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Mount Madonna Students to Meet with Dalai Lama

Mount Madonna School seniors spent two years preparing for a trip to India,
part of the Values in World Thought social studies program.

No More Steubenvilles: How To Raise Boys to be Kind Men

Article by Kim Simon. What can we do to help young men respect women, recognize consent, and have healthy sexual relationships? Teach them kindness to others—and the courage to go against the crowd.

When Max was just a few months old, I sat cross-legged on the floor with him in a circle of other mothers.  The facilitator for our “Mommy and Me” playgroup would throw a question out to the group, and we would each volley back an answer.

Teaching Emotions: A Different Approach to Ending School Violence

A growing network of programs is teaching kids how to understand and express their emotions. Among their results: decreased aggression and violence.

Compassionate Incarceration

by Edwin James for The Guardian

Sunday 24 February 2013

A convict works on Bastoy prison farm. Photograph: Marco Di Lauro

Creating a Peace Incentive

by Meg Lane

The path to peace is fostered through ‘education and learning.'

Storytelling Techniques

 

Here are some techniques to help you with your storytelling.  Submit your stories of compassion to the Compassionate Action Network and you'll see them published in this section of our offerings.

AMANDA LEWAN 

Nothing is more important than teaching compassion

Essay by Vinciane Rycroft. As educators, we have a genuine wish to contribute to a happier society. And yet, we sometimes wonder how we can keep this intention alive and make it a reality. 

The Evolution of Compassion

Author Robert Wright thinks the crises the human species now faces are moral in nature, and that our salvation lies in the intelligent pursuit of self-interest. In his book Nonzero, Wright argues that life depends on a non-zero-sum dynamic.

The Day the Earth Shook

After the earth shook, the nurses held steady. Evens Joicin speaks about the days following the 2010 earthquake in Leogane, Haiti

By Susan Baller-Shepard

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