Standing for a Culture of Empathy at the Oakland Port Shutdown. 12-12-2011

Here's a short video clip of me at the Oakland port shutdown demonstration handing out fliers about building a culture of empathy. I was wearing our new empathy T-shirt. I talked with a lot of people about the role of empathy in the occupy movement and in society. The flier had a Oakland map and said

Guided by Empathy

By peace we mean the capacity to transform conflicts with empathy, without violence, and creatively - a never-ending process. Johan Galtung

Center for Building a Culture of Empathy
Transforming hearts and all institutions (government, justice, education, health, corporations, commerce, media, police, military, etc.) from being cultures of fear, greed, alienation, suffering and violence, to active cultures of empathy and compassion.