The Empathy Training Project (ETP) amplifies the work of teachers, families, and mental health professionals striving to help young people establish a strong social-emotional learning (SEL) foundation through workshops, community events, in-class trainings, and educational resources.
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”It might sound simplistic, but if we really are committed to having a peaceful world, we need to train ourselves and each other in the art of peace. Each one of us can take responsibility for making this personal journey and encouraging others to do …
How did it impact you as a writer, especially as a writer of a book that is oriented around the exploration of empathy?Leslie Jamison: I felt so many things simultaneously about the ways in which the release and promotion of my book––and it…
Atheists and agnostics are more driven by compassion to help others than are highly religious people, a new study finds… “Overall, we find that for less religious people, the strength of their emotional connection to another person is critical…
Walk a mile in my shoes goes the saying. But beware the swapping of footwear. Many believe that what the world needs now is empathy; large dollops of it. President Obama, no less, raised empathy to a question of public policy, comparing the dangers of …
