The 2026 Charter for Compassion Gala, The Great Turning: Honoring a Legacy. Inspiring the Future, is more than an evening gathering. It is an opportunity for people from across the world to come together in a shared commitment to compassion, justice, healing, and human dignity.

This is more than a Gala.
It is a moment to stand together.
To affirm what we believe.
To invest in a future shaped by compassion.

There are many meaningful ways to participate in this special event and to help strengthen the ongoing work of the Charter for Compassion and the Compassion Transformation Institute.

Join us in Person or Virtually for the Gala: You may choose to join us in person in Seattle for the Gala celebration, participate online from your home, or gather friends, colleagues, or community members together by hosting a Compassion Gala Watch Party. However you join us, your presence helps build a growing global movement rooted in compassion and courageous action.

Contribute to the Testimonial Journal: As part of the 2026 Gala, we are also honored to present a special Testimonial Journal celebrating the lives and legacies of this year’s Karen Armstrong Humanitarian Award recipients while highlighting the inspiring compassion work taking place in communities around the world. We warmly invite individuals, organizations, compassionate communities, and partners to contribute tributes, reflections, stories, photographs, and messages of support. (Click here to learn more about contributing to the Testimonial Journal.)

Become a Sponsor to the Work of the Charter for Compassion: In addition, some individuals, businesses, foundations, and organizations may wish to become sponsors of the Gala or support specific areas of the Charter for Compassion’s ongoing work, including compassion education, youth leadership, community-building initiatives, democracy and dialogue programs, trauma resilience training, and the expansion of the Compassion Transformation Institute. (Click here to learn more about sponsorship opportunities and supporting our work.)

We hope you will join us—and give generously to help bring this vision to life.