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It is human nature
to care
to care for to care about to take care of to ease suffering to uplift to smooth the way to cooperate to offer support
In Cairo in the spring of 2011, millions of Egyptians demanded an end to dictatorship and rebirth of democracy, rallied by a Facebook page created by five young activists for human rights, including a young woman named Nadine. In the summer of 2013, after the failure of the new government to deliver on the promise of democracy, and the militarys bloody suppression of the Muslim Brotherhood, Nadine initiated a country-wide campaign to get every major political party in the country to sign a specifically Egyptian version of the Charter for Compassion., pledging compassion and nonviolence to be the core principles of public life. Nadine said, We can inject the fresh air of the Charter for Compassion into Egypts poisonous atmosphere.
98,888
Likes on the Charter for Compassion Facebook page (up 40% in 12 months)
glue that holds communities together, what is the social polymer that makes it sticky in the first place? Compassion is the essential ingredient for creating strong, cohesive communities. Though in modern usage compassion is often synonymous with pity, its original meaning defined an action, not an emotion: from the Latin com together and pati to suffer. Like any action,
compassion should be something observable, measurable, and replicable. Moreover, it must have quantifiable impact. Over the past two decades, scientists have applied a variety of methods to summarize the social climate and availability of social capital in any community. A healthy climate, for example, is one in which people have a strong capacity to identify with
others and to create relationships of trust. A community where compassion is fully alive is also a thriving, resilient community whose citizens are creative, can confront crises with innovative solutions, can navigate changes in the economy and the environment, and can bounce back readily from natural disasters.
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Organizations participating in Charter for Compassion Partner page on Facebook (up 426% in 12 months)
365,000
Average weekly reach on the Charter for Compassion Facebook page (up 102% in 12 months)
International Compassionate
Cities Campaign
In Walk Out Walk On , Meg Wheatley and Deb Frieze tell how Johannesburgs Joubert Park was transformed by community effort. In a cascade of compas sion-sparked activism, a violent, littered, ugly urban space became a garden of beauty, peace, and culture. Crime decreased when a club of photographers started to image everyone entering the park. A womens group cultivated a corner where they grew vegetables to feed lunch to children in a cooperative day care launched in another corner. The day care center hosted a literacy program for parents of the children. Artists and musicians gathered to celebrate and enrich the life of the neighborhood. Compassion flow ered.
No city in the world is a Compassionate City in any abstract or formal sense, just as no city is devoid of compassion. The ICCC is not a cer tificate program such as the Good Housekeeping Seal, and there is no single definition of a Compassionate City. Instead the ICCC is a movement to help communities of all sizes incorporate compassionate action into the fabric of their civic life.
Compassion Games
The original challenge to play the Compassion Games came from the city of Louisville, KY in 2012, when Mayor Greg Fischer asked his citizens to perform acts of service in that community during a period of several days in April. His goal was 55,000 acts of service. Instead, more than 90,000 acts of service were recorded, including packaging 33,570 meals for needy children, 9,000 volunteers who picked up litter, 3,200 donated books, and 950 blood donations. The mayor proclaimed his city the most compassionate city in the world. Anybody can do this, Mayor Fischer said. It requires no extra money from the city. Its calling out the goodwill that resides in the people already. So my challenge to my fellow mayors is to take us on. And being a compassionate city, we have to help you beat us, of course, and wed be delighted to do so. The Compassion Games are a critical strategy for promoting the practice of compassion. Designed to make communities safer, kinder, more just and better places to live, the Compassion Games program recruits cities, campuses, organizations, and individual players to perform acts of service and kindness in neighborhoods, on the job, in service-providing agencies, and wherever their daily journey takes them. The acts of service are organized projects or simple acts of kindness to aid a neighbor in need. Star ting in 2013, the Games now run each year from September 11th through September 21st. By the fall of 2013 the program spread to include New York, NY; Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, CA; Atlanta, GA, Milwaukee, WI; Cincinnati, OH; Nashville, TN; Houston, TX; Phoenix, AZ; Gurgaon, India; and a national project that will began in Los Angeles but will spark campaigns in many cities: the LGBTQ Compassion Games. Every city that joins the International Compassionate Cities Campaign is invited to also be a host for the Compassion Games. By the fall of 2014, we expect to have over 150 cities, from ever y continent, fully engaged and taking part in the Games. Many more will join by the fall of 2015.
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Cities participating in Compassion Games in September 2013 (up 950% since 2012)
120,000
Newsletter reach (up 33% in 12 months)
1,322
U.S. Mayors (cities exceeding 30,000 population) voting to endorse the International Compassionate Cities Campaign
the Compassion Mapping Project will answer the following broad research questions:
How does elevation the pro-social feelings that individuals experience when repor ting and witnessing compassionate actions impact individual states of compassion and well-being across a broad range of criteria. What is the impact of heightening awareness of compassion and prosocial behavior across a broad range of social indicators (city quality of life, organizational assessment surveys, student climate surveys).
