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Leslie’s Invitation to Join the Compassion Games

by | Sep 10, 2014 | , ,

Dear Friends and Family, Come play the Compassion Games with me! I'm an organizer 'cos I'm a big fan of the whole idea of people and teams around the world competing in "survival of the kindest" games for good every year. By doing good as part of the Compassion Games, we can do more good together and we all win! Starting TODAY  September 11 through September 21st, thousands of individuals and more than 150 teams are making our communities safer, kinder, more just and compassionate places to...

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Compassion Torch and The Fremont Summer Solstice Parade

Compassion Torch and The Fremont Summer Solstice Parade

by | Jun 25, 2014 | ,

Team Seattle is organizing for the 2014 Compassion Games and has adopted a theme - the "art of compassion”. Therefore it was the perfect setting to kick off the 2014 pre-games by joining in on the Fremont Summer Solstice Parade. Fremont, also known as the Artists Republic of Fremont, is a neighborhood in Seattle that identifies itself as the "center of the universe." The heart and soul of this community is the Fremont Arts Council who have produced the parade for over 20 years.  Members of the...

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Challenging Us to Create a Culture of Peace and Compassion

by | Jul 13, 2013 | , ,

What kind of culture are we growing?  Culture refers to everything that makes up our way of life. Our culture comes from the process of cultivation. We have learned how to grow our culture as in agriculture and horticulture. This suggests that our culture is a function of how we think and act, individually and collectively, and that we can change our culture by acting imaginatively and creatively. Our culture is revealed in the ways we work and play. Play is primary to how we create culture....

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So Who Won the Compassion Games?

by | Nov 19, 2012 | ,

First off, the winners of the Compassion Games are all of us. Everybody wins when somebody makes an effort to treat others more kindly, respectfully and thoughtfully. So the short answer is everybody won! Thank you to all of our partners, sponsors, volunteers, and participants for making the games a great success! At the same time, Seattle was responding to a "community challenge" from the City of Louisville, Kentucky.... read more here.

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Compassion is a two-way stream – one must give in order to receive

by | Oct 31, 2012 | ,

By Atit Marmer My entire life has been committed to learning and understanding the giving and receiving of compassion. My first memory of an event involving this spiritual path goes way back to the sixth grade when our class visited a student art show presented by a school situated in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Cincinnati, Ohio, where I grew up. I felt the pain and resilience of the students, many of whom were my age, and I instinctively reached out to a number of them, talking and...

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A teacher’s compassion, a family supported

by | Oct 30, 2012 | , ,

By Marilyn Pulliam Mary and her mother were with the principal, who introduced Mary saying, “Mrs. Jones will be your reading teacher.” “I don’t read,” came the reply. “Mrs. Jones will teach you.” “I don’t read,” she repeated. To break the impasse Mrs. Jones invited Mary to a corner of the room. Mary really meant she not only did not read but couldn’t. Mrs. Jones had a book which contained only stick figures to illustrate the story. After several pages a single word appeared on the page. Soon...

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Films tell stories of compassion at Seattle event

by | Oct 29, 2012 | , , , , , ,

 Submitted by What's Good 206 If you let a community tell its own stories, what do you hear? During Seattle's Compassion Games, independent filmmakers brought us stories of a neighborhood coming together around a community garden, a community formed around an all-night diner, and a community of dancers that became family for a Seattle newcomer.   These and about a dozen other films were shown during an event called, "A Story Runs Through It, " which was hosted by Seattle International...

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Help plant a garden of compassion at Rainier Vista Boys & Girls Club

by | Oct 26, 2012 | , , , ,

By Jon Ramer   The Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club needs you. Dedicated school chef Patrice Freeman shops the sales to feed her hungry troupe, but she has a dream, to feed her boys and girls with fresh fruit and vegetables from a bountiful school garden. She has the space, and she's looking for donations of soil and the materials to create eight to 10 large planters for the garden and fill them with rich planting soil for the 2013 spring and summer. The club is budget challenged. On the...

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‘Kindness School’ builds strong academics with compassion

by | Oct 26, 2012 | , , , , ,

 Submitted by What's Good 206 Strong academics are a byproduct of a good school. That's the model for Puget Sound Community School, which operates on the premise that students learn best when they are supported in their passions. And yes, they do take classes like pre-calculus and physics. Teaching compassion and kindness are an essential part of that education, says founder Andy Smallman, who founded the school 19 years ago with his wife Melinda Shaw. Hear students and teachers talk about...

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Hope and pain through a social worker’s eyes

by | Oct 26, 2012 | , , ,

By Martha Hopler As I head to the home of J. I feel a sense of urgency today is the day.  Today is the day I have waited for, for some time.  I have waited for the moment she is ready to head to re-hab.  I am very aware of the choices I have made to allow her to continue to care for her children while she chooses  to use drugs and alcohol to escape the realities of her difficult life. As the social worker I live in the ever present tension of what is right for her kids and what she wants…. ...

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