Compassionate Napa Valley
Thrive Napa Valley is developing a program called Compassionate Napa Valley.
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The Charter for Compassion
The Charter for Compassion was created in 2009 in a large-scale collaboration involving more than 150,000 people from over 180 countries.
From the website: "The Charter for Compassion is a document that transcends religious, ideological, and national difference. Supported by leading thinkers from many traditions, the Charter activates the Golden Rule around the world."
- Read the Charter: http://charterforcompassion.org/share/the-charter
- The Charter for Compassion website: http://charterforcompassion.org
- The Charter for Compassion Fact Sheet
Watch the Charter being spoken by many people in this video:{{#ev:youtube|wktlwCPDd94}}
Communities of Compassion in the Region
- On Sunday, January 30, the Napa Valley Center for Spiritual Living unanimously voted to become a Compassionate Community.
- Lake County became a compassionate place in March 2011. See: Supervisors present proclamation supporting Charter for Compassion
- The City of Millbrae became a compassionate place in July 2011. See: Compassionate City Profile: Millbrae, CA
- Sonoma and Santa Cruz are candidate cities for the International Campaign for Compassionate Cities.
Compassionate Communities
Compassionate Cities is a project of the Compassionate Action Network that helps cities and other geographical areas that wish to affirm the Charter for Compassion. As cities, counties, countries, business, and schools are all expressing interest affirming the Charter, Thrive Napa Valley is using the more general term "Compassionate Communities."
In April 2010, Seattle became the first Compassionate City after the Compassionate Action Network (CAN) presented 1,000 signatures to the Mayor and the City Council. The Mayor and City Council affirmed the Charter for Compassion and proclaimed Seattle to be a participant in the Ten Year Campaign for Compassionate Cities organized by CAN. In March 2011, nearby Lake County affirmed the Charter. Then in July 2011 the Millbrae City Council unanimously adopted a Resolution to become a Compassionate City. The Mayor of Lexington, Kentucky campaigned on a pledge to make Lexington a Compassionate City and was elected. The list of candidate cities and regions is long and includes Canada, the City of Sonoma, and Tel Aviv, Israel.
Local Initiatives in the Napa Valley
PBIS - Positive Behavioral Intervention & Support
In June 2011, NVUSD adopted a Positive School Climate Policy, centered around Positive Behavior Intervention & Support (PBIS) (or BEST) techniques to manage behaviors. See brochures for trainings:
- Handout: Positive Behavioral Intervention & Support
- Flyer: No Such Thing as a Bad Kid (November 9, 2011)
- Flyer: No Such Thing as a Bad Kid, in English and Spanish (November 9, 2011)
VOICES - Voice Our Independent Choices for Emancipation Support
"VOICES provides emancipating foster youth with a comprehensive array of individual support services, opportunities for leadership and community development and structured initiatives that require a commitment over time and are focused on meeting a specific set of needs."
Quotations
Kindness and compassion toward all living things is the mark of a civilized society. – Cesar Chavez
Recent Articles on Compassion
- Are We Ready for Compassionate Community? (Napa Valley Life Magazine)
- October 22, 2011: Mean girls, meet your match (CNN)
