Charter for Compassion launches today

The long-awaited Charter for Compassion will be officially unveiled today at 9:30am EST at the National Press Club in Washington DC.

To celebrate the launch 123 international partner organisations have created 175 events in 32 countries, on every populated continent.

This global movement has inspired hundreds of thousands of people to fulfil TED-prize winner Karen Armstrong’s wish of repositioning compassion at the heart of people’s lives and communities.

global tolerance has the responsibility, working alongside TED and the Charter for Compassion team, to develop the partnerships and co-ordinate the global partner events. The full list of activities around the world are available at the Charter for Compassion website. For more information about the events please contact us.

As part of the Charter’s inauguration global tolerance will be launching a communications movement www.globaltolerance.com/tole-rants on 16 November 2009. The ‘tole-rants’-60-second hope-filled videos will revolutionise the paradigm of addressing social problems.

Today’s launch is only the beginning of this worldwide drive to implement the ‘Golden rule’ of compassion. Please contact us to get more information about the Charter for Compassion, becoming a Charter partner or hosting an event.