Attendees

Conference on How to Build a Culture of Empathy and Compassion?

Index

Overview
Attendees
Organizations

SESSIONS

1.A Hope
1.B Meanness
1.C Communities
1.D Compassion

2.A Cultivate
2.B Culture
2.C Power

3.A Transformation
3.B
3.C

Conclusion
Next Steps

Attendees

Videos		How we can Build a Culture of Empathy?

		Sura Hart Modeling it is the key to education Parents need support, - parenting leave, etc Give teachers education on empathy Have TV moderators using empathy to bring people together real dialogue with dialogue instead of fights More movies and cartoons that model empathic connection showing another way is possible I have more ideas, I'm thinking about it all the time I appreciate what your doing. I take heart that there are many people bringing forward empathy Obama for example More politicians talking about empathy. local level with skilled moderators, who want to get people heard

		Mutima Imani, Social Justice Minister Minister East Bay Church or Religious Science, Faces of the East Bay How to build a Culture of Empathy? Forgiveness is at the heart of empathy. I forgive you on the fear based on color removes victim-hood. Democracy that includes all of us, it brings empathetic listening.

		Katy Dawson Working with parents and giving them the tools Schools can become centers of empathy Some say don't teach empathy at school but rather at home they haven't been in the schools letters to the editor, full of blame want to talk with peoples who's letters confused me get people who are on the other side of the fence to have dialog a forum for conversations for creating connection and understanding so enemies are not enemies anymore We're brought up in a culture of whose right and who's wrong the opposite of what happens on tv now. not trying to listen drama of fighting drama of coming together - movies that are alive

		Desiree Banzhaf We are naturally empathic unlearn the blocks growing up in a natural culture of empathy Some skill development can be useful Building awareness of what is not empathy can help advice, story it reminds them of, questions catching ourselves and bringing the awareness back a practice of what the mind is doing brain attaches, tries to help, organize all those practices help noticing and eliminating them

		Elouise D Oliver Senior Minister East Bay Church or Religious Science How to build a Culture of Empathy? Allow people to cry. Crying we are human and will feel what the other feels. When crying they are feeling their own pain. Now real empathy is happening. Just watching that person in pain, they are starting to empathize now and we don't want to do that. If you can remember your own pain and your own suffering, your own feelings. I can empathize with anyone because I'm a mother. What I know is that every person has a mother.

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