This will be the first large-scale demonstration of the impact of character qualities such as compassion, forgiveness, future-mindedness, and generosity on the quality of life in cities. It creates a social feedback loop that encourages fur ther investment of social capital. The Compassion Mapping Project will help us to have an impact on the public conver sation about sustainability, resilience, and innovation, help to dr amatically expand the network of activists and citizens who are consciously par t of a global compassion movement, and help to build a permanent platform that can suppor t an increasingly influential collaboratory in which we can launch future experiments in the social science of compassion.
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Charter for Compassion Partner organizations (up 144% in 12 months)
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Grassroots organizing circles in International Compassionate Cities Campaign (up 177% in 12 months)
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Healthcare Partners of the Charter for Compassion (since April 2013) space umbrella or container for thousands of self-produced events of all sizes . We will ag gregate these events and create a mosaic of human engagement that will provide all par ticipants with the realization that they are a par t of something much bigger than their immediate event or communit y. Self-awareness is a prerequisite to organizations, initiatives and local communities becoming a movement . While an open source, grassroots approach is consistent with our organizational philosophy, it is also impor tant to track par ticipation, record interactions and fos ter ongoing net wor k ing oppor tunities in order to provide some measure of success, give the Wor ld Compassion Fes tival funders quantif iable metrics, and guide our future activity.
Your Support
In the 21st century, scientific evidence has mounted for compassion as an essential ingredient in maintaining thriving, healthy, resilient, and innovative enterprises, institutions, and communities. Business leaders are discovering that investment in compassionate policies and planning goes straight to the bottom line. Teachers are learning that compassion is an essential ingredient of a successful education, the very foundation for understanding how ones ideas, solutions and actions may affect others. Mayors and civic leaders around the world are exploring compassion as their core strategy to build bridges across par tisan divides and find innovative solutions. Your suppor t can make a crucial difference. Email contact@ char terforcompassion.org.
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The United States Conference of Mayors applauds the cities who have adopted compassion as a key policy for their communities; andrecommends that other cities explore the use of compassion as a key component to achieve core objectives in their communities the United States Conference of Mayors [will] provide future opportunities for exploration and discussion among mayors on the role of compassion as an effective policy for their communities; the work of the mayors exploration [will] result in the development of policies, procedures, tactics, and practical guidance on the integration of compassion in programs to address the holistic wellness of communities especially as it relates to those most at-risk.
US Conference of Mayors, June, 2013
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Cities that have publicly endorsed the Charter for Compassion (up 133% in 12 months) 36,658 Average monthly visits to Charter for Compassion web sites (up 382% in 12 months)
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Educational institutions that have signed the Charter for Compassionate Schools (since August 2013)
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Kenneth Hamilton Kerry Kozlowski Kevin McNally Kilvert Croft Kim Armstrong Kim Ashley Kimberly Bonk Kimberly Daugs Kristina Hudson Kyung Jin Kim Larry Johnson Lars-David Bergmark Laura Ellen Muglia Laura Hirshfield Laura Turner Laurence Kerr Laurie Lyall Lavonne Dorsey Lawrence Axelrod Lenore Mewton Leon Norell Leonora Burger Leslie Spero Levent Ultanur Libby Miller Lila Aurich Linda Breneman Linda Kollofski Linda Leeser Linda Maxwell Linda van dyken Lindy Fok Lisa Goldsmith Lisa Goldsmith Lisa Porad Lois Lighthart Loranell Breyley Lori Fithian Lori Markowitz Lori Wong Louise Irving - Berkowicz Lucinda Keils Lucy Dougall Lynn Epnett Lynn Gariepy Lynnaea Lumbard Lynne Brazg Maaike Bakker Maha Vajra Mahtab Mahmoodzadeh Malka Maizel Marc Sachnoff Margaret Cunningham Margaret George Margaret Karam Margaret Lindquist Margaret Loehr Margie Ford