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Events

January 14
2026
February 1 - 7
2026
February 4
2026
March 4-5
2026

charter for compassion 2.0

Charter for Compassion 2.0 Document
Video launch of 2.0
Charter 2.0 Guidebook

with compassion podcast E01: The Mayor Who Made Compassion His Mission (with Greg Fischer)
E02: Conversations to Transform our World (with Joan Blades)
E03: A Psychological Perspective (with Paul Gilbert)
E04: Compassion for a Vengeful Age (with Marina Cantacuzino)

Coming in January: 40 Days of Peace. Registration begins on January 7. Visit this page to review events as they are added.
World Interfaith Harmony Week: February 1-7

Harmony of Humanity: January 7 to July 8 2026 @ 8:00 AM PT
Embodied Presence (Eckhart Tolle and Kim Eng)
Cognitive Based Compassion Training (five different course offerings for 2026)
The Essence of Compassion
The Science of Compassion 2.0

Water--Rumi: December 10 @ 2:00 PM PDT
Sister Days - 365 Moments in African American Women’s History: January 28 @ 9:00 AM PDT

Championing Thriving You Deserve: December 18 @ 7:30 AM PST

Global chats will resume in January 2026.
Watch this space for dates and times.

Bearing Witness: Gaza and Palestine
Sangha: Last Saturday of the Month @ 9:00 AM PT
The Spirit of Ubuntu

Charter for Compassion 2.0 Guidebook
Compassion Ambassador Guidebook
Compassion Ambassador Sponsorship and Fundraising
Conversations and Podcasts

What We Do

We support the emerging global movement that brings compassion to life. We are a global network connecting people, cities, grassroots organizers and leaders to each other. We provide educational resources, organizing tools, and avenues for communication. With your help we can all make a difference.

Learn more and get involved.

Keep up with news from our compassionate communities, partners and the Charter for Compassion. Share your news.
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Work with others to build a compassionate community in your own “backyard.” Join and connect with hundreds of global communities around the world who are doing the same thing. Learn from and support one another.
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Make things happen. Become a volunteer. Start a program. Join one of the Charter’s twelve sectors. Move things forward.
Fill out the volunteer form.

Take advantage of becoming visible to other like-minded people. Share your passion for compassion.

Invite others to co-create with you.
Contribute to a shared book. Help create a written record of successful projects that can be replicated by others. Work with others to create and sustain positive community ecosystems.
We’re making every child’s world better. Come and join a world of wonder, adventure and joy. Visit us at Kids + Company, powered by GoldenRuleism.

Join one of our courses that address how to make compassion a driving force as we work to alleviate the suffering of our fellow beings and help create a just economy and a peaceful global community. Check out our offerings.
Join our Global Read each month. Interact with celebrated authors.
View our Global Read webinars for adults and kids.
Wear compassion. Talk compassion. Spread the message of compassion.
Visit our shop.

Why We Do This

We promote empathy, peace, social justice, environmental sustainability, and intercultural understanding in a world riddled in turmoil. By encouraging compassionate action the Charter for Compassion aims to create compassionate communities where individuals can connect, collaborate, and support each other in their efforts to create a more compassionate world. These communities foster a sense of belonging and provide platforms for sharing ideas, resources, and initiatives related to compassion.

How We Do This

This website is your compassion landing pad. Consider it to be a “wikipedia” of the compassion movement. It contains an encyclopedia of information about compassion, its history and how it relates to the fields in which we work. It offers tools for grassroots organizing of compassionate communities, approaches to how we connect our passions through storytelling and most importantly, how we find others of a similar mind so we might strengthen our resolve to build a more just and equitable world.

What we do now becomes the memory of our children. May we leave them something beautiful.

Lyla June Johnston
2025 Charter for Compassion Humanitarian Awardee

See Our Impact Grow in 2026

In 2025, the Charter for Compassion entered a new chapter with the launch of Charter for Compassion 2.0—a renewed vision designed to deepen how we serve compassionate communities, partners, and individuals around the world.

Throughout the year, we laid the foundation for a major new initiative: The Compassion Transformation Institute (CTI). While CTI will officially launch in March 2026, its work is already underway. New programs—including our podcast series, With Compassion—are creating spaces for learning, dialogue, and action rooted in our shared humanity.

Growing our impact is a collective effort—and it happens because of you.

You can be part of this growing movement by: