What is a compassionate city?
A compassionate city creates conditions that are conducive to life. It recognizes compassion as an ethical imperative in its policy decisions. A compassionate city deepens the quality and the extent to which its citizens embrace compassion in caring for its own neighbors. Come be inspired by stories of compassionate action in our community and engage with others in the movement here and beyond.
No single organization, however innovative or powerful, can solve the challenges we face; but we can come together and turn what we have into what we need. We are collectively advancing a shared story based on values such as cooperation, sharing, empathy, and happiness.
Our community officials and neighbors have been promoting these values in the areas of business, justice and law, health, family and youth, arts, food, spirituality, social, cultural, economic and environmental sustainability. We will gather to hear and weave our individual efforts to produce “collective impact” - common purpose through cross-sector alignment and coordination. Join us to share your story and to be a part of an emerging compassionate city.
In the morning we will interact with:
* Compassionate Action Network – Anil Singh-Morales
* Youth Ambassadors - Lori Markowitz
* Seattle Human Services Coalition – Julia Sterkovsky
* Compassionate Response Network – Andrea Brenneke
In the afternoon we will organize into breakout groups led by:
* Cascadia Center – John Hale
* City of Seattle: Engage Seattle – Sol Villarreal
* County Wide Community Forums – John Spady
* Party With a Purpose - Libuse Binder
* Ideal Network – Ronny Bell
* Office of Civil Rights - Julie Nelson
* Seattle Service Plan - Candance Inagi
* Local Food Action Initiative - Phyllis Shulman
* Network Weaving – Viki Sonntag, Bill Aal
* Seattle Innovators – Joe Brewer
* Sustainable Seattle – Laura Musikanski
Visit the Compassionate Action Network website to join the network and learn more about the City's movement to nourish compassion in ourselves, our city and our world.
http://my.compassionateactionnetwork.com/events/compassionate-seattle-creating
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