Communities

A sense of community is essential to human flourishing. It helps provide connection and belonging and, when the opportunities are there, the chance for individuals to influence the look and feel of the world around them. We need to create communities that are imbued with the spirit of togetherness, empowerment, and care. How to do that is being investigated by our Compassion and Communities Taskforce.

Essential Reading

Books on Compassion in Communities

Our Founding Organizations

Organizations Working on Compassion in Communities

Our Founding Supporters

People Working on Compassion in Communities

Amara Jones

National Coordinator

Compassion Connectors - Sierra Leone

Amy Richards

Compassion Researcher, Public Health

Task Force for Global Health; Emory University

Andre Henry

Founder

Small Axe Media Group

Andy Swindler

Co-founder & Chief Empathy Officer

FeelReal

Becca Kearl

Executive Director

Living Room Conversations

Beth Monaghan

Founder and CEO

Inkhouse

Cameron Van Fossen

Owner and Principal at Deeber Impact Consulting and Executive Director of Gender Spectrum

Deeper Impact Consulting

Caroline Mehl

Co-Founder & Executive Director

Constructive Dialogue Institute

Carolyn Jacobs

Dean Emerita Smith College School for Social Work

Smith College

Celeste Headlee

Journalist and author

Celeste Headlee Media

Chad Dion Lassiter

Executive Director

Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission

Chris Ugwu

Executive Director

Society for the Improvement of Rural People

Christine Russel

Youth Mentor & Facilitator (Pou-whiri)

The Kindness Institute

Dana Yarbrough

Assistant Director of Strategic Initiatives for the Partnership for People with Disabilities

Partnership for People with Disabilities @ VCU

Daniel Shapiro

Scholar, Practitioner & Founding Director

Harvard International Negotiation Program

Daria Sievers

Clinical and Forensic Social Worker

Daria Sievers, MSW, LCSW

Daudi Magaba

National Coordinator

Grace Compassion Connectors Foundation

David Siegel

CEO

Meetup

Dawn Courage Popatia

Educator/Coach/Writer

Independent

Deogratias Niyizonkiza

Founder & CEO

Village Health Works

Doris Chang

Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor

New York University Silver School of Social Work

Emmanuel Baranyizigiye

Pastor & National Lead

Compassion Connectors - Burundi

Emmanuel Ivorgba

President

The Emmanuel Ivorgba Foundation

Euron Nicholson

Founder/Principal Practice Consultant

WellTyme

Eve Pearlman

Co-Founder & CEO

Spaceship Media

Ewura Adams Karim

Executive Director

Maltiti Foundation

Fabiana Fondevila

Teacher, speaker, author

https://www.fabianafondevila.com/

Gabriela Jaeger

Co-Founder & Programmes Director

Global Changemakers

Godfree McIntyre

Chaplain, Pastor, Life Coach & Trainer

Claremont School of Theology

Hirofumi Yokoi

Japanese Coach, Speaker, Writer, and Thinker about Learning Leadership / Doctoral Candidate

The University of Pennsylvania

James Akoon Akot

National Coordinator

Compassion Connectors - South Sudan

Jasmine Banks

co-founder, Executive Director

Generation Common Good

Jeff Genung

Managing Director

ProSocial World

Jennifer Seniuk

Owner, Art Therapist

Belly Eye Art Therapy Inc.

Jeremy Lent

Founder

Deep Transformation Network

Jesse Laitinen

Director

Streetscapes

Joan Blades

co-founder Living Room Conversations

LivingRoomConversations, MomsRising, MoveOn

john powell

Professor of Law, African American Studies, and Ethnic Studies

Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley

Jon Ramer

Founder

Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest

Julian Abel

Director Compassionate Communities UK

Compassionate Communities UK

Justine Toms

Founding Director & Host

New Dimensions Radio

K Scarry

Director of Partnerships

The Dinner Party/The People's Supper

Kai Shappley

Activist

Kai Shappley, Inc

Kristina Cavit

Founder

The Kindness Institute

Lene Søvold

Clinical Psychologist, Mental Health Advisor, Independent Researcher

Leonard Riskin

Visiting Professor & Distinguished Fellow

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Liz Dunning

VP of Development and Partnerships

Brady

Lorraine Hobbs

Founding Director

Youth & Family Programs, UCSD Center for Mindfulness

Loyce Ong’udi

Founder and Director of Mwanzo

Luis Miguel Gallardo

Founder and President

World Happiness Foundation

Marilyn Turkovich

Director

Charter for Compassion

Maureen Sansom

Workshop Facilitator/Trainer in Choice Theory, Reality Therapy & Lead Management

Community Connecting Community

Michael Gayner

Chief Operating Officer, Coach, & Consultant

Global Compassion Coalition

Nadia Odjo

Director/Founder

BRITE Initiative Incorporated

Nathanael Navarro

Chief National Youth Representative for the Philippines

Club of Rome & The 50 Percent International

Neelama Eyres

Director of Program Development

CCARE Stanford University

Paul Atkins

Co-founder Prosocial World

Prosocial World

Paul Loeb

Founder & Author

guides.vote, Soul of a Citizen

Peggy Rajski

Founder/Interim CEO

The Trevor Project

Renee Jain

Founder and Chief Storyteller

GoZen! and TeenToks

Risa Wilkerson

Executive Director

Healthy Places by Design

Robert Crammond

Research Director

Transformative Enterprise Research Group, University of the West of Scotland

Robert Thurman

Writer

Tibet House US,

Robertson Work

Social and ecological activist and nonfiction author

Compassionate Civilization Collaborative (C3)

Sara Castro

Death Doula

Las Luziérnagas

Scarlett Lewis

Founder

Choose Love Movement

Susan Dzimbiri

Pediatric Nurse & National Coordinator

Compassion Connectors - Malawi

Susie Hills

Founder

TeamKind and KindFest

Tasneem Behardien

NLP Coach, Facilitator and Craftivist

Cape Town Stitch to Resist and Alchemy of Becoming

Thomas Hübl

Teacher, Author and International Facilitator

Uwalaka Uchechukwu

National Coordinator & President

Compassion Connectors - Nigeria & Compassion Champions Initiative

William Lee

retired architect

USCPFA

Yaffa Maritz

Co-Founder

The Charter for compassion and Center of Families Well Being at UW

Yousra Moghani

Dentist & Coach