What Can I Do to Help Build a Culture of Compassion?
Last Updated:
October, 2008
Second :  Tell others, who are interested in compassion, about this website to increase compassion discourse.  Post links to this site on other sites. Send us link info -> ->                              using email or use email to join the totally confidential "Friends of Compassion" email list.
Third : Submit suggestions to improve this site, send an email.
This can include additional links, comments on writings within the site, errors on the site, movies, short messages, book reviews, journal articles, new ideas, on-going research, and site format suggestions.
Fourth : Submit short papers (attached to an email                  ) that can be posted on this site which address issues related to empathy, and/or compassion. This can be an "idea" paper, click here                 or it can be a free flowing story of a compassionate event or person.  There is a special page dedicated to compassion stories, click here  
Fifth : Continue to develop your own understanding of compassion and share this development with others. Understand that your development shapes your definition, understanding and practice of compassion.

Some ideas on papers that could be added to this site:
                 - Your ideas on what compassion means to you.
                 - Religion and what it says about compassion.
                 - Describe an important compassionate encounter. 
                 - Give respect to a compassionate person.
                 - Describe a compassionate program or service.
                 - Describe some personal encounter with compassion.
Remember these do not have to be "professional" papers.  The goal is to have discourse and to share ideas.

Send out emails to any person, author, institution, foundation linked to compassion - and tell them of this site.
Sixth : If you know of anyone studying, or teaching, compassion ask them to add to this site.                       PASS IT ON!

Don't just be an observer - Take some action and add to the data base of knowledge about compassion.

Spend time surfing the internet for links to compassion information - email us anything new
Join an internet community to discuss topics on this site. Click ->

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Use the caring coin as a way to open the door to the compassion space

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Also, if you have visited this site check to see if your location is listed.  If not send us an email.
If you wish to become part of the "Friends of Compassion", a confidential email distribution list that is used to send new compassion information to interested people, then please send an email. If you want to be removed from the list also send an email.
First: Complete the compassion survey
Pass on the survey to others to help increase our knowledge about compassion
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An EASY  "What can I do?" step is to join "Friends of Compassion".  You will receive updates when new information is added to this website.  It is easy - just send an email and you will become a "Friend of Compassion"
Author: W. David Hoisington, Ph. D.