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The Cycle of Hate
Empathy Collective #15: The Cycle of Hate
A special focus this edition on Isreal, Palestine, Gaza and breaking the cycle of hatred… and including resources on how to talk to children about the conflict.
Community: the new “village”
Empathy Collective #14: Community: the new village
Acts of friendship promoted in parliament. Being a key note at EdFest. A Marathon for a Mile. An empathy exercise in listening to women who access support for being at risk of, or affected by, the criminal justice system.
Plus more in this edition of The Empathy Collective.
We’re walking a marathon for ‘a mile’
Duke of Edinburgh students choose to walk a marathon to help others ‘walk a mile’. D of E bronze student Josh shares why he, Alex, Leo and Kitt are fundraising to build a culture of empathy.
The Golden or the Platinum Rule?
Empathy Collective #13: Golden Rule or Platinum Rule?
Saying thank you to our bracelet making friends and using the golden rule to talk to teenagers about mental health and the platinum rule to teach over self-absorbed children through their empathy.
Plus more in this edition of The Empathy Collective.
Cheap vs costly empathy
Empathy Collective #12: Day to day empathy, from memes to shared experiences. What’s the cost.
Also that Lewis Capildi video, an empathy exercise involving listening and walking in another’s shoes with the Empathy Museum plus more.
Nurture curiosity
Empathy Collective #11: Culture your curiosity. Curiosity: the cat killer or reminder of cat’s have nine lives! 5 Curiosity killers and 5 remedies.
And two empathy exercises on do you see the world as selfish and the gender gap.
Compassion revolution
Empathy Collective #10: Compassion fatigue vs compassion revolution.
And an empathy exercise on the bystander effect and why aren’t refugees from calais settling there?
Playing cupid
Empathy Collective #9: playing cupid this valentine’s… with a twist of empathy.
And an empathy exercise from Empathy Week & Refugee Action quiz .
A Listening Workout?
Empathy Collective #8: Listening without prejudice. An Empathy Exercise quiz… and do you often think being an idealist is something that others belittle when you express it?
Remembering Humanity
Empathy Collective #7: Five things to remember humanity (inc a BBC radio conversation with the Director). Happy holidays? … visit the island where holidayers and refugees share moments.
teach empathy
Empathy Collective #6: Do immersive workshops work in school? Christmas bundles on the empathy store and let’s talk about suicide.
“Truly inspiring for my boy”
Empathy Collective #5: Desperate Journeys - what others said… Christmas and how NZ Police recruited using an empathy exercise + more
Dehumanising vs humanising issues
#4 Humanising vs Dehumanising. Challenging the bias Empathy Exercise and more from Empathy Action this fortnight.
“This is the sort of experience that stays with them for life”
#3 Education for Change, The Poverty Trap (Broadmead), and a Puppy Love empathy exercise video
What’s next after the Glasgow Agreement?
Chair Paul Williams writes on Empathy Action's commitment post COP26 Glasgow
Schools Choose Empathy
Following the recent spell of Desperate Journeys at The Royal Victoria Place, we reflect on the rise of schools choosing empathy for their students.
Craft and Conversation
A joint initiative run by Empathy Action and Tonbridge Welcomes Refugees, it brings together women from Syria and the UK.
Desperate Journeys coming to Tunbridge Wells
Desperate Journeys is coming to Royal Victoria Place in Tunbridge Wells, from mid-February to the end of March 2019.