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








































