Thanks for sending this out Stacie,
I had not seen this before. But last year, at the Parliament of World Religions in Salt Lake City, I was very impressed by all the people I met who were all Compassionate Cities volunteers. They lived throughout the USA and world and in their city got involved in planning and implementation of declaring their city a Compassionate City. I saw that it was indeed a movement.
This webpage below is very also interesting and on that webpage it mentions that city of Atlanta and Fayetteville are both declared Compassionate Cities. The leader of Compassionate Cities shares the interview with the founders of this initiative in Fayetteville:
"Learning from one another: a special report from Compassionate Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Marilyn: We are joined today by three, great lead-organizers for the Compassionate Fayetteville,
Arkansas team: Rev. Edwin Williams, Rev. Dian Williams and Christy Pollack. I'll let them introduce themselves. I wonder if one of you would briefly address how did Compassionate
Fayetteville get started, what are some the items in your action plan, how do you work with your partners, and finally, how are you helping Compassionate Fayetteville reach beyond its
borders? .........This interview report continues on this website below:
https://www.charterforcompassion.org/compassionate-cities-and-communities-progress-and-options
How many people on this listserv know if their cities have declared themselves a "COMPASSIONATE CITY" --- or if you know if some are now planning for it.
From a woman that I met at the Parliament of World Regions conference who told me this story of how she got involved: A couple of years ago - in Seattle – the mayor sent out a message to all members of Seattle to come to the city center for a meeting just to explore what it might mean for them to organize to become a Compassionate City. In his invitation / announcement – he said that he didn't know it this would be something that might be good for Seattle or not --- and he wanted those interested to come and be part of the thinking about what it is and what they might want to do.
Warm wishes,
Mary
Hi All - Someone recently shared this with me and, in case you haven't see it, I thought I would pass it on: the charter for compassion (and it's video) is something to consider.
Dr. Stacie Chappell
Assistant Professor of Management
College of Business
Western New England University
1215 Wilbraham Road, Springfield MA