Compassionate Atlanta – Bringing the voice of compassion to the Greater Atlanta area

Building A Better Future For The Atlanta Community

Welcome

Compassionate Atlanta is a grassroots community-building non-profit which seeks to raise awareness about the benefits of compassionate action throughout the Greater Atlanta area. We do this by teaching and encouraging people of every persuasion and walk of life to channel their concern for the wellbeing of others into tangible action. The goal is to build healthier, more connected, abundant, and thriving communities.

We advance and shift the local and global culture by centering compassion with everyone we connect with and everything that we do.

"We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color."

-Maya Angelou

Charter for Compassion founder on “Compassionate Cities”

“A compassionate city is an uncomfortable city! A city that is uncomfortable when anyone is homeless or hungry. Uncomfortable if every child isn’t loved and given rich opportunities to grow and thrive. Uncomfortable when any group anywhere in the world is marginalized or oppressed. Uncomfortable when as a community we don't treat our neighbors as we would wish to be treated.”

-Karen Armstrong

Citizens become powerful when they choose to shift the context within which they act in the world. Communities are human systems given form by conversations that build relatedness.

-Peter Block, Author of the Structure of Belonging.

Compassionate Atlanta's work rests on three pillars:

foundations of our work

Education

We practice and model mindfulness with proven models such as Compassionate Integrity Training, anti-racism education, and through partnerships that support the development of compassion in children and youth.

Collaboration

We build networks with our charter partners through collaborations and community conversations to yield compassionate impact throughout our city.

Civic Engagement

We promote living compassionately in a diverse world through our advocacy and civic engagement as we address racial and economic justice issues locally.

Compassionate Atlanta's current work

Our Initiatives

Compassionate Cities
Of Georgia

A CA Initiative

Initiative Driven

Compassionate Cities of georgia has come together to represent & uplift our local community.

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CompassionCon

Celebrate compassionate action for self, each other, and the Earth.

CompassionCon

CompassionCon is a weekend-long hybrid gathering to encourage and celebrate compassionate action for self, each other, and the Earth.

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Restorying Dignity

A Storytelling Event about The Stigma Black Women Face in Faith Spaces.

What is Re-Storying Dignity?

This performance weaves together the stories of five amazing Black women who were faced with monumental life challenges. When they needed solace and healing from their spiritual homes, they were met with judgment and rejection.

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Compassion Belonging & Inclusion Index

Resources & Indexes

Compassion & Inclusivity Resources

Resources To help you align your company to be an awesome place for all of your employees & team members.

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Our Story

Compassionate Atlanta is founded on the values of compassion, equity, respect, and inclusion. We model how to share power through our Co-Director leadership model and by including the voices of everyone throughout the organization: Blacks, immigrants, women, and people of various faiths, including the non-religious. Our staff and board include people of color, immigrants, individuals with disabilities, various religious backgrounds, genders, and sexual orientations.

We ensure that our partnerships are equally as diverse. We grow our network based on Asset Based Community Development concepts, knowing that our partners are the ones best suited to serve their own communities.

We support our consortium of partners in community engagement as we educate on compassion and support them to come out of silos and cross-pollinate with other stakeholders to collaborate for stronger services for their targeted populations.

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Our Partners

Compassionate Atlanta has 150+ local partners who have signed the global charter for compassion.

Why Sign the charter?

We amplify the good work our charter partner organizations are doing and we encourage you to:

Become part of a local and global community that puts compassion first with 2600+ global partners and 400+ Compassionate City Initiatives around the world.
Connect with 12,000+ followers through our newsletter and social media to promote your events.
Collaborate on opportunities with us and other local charter members.

"We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color." ~ Maya Angelou

Charter for Compassion founder on “Compassionate Cities”

“A compassionate city is an uncomfortable city! A city that is uncomfortable when anyone is homeless or hungry. Uncomfortable if every child isn’t loved and given rich opportunities to grow and thrive. Uncomfortable when any group anywhere in the world is marginalized or oppressed. Uncomfortable when as a community we don't treat our neighbors as we would wish to be treated.”

-Karen Armstrong

Keep up with the Compassionate Atlanta team & their journey

Jimmy's | Shining The Light

Everybody Is Welcome at the Alliance Theatre

The Michael C. Carlos Museum

Our Blog

CompassionCon May 2022

The Power of Shared Power: Co-Directing Nonprofits Through Compassion

Tweets by CompassionATL

We are dedicated to greater diversity and inclusion and provide equal opportunity to people of all races, ethnicities, cultures, religions, class, genders, sexual orientations, gender identifications/expressions, range of abilities, socio-economic background, educational status, ages, geographic locations, philosophies, and veteran statuses at all levels of staff and governance as well as within the communities we serve. We aim to lead by example with our own practices, encouraging our communities and partners to engage in diversity likewise as diversity and inclusion are the true expressions of compassion.