Come Home
10-12 September 2025
Capetown, South Africa | Online
What happens when a world in crisis remembers to care?
The Festival of Compassion invites participants into a global homecoming – a return to what truly matters. Held under the theme Come Home, the festival weaves together story, science, and spirit in a collective journey toward wholeness.
This is not a conventional conference. It’s an immersive gathering shaped by shared meals, creative practice, deep listening, and local ritual. Participants will walk a spiral of remembrance and renewal, rooted in the wisdom of inner lives, the strength of relational living, and the urgency of compassionate action.
Programme
The Festival unfolds across three days in a rhythm following a homecoming arc:
Day 1 – Head: Remembering
Grounding in intellectual insight, collective grief, and deep historical memory.
Day 2 – Heart: Reconnecting
Exploring compassion through creativity, storytelling, belonging, and joy.
Day 3 – Hands: Reimagining
Taking action – exploring practices, tools, and new pathways forward.
Each day includes a blend of talks, embodied practices, artistic expression, and community rituals. Expect to be moved. Expect to participate. Expect to leave changed.
Speakers
Dr. Rick Hanson
Festival Director, and GCC Founder and President
Mamphela Ramphele
GCC Board Past Chair and local (SA) festival ambassador
Fadia Williams
Festival Programme Curator
More Speakers Coming Soon
Join Us
We are curating a diverse, global community of particpants committed to building a more compassionate world.
Whether you are an educator, activist, healer, policy-maker, artist, community leader, or seeker – this festival is for you.
In-person experience
10-12 September 2025 | Cape Town, South Africa
Online participation
A parallel online offering that will share key moments, sessions, and rituals for those unable to attend in person, expanding the circle of compassion across the globe
FAQs
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Festival Contact
General inquiries:
info@globalcompassioncoalition.org
Media queries:
media@globalcompassioncoalition.org
