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Culture of Empathy Builder:  Ashoka

 

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What is the most effective way your program fosters empathy?
In just a sentence or two, would you share what you see as the most effective way your program is building, fostering or nurturing a culture of empathy?
Also, I'd like to invite you and any other applicants to to join in a recorded Skype based interview and panel discussion to talk about your program and empathy. For more see.  
http://bit.ly/y8WS7V

Warmly,
Edwin
Director, Center for Building a Culture of Empathy
http://cultureofempathy.com

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Finalists

Check out the 15 finalists and vote for your favorite entry by using the competition site (Or use our handy Facebook app!).

sent

Invitation to do a Skype interview about empathy and your program

Congratulations on being a finalist for Activating Empathy. I'm Edwin Rutsch, director of the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy, I'm a Expert Commentator on the competition. I've been interviewing some of the participants and would like to interview you. For other Interviews see: http://j.mp/JNDbGl
To do an interview via Skype, see. http://bit.ly/y8WS7V

If you would like to do an interview about your program and empathy send me an email; edwinrutsch@gmail.com
with a time that works for you.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Warmly

Edwin

 

 

Grants

  • The Einhorn Family Charitable Trust’s mission is to help people get along better.  the Trust seeks to inspire a movement of empathic citizens who, with mutual respect and understanding, ultimately build an increasingly civil society.

  • 1440 Foundation  -  judges - 1440 Foundation invests in projects and programs that bring the power of self awareness and authentic relationship skills to education, wellness and the workplace

    • Michelle Gale

    • Soren GORDHAMER

    • Joan Halifax Roshi 

    • Scott Kriens

    • Daniel J. Siegel

    • Meng Tan

 

     
Ashoka Staff    
    Start Emapthy.org

  Laura Zax  How to Implement STEM Effectively
LAURA ZAX - A love of all things innovation is what first drew Laura to Ashoka, where she works to identify and connect leading social entrepreneurs--innovators applying new solutions to some of the oldest and most entrenched societal problems. She also serves as managing editor of Ashoka's StartEmpathy, the forthcoming online home of a movement focusing on educational innovation. Before coming to Ashoka, Laura worked as Communications Director of a mobile health technology start up building products to bring primary care into the 21st century.
     
     
     
  Danielle Goldstone
sent email

 

 

     
     
   
Paula Recart    
     
  Piedad Rivadeneira

 

 

     
     
  Lennon Flowers

 

 

     
   

Ashoka Fellows US Leadership Team

   
     
  Molly Barker

 

 

     
     
  Eric Dawson

 

 

     
     
  Mary Gordon

 

 

 

     
     
     
  Jill Vialet    

 

 

 

   
     
     
Writers  

 

  John Converse Townsend
http://www.changemakers.com/users/john-converse-townsend
http://www.changemakers.com/blog/107575
1440 Foundation
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-converse-townsend/22/726/821

http://www.facebook.com/JohnTownsend

Ashoka Changemakers | Media Mobilizer and Community Content Producer | Washington, D.C. United States
John Townsend is a social change devotee, international traveler, and sports fanatic. John moved to the Washington, DC area after growing up in Mexico City and New Delhi.
sent email. no reply

     
     
Adam Horowitz    
     
Ashoka ChangeInSight    
     
     
Expert Commentators    
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Carol Engler

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http://www.changemakers.com/users/edwin-rutsch
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Stan Davis

sent interview invitation

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Joan Duffell

Done

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Guillermina Lazzaro
sent interview invitation

   

Neil Dsouza
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sent interview invitation

 
 

Noble Kelly
Done

Noble Kelly has been a Business and ICT educator at the secondary level in British Columbia since 1991 and has a Post Baccalaureate in Educational Technology.
 Noble Kelly
President,
Education Beyond Borders
www.educationbeyondborders.org

Lauren Parnell Marino
lmarino@changemakers.com


Community Manager
Ashoka Changemakers
lmarino@ashoka.org
(703)600-8302

Evagelia Tavoulareas
Media Mobilizer | Ashoka Changemakers
703.946.3730 | @EmilyTav
etavoulareas@ashoka.org

Lauren, Eva and Edwin,
noble@educationbeyondborders.org
lmarino@changemakers.com
 

   

Pankaj Dubey
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Pankaj took up the cause of ‘EMPATHY BUILDING’ in children irrespective of their social and economic background. He has designed and actualised India’s first travelling street film festival for children in slums and villages by the name of ‘Sadak Chhap Film Fest’ to reach out to the children with limited means.”
sent interview invitation

 

 


  
 

Dara Feldman
sent interview invitation - scheduled -

Dara Feldman is Director of Education and a Master Facilitator for The Virtues Project, offering keynotes, workshops and retreats transforming school culture and empowering students, educators and families to thrive. Dara is a National Board Certified Teacher and was honored as Disney’s 2005 Outstanding Elementary Teacher of the Year and Educator of the Year for the National Association for Self Esteem in 2009.
 

Zaki Hasan

Zaki Hasan is currently serving Room to Read as the organization's Country Director for Bangladesh. He has worked in various sub-sectors of education including Early Childhood Development, 

   

Richard Majors

Dr. Richard Majors is currently the Director of the Applied Centre of Emotional Literacy Leadership and Research (ACELLR) and Director of Innovation at Wolverhampton College.

 

 

Bukik Setiawan
Bukik is a unique, creative and strategic person. His passion is to facilitate creative change process of organizations, companies, and communities based on their strength. His mission is to create the ideal Indonesia; Indonesia we imagine.

 

 

Maria Fonseca
Maria Fonseca has been working for social change organizations for the last 12 years. She started working as program officer for Fundacion Leer, providing support and training for innovative programs around education in Argentina. 

  Alissa is the eldest daughter of the late Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur), 4th president of Indonesia who strongly advocates tolerance on interfaith relation and cultural diversity. She currently directs and manages GUSDURian, a vast network of independent local communities all over Indonesia inspired and dedicated to cultivate pluralism and humanity values. 
     
     
     
Judges    
 

DACHER KELTNER - Founding Director,Greater Good Science Center

 

KIRAN BIR SETHI - Founder, Design for Change
sent interview invitation -

 

LIZ DWYER - Education Editor, GOOD
sent interview invitation -

 

TALIA LEMAN - CEO and Co-Founder,RandomKid
sent interview invitation -

 

 

VICKY COLBERT - Founder and Co-Author,Escuela Nueva