This Sept. 2013, all Ugandan government teachers went on strike to protest not receiving a raise in their salaries that had been promised by the government but not delivered. Hussein Tadesse, One School at a Time Program Manager, was invited to attend …
Daily Archives: 08/10/2013
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For thousands of years, Judean date palm trees were one of the most recognizable and welcome sights for people living in the Middle East — widely cultivated throughout the region for their sweet fruit, and for the cool shade they offered fro…
What are some simple and straight forward things to make yourself happier? We brought together the best research about what will make yourself happier:Jim Manske’s insight:Please click through to see the rest of the article which includes some useful …
Do you treat yourself gently? Do you acknowledge the sources of distress in your life? Learn self-compassion and begin to heal. This article is the third in a series that aims to look at the concept and development of self-compassion. We&rsq…
Empathy is second nature: Mary Gordon’s organization aims to tackle the bullying problem by increasing empathy and reducing aggressiveness in school-aged children. She joins Steve Paikin.See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion
This year’s Chimes Junior Honorary’s week encourages students to share personal stories while focusing on the theme of empathy in order to help foster a greater sense of connection within the Washington University community. This year…
“Black people are hard. They don’t feel pain the way you do.” Teju Cole tweeted this yesterday, along with a link to an article on Slate from last June, “I Don’t Feel Your Pain,” in which the topic of empat…
The poor are more attuned to social relations, because they have to be. Reducing the economic gap may be impossible without also addressing the gap in empathy. A prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain. In 2008, so…
Psychologist Daniel Goleman has written a fascinating piece for today’s New York Times about social status and empathy. It seems that the richer and more powerful a person is, the less empathy he or she is likely to have for people who…
Pink proposes to make signs better by making them more emotionally intelligent. He defines emotionally intelligent signs as ones thatdemonstrate empathy and/orencourage empathy I was struck by his argument for a couple reasons. One, empathy s…