July 2011 News Posts (10)

The 19th installment from the people of Davis, California. I'll be presenting a copy of the book Compassion: Davis, CA to the mayor and city council tomorrow as a gift to the city. Since the people of Davis helped create the book, city representatives will get a chance to see what people think compassion is.

Enjoy the latest installment--

Compassion is my lifelong goal. It is to be able to see the world through the eyes of whoever I am with thinking…

Interfaith Friends;

We still have room for children to attend our experiential interfaith summer day camp for ages 8 -- 13.

We have available scholarship money available and desire your help to inform families about this beautiful interfaith opportunity that will begin August 1st;

CAMP PROPHETOLOGY ~ One World, Many Faiths

Our mission comes from the Charter for Compassion: 

"...to ensure that youth are…

Greetings Compassionistas!

I hope this finds you, your family, and your community doing well and enjoying the summer.  I am writing to update you on some of the progress of Compassionate Seattle 2011: Collective Impact and to notify you of a few upcoming events.

Since April 16th at Seattle City Hall there are a number of Compassionate Seattle projects that have been moving forward:

• CAN members are participating in a program focused on…

In our Sports Coaching Project, Jens Lehmann and a team of experts will teach our Fellows how to use sports coaching to engage young people and help them to build their confidence, learn to work in a team or even work towards overcoming divisions between different groups in their society. Starting April 2012, the Fellows will learn how to coach children and teenagers and how to get their own youth sports project off the ground. The learnings will…

In the Engage in Conservation Project, 12 Fellows from all around the world will learn from their Project Friend Dr. Jane Goodall and other experts how to encourage and motivate young people worldwide to take action for biodiversity. Starting January 2012, they will spend 2 months in Hamburg, developing a group project that young people worldwide can implement to learn about conservation and…

The general public is invited to attend a free screening of “Serving Life” on Sunday, July 24^th from 2:00 to 3:30PM at the Center for Spiritual Living in Seattle. There will be a brief discussion and refreshments after the film. Everyone is welcome to attend but space is limited so please RSVP on the event page or send email…

Compassionate Acrion for Haiti....

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Again, another cycle of the year where more people share their concept of compassion in Davis, California. Must be the weather. Enjoy this latest installment.

The word compassion is a very charged and powerful emotion. Not just a word but that the emotion usually comes with conviction and tears of sorrow. Compassion is the conviction or acknowledgement of a global wrong and a "gentle-ing" of the passing of injustice. This injustice could be affiliated with a beloved dog dying…