November 6, 2025
Dear friend,
I am connecting with you today filled with gratitude for what we’ve created together.
Across continents and cultures, the Global Compassion Coalition (GCC) has become a vibrant community, nourished and united by a shared commitment to compassion in action.
You and thousands of others have shown me that the only way we can solve our problems is with each other.
Compassion cuts through the noise to our shared pain and common interests, and brings the hope and courage you feel when you stand with others.
Compassion brings us together. And together we change the world!
We draw on the power of compassion to connect people in the actions, small and large, that gradually build the world we long for, and this is the work we are doing at GCC:
- Communities – Our 4,200+ grassroots Connectors and the Compassion Corps program bring practical skills to people in need, to reduce isolation, cultivate heart-centered leadership, and build strong, resilient social networks.
- Academy – Through monthly research updates, a growing network of scholars, our 2026 conference with the University of Puerto Rico, and practices from world-class teachers, we bring the science of compassion to everyday life to ease stress, lessen suffering, and strengthen lasting wellbeing.
- Labs – We advance applied compassion in education and healthcare, provide toolkits and trainings for emerging leaders in emerging democracies, and partner with leading organizations to develop the Prosocial Evolution Accelerator – to study and promote new collective actions that address systemic challenges.
All of this is enabled by our Founding Supporters, Founding Organizations, Advisory Council, Board, small dedicated staff, and people like you who have contributed attention, time, care, and resources.
From my heart: THANK YOU!
It’s been the joy of my life to volunteer nearly full-time over the past three years, but most people can’t do this. I’m asking for your help to literally keep the lights on, and to keep building on the foundations of the Compassion Communities, Academy, and Labs.
Please donate so we can continue to grow compassion in individuals, leaders, communities, and societies. Any amount will help! Consider the ambition of our aims, and our focus on building the new coalitions needed to produce long overdue changes in systemic sources of suffering.
I’ve spent the past fifty years as a therapist and teacher trying to pull people out of the river of suffering. That is certainly worthy, and done by countless others as well.
And now with your support, we are working on the forces upstream that are pushing so many people into that river.
Let’s do this together!
With respect and warm wishes,
Rick Hanson
President, Global Compassion Coalition