TEDxGoldenGate - Teaching Compassion

Hello compassionistas,

This is more news than events although it is an upcoming event in SF.  I recently saw this through a friend in Sweden (who is inspired by CAN and what has been done in Seattle and wants to host similar events in Sweden) and was so inspired by their intention, list of speakers and that there is a TEDx focussed so beautifully on Teaching Compassion.

They ask a most powerful question:  Are we entering into an era of Compassion?

Why Teach Compassion?

Compassion — the devotion to enhancing the welfare of others -– is humanity’s stickiest idea. Compassion is at the heart of the world’s ethical and spiritual traditions. Now, a new science is revealing humans to be a compassionate and caring species – there are DNA and brain structures devoted to the emotion. Compassion may be the natural state of mind.

Are we entering into an era of compassion? In today’s schools, the ability to imagine the needs of others, to think compassionately, and to design, innovate, and act in ways that benefit others are true 21st century skills.

Compassion is a new science of the brain, of human health, and of sustainability. It is the greatest privilege we are granted, to teach compassion.

The Speakers List is amazing and wonderful to see how many ways we can notice that Compassion is being seeded in our communities:

http://tedxgoldengateed.org/presenters/

I found this utterly inspiring.

Sheri