The International Day of Peace, sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day, is observed annually on 21 September. The day was first celebrated in 1982, and is kept by many nations, political groups, military groups, and peoples. It was decided that Sept. 21st would be a day of "commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples."  In 2013, for the first time, the Day was dedicated by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to peace...

The United Religions Initiative (URI) is a global grassroots interfaith network that cultivates peace and justice by engaging people to bridge religious and cultural differences and work together for the good of their communities and the world. The purpose of the United Religions Initiative is to promote enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, to end religiously motivated violence and to create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings. This mission is carried...

Dalai Lama Fellows, a global program personally authorized by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, envisions and works towards the world that tends to the good of the whole as well as of the individual. We do this by building a global network of young social innovators working at the intersections of peace, justice, and ecology. We then guide them to deepen their effectiveness by merging social innovation with contemplative values, ethics, and compassion. https://youtu.be/GcFWGBfGfnk  ...

The PeaceJam Foundation is an international organization whose mission statement is "to create young leaders committed to positive change in themselves, their communities, and the world through the inspiration of Nobel Peace Laureates who pass on the spirit, skills, and wisdom they embody." To date, 13 Nobel Peace Laureates, including the 14th Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, President Oscar Arias,Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Betty Williams, José...

Today we recognize the remarkable work of Louie Schwartzberg and his collaboration with Oprah Winfrey, Gratitude Revealed.  The Compassion Torch moves from the Greater Good Science Center to Gratitude Revealed. During the Global Unity Games, each daily mission includes one of the building blocks associated with revealing gratitude. Acclaimed filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg’s TEDx talk on gratitude was a viral sensation, reaching tens of millions of viewers who shared and responded with their own...

The Compassion Torch moves from Stanford CCARE to UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center (GGSC). GGSC research center is devoted to the scientific understanding of individual happiness, compassion, strong social bonding, and altruistic behavior. The center was started in 2001 and serves to conduct research, and to translate and disseminate research for the general public. The Greater Good Science Center studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, and teaches skills that...

Today the Compassion Torch is passed from Compassionate Silicon Valley to Dr. James Doty at the Center for Compassion Altruism Research and Education (CCARE).  Dr Doty is a Clinical Professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education a part of the Stanford Institute of Neuro-Innovation and Translational Neurosciences.  He has also written “Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries...

Compassionate Silicon Valley (CSV) is one of over 350 communities around the world that have embarked on a compassionate city or compassionate community campaign.  These campaigns usually begin with affirming the Charter for Compassion and then lead to playing in “coopetitions” organized by the Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest. The purpose of these campaigns and Compassion Games is to boost and ignite a communities ability to create healthy, vibrant, thriving places of opportunity and...