Margot I. Duley Maria Pe Mariaesther Moro-Garcia Marianne Jaspar Marie Bellman Marie Charnley Marie Francoise Barnhart Marilyn Cvetic Marilyn E. Kiani Marilyn Shinyei Marilynne Cahn Marina Gharabegian Mark Cavitt Mark Churchill Mark Lupfer Mark Mathijssen Marnie Genre Marta Breed Martha Andrews Martha Miser Martin Kerlin Mary Ann Black Mary Ann Reynolds Mary Ann Zimmer Mary Arden Mary Barron Mary Colwell Mary Ellen Michael Mary Ellen Michael Mary Helen Schwarzkopf Mary Jo Harper Mary McLaughlin Mary Pipa Mary Ringelstetter Marzi Pecen Matt Galindez Matthew Caretti Matthew Solari Maudi Alabiso Maura Pare Maureen Leyser Maureen Sue Ellison Maxine Freed Maya Nader Meg Knight Melvin Hardy Meri McCoy-Thompson Michael and Trude Lisagor Michael Braun Michael Falck Michael Fox Michael Tjebben Mickall Gabriel Mihaela Gheorlan Mike Milojevich Mike Schaefer Mike Tourtillott Mike Wheeler ML Carver Mohamed Ali Moulakani Saheed Mohsin Bajwa Molly Arnn Monsita Faley Mordy Levine Morrene DeVinck Moshe Dunie Muhammad Babar Muhammad Siddiqui Myriam Savage Myung Visser Nan McMurry Nancy and Tunc Togar Nancy Beaudette Nancy Carnan Nancy Greenspan Nancy Hanna Nazim Nizar Nell van de Meerakker Nermina Harambasic Neven Matthews Nick Shepherd Nicky Immel Nicole Bauer Nigel Gresswell Niina Kahra Nora Smith P. Lane Page Pless Pam (Priscilla) McKulka Pamela Eakes Pamela Hawkins Pamela Rhodes Patricia Howard Patricia S Snowden PATRICK Hogan Patty Bilhartz Paul Arnesen Paul Cook Paul Entwistle Paul Mackenzie Paul Naish Paul Shoemaker Peggy Patrick Perseus Munshi Peter & Betsy Arizu Peter Ahn Peter Cowley Peter Kaufman Petrea Baker Rachael Pettus Randall Solomon Rebecca Knowles Reina de Wit Reina de Wit Rene Fontaine Ren Smits Rev. Craig Rev. Craig Rev. Timothy Phillips Rhoden Streeter Rich Conti Rich Van Dellen Richard Flanagan Richard Morton Richard P Hyland Rita Hibbard Rob Howard Robert McAdams Robert Miles Roderic Owen Roger Clark Roger Holmes Roger Krause Roger Rimel Roma Gasper Ron Ayotte Ron Feinberg Ronald Gilbert Rosanne Lapan Rosemary Moore Rosemary Taverna Roz Solomon Rozita Youseflan Ruby Layson Ruth Habermehl Ruth Modric Ruth Thomas Ryn Van Riper Sally Eberhard Sam Demas Sandie Donnelly Sandra Exelby Sandra Walsh Sanford Rosenzweig Saren Nelson Sean Bonsell Sergio Romero Shannon Corbin Shannon Cruzen Sharon Fite Shauna Woods Shelley Dillon Shelly Braden Sheri Herndon Sheryl Harmer Shi Jinho Simcha Shtull simon morley Sophie Solomon Stacy Lawson Stacy Luks Stan Kehl Steinar Almelid Stephanie Noon Stephen Batty Stephen Brown Stephen Markowitz Steve Nation Steve Osvold Steve Varey Susan A Neufeldt Susan A Neufeldt Susan Baar Susan Bannon Susan Coyle Susan Crowell Susan Duke Susan Salidor Suzan LeVine suzanna davis Sylvia Malzacher Sylvia Niedner Tamara Torres McGovern Tami Grayevsky Tea Yim Teresa Mayberg Teresa Roche Terrence Oder Terry and Jane Chadsey Terry Anderson Terry Taylor Theresa Bullard Therese Hartwell Theressa Harrigan Thomas Goose Thomas Graf Thomas Orme Thomas Sommerfeld Tim Spooner Tim Sullivan Timber Hawkeye Timothy Hawley Timothy VanSusteren Tina Spangler Tish Bell Tom Fisher Tom Williams Tony White Twila Roberts TZiPi Radonsky Ulla Barr Valera Ainsworth Valerie Hauser Vanessa Tierney Vera Carlyle Veronica Shaw Victoria Randlett Wanausha Rashed Khafaf Wendy Bramwell Wesley Baker Will Poole William and Martha Stewart William Casey William Foy William Hobler Jr William Idol William Kennedy William Munro William Salicath William Stuart William Weis Winifred Reilly Winter Lazerus Wynelle Snow Yaffa Maritz Yasmine Rafii Ype Akkerman Yvette Claeys Yvonne Younes Zahra Kassam Zoe Kaufman
Images in this document by figurative painter George Clair Tooker, Jr. (August 5, 1920 March 27, 2011).
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Operating Revenue
Operating Revenue
Grants 45,000.00 131,000.00 35,000.00 32,750.00 243,750.00
Expense
Business & Legal Fees Accounting Fees Design Services Website Suppor t Services Banking/Brokerage Credit Card Fees Website Development Rent, Parking, Utilities Software & Online Services Postage, Mailing, Printing Supplies Telephone, Telecommunications Computer Hardware Insurance - Liability, D and O Payments To Affiliates Contract Staff Payroll Taxes Travel, Meetings, Conferences Total Expense Net income 288.00 780.00 700.00 4,707.16 955.00 3,000.00 1,647.06 472.02 199.00 1,924.43 171.98 1,280.04 831.00 1,900.00 113,148.83 93,335.00 8,813.00 7,286.00 241,438.52 3,211.80
Operating Expenses
Fundraising Management Sponsored Programs Programs
Operating Expenses
Fundraising Management Programs Sponsored Programs 9,959.00 21,945.00 170,266.00 39,361.00 241,531.00
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