10 Year Campaign for Compassionate Cities

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Comment by John Boswell on September 28, 2011 at 12:00pm

I'm glad to hear about the progress on the Charter in Eugene, Oregon.  We're going to be launching our public campaign in Palm Springs, California at the city's Sustainability Summit on October 12.  The website is: http://palmspringscompassion.com -- we have many visitors and snow birds from Oregon, Washington state & Canada and would love to collaborate between cities!

Comment by Joanne Conger on September 28, 2011 at 11:52am

Mahalo, Shaun! - I very much respect the work in restorative justice being done in Hawaii. I think many cultures of the world could teach us much about how we can collectively build compassionate communities in the US.

Comment by Shaun Campbell on September 28, 2011 at 11:47am

Aloha kakou,

 

Just want to say "hello" from Honolulu.  While we are, by no means, a perfect society here in Honolulu, we do tend to "get along" to a degree that I think could be a model for many multi-cultural, pluralistic communities.  I hope that the people of Honolulu build on our cultural strengths that predispose us to being compassionate by sharing our aloha with all.

Comment by David Hazen on September 16, 2011 at 9:37am

A resolution in support of the “Charter for Compassion” will be presented to the Eugene City Council in October. Mayor Kitty Piercy tells us the document “seems to fit with our human rights city work.” I have left her messages to ask for more specifics about what date, who is sponsoring, etc.

Comment by Chuck Watts on September 7, 2011 at 4:51am

Empathy Surplus Project I just updated this website with new photos and files. I hope you will check it out. Thanks.

Comment by Elizabeth Mirabai Dunham on November 18, 2010 at 12:41pm

Ari Cowan, Anil Singh-Molares, and Pam Kilborn-Miller are at the UN meeting with the Office of Partnerships, partnering around the vision for and implementation of the second year of the Charter for Compassion (you can google it, read it, and add your own signature!). Karen Armstrong and Fetzer Institute people are also at the UN meeting. The head of the "Ground Zero Mosque", spoke eloquently, as did others.

Many more cities and regions are now ready to adopt the Charter, following Seattle, which last April was the first city to do so--(thanks Guo Cheen, Jon Ramer, and all!) Karen Armstrong and Fetzer Institute are hugely enthusiastic about our Compassionate Action Network's intitative to create an International Institute for Compassionate Cities, which will bring all cities and regions adopting the Charter into dialogue towards implementation.

This is where the next true work lies--the Charter will take us to UNCHARTED territory. After all, how WOULD a Compassionate City evolve? How would the changes come about? What would it really look like, feel like, and operate? How mindwise and heartwise to expand the connections and join together to embarce, support, and learn from one another!

Comment by David Hazen on November 7, 2010 at 4:36pm

I'm a fan of YES! magazine, and although the writing may sometimes be superficial, the articles often serve as inspiration for me to dig deeper. I'm sending you this link about small groups because it validates what Margaret Wheatley said, "Real change begins with the simple action of people talking about what they care about."

The human heart connection that lights a fire within us is, I believe, the essential ingredient for human security, which is the peace, the world-that-works-for-everyone, that we all crave. I'm in the process of developing a chain of events that describe the process of building a peaceful culture, no matter if it is is within a family, a neighborhood, a nation, or the entire planet:

crisis > surrender > humility > willingness to listen > healthy dialog > collective wisdom > collaboration > resilience > sustainability > security > strong culture of peace

For me, the crucial missing pieces in our current culture are all those intervening steps between crisis and resilience, and therefore the hidden opportunity for creativity within the crisis is not being revealed, as experts, authorities, and leaders latch onto solutions that they believe are "right" based on half-truths and wishful thinking.

Here's the link:
Can Small Group Organizing Save the Country?

Without the support of others, we get drained, we burn out, we sit out elections, or we vote our fears. With it, we can make real change.


Gratefully,

David

David Hazen
Oregon State Coordinator, The Peace Alliance
Board Member, The Peace Alliance Educational Institute
Imagineer, Eugene City of Peace
Advisor, International Cities of Peace

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Comment by PamKM on September 23, 2010 at 10:57pm

Jon - Will you please schedule another series of conference calls before the holidays? Thanks!

Comment by PamKM on September 23, 2010 at 10:56pm

The latest list of cities is on a new "How to Start a Campaign in Your City" page at http://my.compassionateactionnetwork.com//page/how-to-start-a-campa.... This page is accessible when you click the big billboard on the home page. It instructs users to join this group, but it's easier to read as a web page than a group page. The new page also mentions Canada's effort to become the first nation to approve the Charter. Thanks for your wonderful work in this regard!

I wasn't aware of the Children's Charter for Compassion at TEDxYouth. Thanks for the heads-up. Feel free to post the children's charter text as a News item on the CAN home page and I'll be happy to feature it. Thanks Jannet!

Comment by Jannet Ann Nordemann on September 23, 2010 at 8:24pm

I would enjoy another teleconference so we can share our respective activities. I was wondering whether if Pam's recollection is correct, that there are 35 cities actively seeking to affirm as compassionate cities - where are those cities; are they all in America, or are they other parts of the world.
As well, I don't know if you read the last Charter for Compassion newsletter and the upcoming launch of the Children's Charter for Compassion at Amsterdam's TEDxYouth event - created by Erin Henry of Toronto, Canada - and endorsed by Karen Armstrong. That's exciting news for Erin.

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