Nous Tous - All of Us - Nosotros Todos

Nous Tous - All of Us - Nosotros Todos by Felipe Zurita

I love the Golden Rule. "Treat Others as You want to be treated", or even more so, the Platinum Rule: Treat Others as They want to be treated. There is also the action-packed wording from GoldenRuleism: "Do for all others, both directly and indirectly, what you would want done for you. Don't do to any others, either directly or indirectly, what you wouldn't want done to you." Such a simple concept that can change perspectives, add so much to one's life, and help us understand ourselves. I can spiral on this topic and talk all day about the power of the GR. However, I have to say that, to me, this incredible rule has one issue: ... Read More

Charter Education Institute (CEI) Courses

Growing Whole, Not Old - Aging Wisely with Deborah Briggs'. Course begins May 16, 2022. Learn more and register here.

During this workshop you will be introduced to Sage-ing concepts including life review, forgiveness, and issues surrounding our mortality.  We will explore the impact of our beliefs about aging and the role of spiritual development and active self-healing. Finally, participants will begin the development of their own personalized Sage-ing plans that will be personally fulfilling and also beneficial to others.

Our materials serve to enhance spiritual maturity for persons regardless of their faith or personal beliefs and practices.

Global Read

Acclaimed writer Elif Shafak writes a letter to Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand after the Christchurch attack. Actress Yasmine Al Massri pens a poem about war for her mother. Activist and TV presenter June Sarpong addresses designer Diane Von Furstenberg. 

From Women to the World is more than a simple collection of letters - it is a book that shows a new model of leadership based on emotional intelligence and demonstrates how we have the wisdom to inspire, motivate and reinvent our world.

Charter for Compassion Programs and Webinars 

EdNet Forum: What Happens in Childhood Does not Stay in Childhood.
MONDAY May 16, 7:30-9:00 am PDT.  Learn more and register here.

Learning objectives for the presentation include:

• Briefly describe the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study
• Define Toxic stress and describe how it helps to elucidate "the problem."
• Define relational health and describe how it helps to elucidate "the solution."

Dr. Andrew Garner is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, and co-authored the Academy of Pediatrics two policy statements on childhood toxic stress and the book Thinking Developmentally.

From Charter for Compassion Partners

Conversation Collective Every Monday, 3 pm PDT and Thursday, 9 am PDT. 
Learn more and Register here.

The Conversation Collective is an online space to meet new people from around the world. Currently, people from Canada, France, South Africa, UK and USA are part of these weekly gatherings where civil conversations create new connections (in English). On Mondays and Thursdays. Consider joining the Conversation Collective to feel part of a global community and make new connections. The Charter partners with Citizen Discourse.

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Since 2017, the Our World is Kind Photography Contest has generated over 6,000 submissions from 2000+ photographers in more than 120 countries. These moving images have inspired kindness, love, gratitude, and joy in tens of thousands of global viewers.

Now, more than ever, it’s important to work together to spread kindness and connection through our communities.

That’s why Our World is Kind is back for 2022, seeking images from kind and talented photographers to help inspire kindness, joy, and healing around the world.

Islands of Calm Meditation for City, Town, Village with Integral City Meshworks
Friday May 27, 1.30 am PDT / Saturday May 28, 8.30 am UTC. Learn more and Register here. 

Integral City Meshworks offers a Zoom Islands of Calm Meditation for Compassionate Cities once a month on the 4th Saturday.

After the meditation participants can (optionally) share their experience of the meditation. This is always delightful and valuable as we get a sense of the energies we are collectively noticing and sharing in the Field of our villages and cities.

Altogether the meditation lasts for an hour embracing the check-in, meditation and checkout.

The Listening Mothers™ with Community of Mindful Parenting
Saturday, May 14: 10:00 – 11:30 am PDT |Facilitator: Maria Gehl. Learn more and Register here.

The Listening Mothers™ class offers a unique opportunity for parents of babies' birth through six months of age to discover the joys of parenting. Our science-based curriculum will help you turn the present moment into a positive moment!

The Finding Calm with Community of Mindful Parenting
Tuesday, May 10: 7:30 – 9:00 am PDT | Facilitator: Foxy Davison.  Learn more and Register here

The Finding Calm (Curiosity, Acceptance, Love and Mindfulness) class offers a unique opportunity for parents and caregivers to learn mindful-based skills to help reduce stress, enhance strong bonds, explore mindful self-compassion, and encourage balance.

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