“The Moment Before Forgiveness” wins art award in Eureka, CA
As part of a KEET-TV’s Campaign For Love and Forgiveness and a community outreach initiative to encourage participation in the arts, KEET-TV initiated the Compassion In Contemporary Art Contest with the Ink People Center for the Arts. Inspired by the PBS contemporary art television series ART:21 - Art In the 21st Century, KEET-TV invited North Coast residents to use their art to convey how we see ourselves and the world today and to try their

Campaign conversations increase openness to and interest in forgiving
Campaign conversations are making a difference! In campaign conversations exploring what forgiveness is and ways to practice it, participants in six communities around the country reported key changes in both their understanding of forgiveness, perspectives on it, and their likelihood to grant it to themselves and others. Participants also reported positive changes in specific thoughts, behaviors, and relationships. Research results indicate a greater understanding of the nature and process of forgiveness was gained through the conversations. “I have learned to be more open with myself, my hea

23 films on compassion to choose from!
Want to get comfy and watch a film that explores the theme of compassion this weekend? You’ll find 23 recommendations for films on the Spirituality & Practice Web site. Topping their list is “Central Station, an emotionally affecting Brazilian film about a selfish and cynical former schoolteacher who reluctantly agrees to escort a young boy to his father in the country. As their journey unfolds, we witness the slow but steady hatching of this woman’s heart as she begins to feel her kins

Record an interview with a loved one for National Day of Listening
Simply put, there is nothing, nothing in the world, that can take the place of one person intentionally listening or speaking to another. The act of conscious attending to another person–when one once discovers the taste of it and its significance–can become the center of gravity of the work of love. It is very difficult. Almost nothing in our world supports it or even knows about it. –Jacob Needleman On the day after Thanksgiving, November 27, 2009, StoryCorps is asking all Americans to start a new holiday tradition: Set aside one hour to interview a friend, a loved one, or someone in your community about his or her life. The process is sim

Charter for Compassion to be unveiled tomorrow!
Compassion manifests itself in the world not by thinking but by doing. –Charter for Compassion Tomorrow the words of the Charter for Compassion will be unveiled to the world. 125 international partners will celebrate the launch through 175 events in 32 countries! The Fetzer Institute, sponsor of the Campaign for Love & Forgiveness and primary sponsor of the Charter, is committed to the long-term vision of the Charter and finds the opportunity to support a worldwide conversation about the need for greater compassion compelling. We encourage everyone to read, affirm, shar