Our Vision
A world where people and planet are valued and cared for.
We are currently confronting multiple crises fueled by cultures and institutions that drive us toward conflict and competition, rather than collaboration and the pursuit of our shared goals and aspirations. In the midst of this, we risk losing sight of our common humanity, our interdependence, and the vital need to protect and preserve our home.
The future we envision is one where the fundamental orientation of society is centered on the wellbeing of both humanity and the planet. We aspire to a world where everyone feels that their lives and happiness are valued by others, where care and support are accessible whenever needed, and where hope for the future of our communities and our planet thrives.
Our Mission
Establishing compassion and justice at the foundation of all societies.
Extensive scholarship, research, and practical examples demonstrate that communities, institutions, and entire societies can be shaped by compassion. Our mission is to translate this knowledge into action by embedding compassionate values and practices at every level of society.
If compassion is the guiding value we envision for our future, then just economic and political systems will be its practical expression. Justice, in turn, operationalizes compassion into laws and policies that ensure fairness, protect human rights, and uphold human dignity.
Our Strategy
The Global Compassion Coalition offers a home to all those engaged in the study, training, application, and advocacy of compassion. We do this not only to help these individuals and groups to grow together by knowledge transfer and mutual support but to create a cohesive, organized, and sizeable community that has the knowledge, experience, and passion to push the world towards more compassionate ways of living.
We accomplish this in four key ways that embed compassion at all levels of society, planting deep and long-lasting roots.
Increase individual experiences and expressions of compassion.
Through our website practices and guides, online courses, events, podcast, media work, and team of spokespeople, we broaden public awareness, appreciation, and practice of compassion.
Build compassionate communities.
Our Circles of practice, Corps of compassion coaches, and global team of volunteer Connectors are helping to create communities of compassion where people feel connected and cared for.
Foster networks of compassionate leaders.
We build networks of people in key sectors – such as education, healthcare, business, parenting, and politics – and help them to bring more compassionate practices and standards to their own profession or area while also helping to group those networks by region, enabling them to influence their own local standards and culture.
Catalyze coalitions for compassionate action.
We nurture, guide, and launch powerful coalitions of individuals and organizations that accomplish specific tangible results in the world that reduce suffering, particularly by tackling its systemic causes – such as by developing new standards, policies, or laws in key areas, by promoting civic engagement in country-specific ways, by mounting influence campaigns for a more prosocial culture, and by creating hubs of resources for resilience and wellbeing.
