by JonRamer | Nov 19, 2015 | Compassion Reports, Unity Games
One million, two hundred and fifty two thousand, one hundred and sixty. Need to see that in numerical form? 1,252,160. That’s how many meals were packaged for local food shelters. How did they reach such an astonishing number? Compassionate DFW is a project founded by...
by JonRamer | Nov 11, 2015 | Coopetitions, Giving Games
The Giving Games Backstory If you want the shortest possible, bottom-line summary of information about the November 29th through December 10th Giving Games, go here. What follows is the story behind The Giving Games: Youth and Schools Play it Forward. Table of...
by JonRamer | Nov 2, 2015 | Compassion Reports, Ways to Play
The world’s religious and spiritual traditions, represented by nearly 10,000 people, came together under one roof during October 2015 in Salt Lake City for the Parliament of World’s Religions. Along with them came thousands of cultures, spiritual practices, and...
by JonRamer | Oct 13, 2015 | Compassion Reports, Unity Games
Introduction We are proud and excited to share the results of the 2015 Annual Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest. This year’s Annual Games were a remarkable performance by thousands of people and hundreds of teams committed to bringing compassion to life! What...
by JonRamer | Aug 25, 2015 | Partners, Unity Games, Ways to Play
For many people the tragic events of 9/11 changed their lives. Being a proud New Yorker, that was the day that everything changed for me as well. My life as a social entrepreneur – including the birth of the International Campaign for Compassionate Cities and...
by JonRamer | Aug 14, 2015 | Unity Games, Ways to Play
Shhh! Want to know a secret? This story is about to reveal one of the best kept Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest mysteries. For the past four years, an elite, undercover team have taken on missions of life-altering proportions, changing the very fabric of our...
by JonRamer | May 1, 2015 | Compassion Reports, Earth Week, Faith and Interfaith, For Others, Harmony Week, Teams
Baltimore’s riots this week have highlighted the growing unrest and injustices across America. Many are being forced to rethink assumptions we’ve made about race, power, civility, and compassion. We seem to have forgotten concepts like fairness and justice as a...
by JonRamer | Apr 22, 2015 | Cities - Mayors, Compassion Reports, Compassionate Seattle, Earth Week, For Others, Louisville Kentucky, Ways to Play
As citizens, we understand the power of public policy and the choices that a Mayor can make. We know that budgets are moral documents that reflect the values of our community and are then carried out by our elected officials. We also know that now is a tough time to...
by JonRamer | Feb 18, 2015 | Compassion Reports, Earth Week, Faith and Interfaith, For Others, For Self, For the Earth, Harmony Week, Random Acts of Compassion, Service Projecs, Stories of Compassion, Sun Up Our Sanctuaries, Ways to Play
(Header Image: “New Pioneers” from Mark Hensen) At a time when religiously motivated violence seems to be more horrific and terrifying than ever, what would it take to transition our world to one of interfaith harmony and peace? It may seem pollyanna to...
by JonRamer | Nov 11, 2014 | Education - Schools, Giving Games, Ways to Play
The past year of 2014 was a breakthrough year at Compassion Games International. Besides the extraordinary growth from 19 to 159 Teams in just one year, the development of the Leagues burst the gates right off any barriers of limitations that we could have dreamt of....
