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The Center for Building a Culture of Empathy’s mission is to contribute to growing a movement of worldwide compassion. This is accomplished through a variety of means. First is by community organizing, bringing people together and holding in-person and online meetings to help build the movement. Next is by collecting and organizing related Internet material. Currently, a one-year online international conference has been launched on the question of ‘How Can We Build a Culture of Empathy and Compassion?’ (November 1, 2011 – October 2, 2012)
The conference consists of an ongoing series of online panel discussions with empathy and compassion experts from all fields and walks of life. The panels take place using Skype group video conferencing and are recorded and uploaded to Youtube for viewing at any time.
Location: Online on Skype and YouTube
Date: A one year ‘rolling’ conference starting November 1, 2011 and ending Oct 2, 2012
Vision: We envision a global culture of empathy and compassion, in a world where people experience the joy of being connected to each other and interconnected with all life.
Mission: The ‘How Can We Build a Culture of Empathy and Compassion?’ conference will contribute to building a global culture of empathy and compassion by bringing interested people from various world communities together to
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foster synergy, build awareness and grow momentum,
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inspire, support and motivate one another
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share ideas and strategies
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network and develop partnerships
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generate plans for empathic action.
Additionally, a sub-conference asks: How to Nurture, Foster and Teach Empathy in the Education System?
A section of the conference will be specifically about how to develop a comprehensive empathy curriculum for the education system. Educators are invited to propose panels on this topic.
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Join the Education Conference Facebook Event Page and invite friends.
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Visit the Ashoka Empathy in Education Initiative.
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