would allow us to more effectively support communities worldwide that have adopted compassionate action plans. Contact Lynn.
Legal and Financial Services
Pro-bono legal support and professional audit services would allow us to extend connections and responsibly develop new partnerships. Contact Marilyn.
Coalition Building
Introduce the Charter to individuals who could enable foundation and corporate partnerships, sponsorships, and co-creation. Contact Marilyn.
Technology Services
Assist with our online platforms (Joomla & CiviCRM) to improve our ability to effectively communicate. Contact Felipe.
Consider a volunteer opportunity with the Charter for Compassion! We are looking to grow much of what we are already doing and exploring new opportunities that match our mission. Let's see how you fit! Please fill out our volunteer survey.
