Help us to create a
Charter for Compassion
People of all nations, all faiths, all backgrounds, are invited to contribute.
By recognizing that the Golden Rule is fundamental to all world religions, the Charter for Compassion can inspire people to think differently about religion. This Charter is being created in a collaborative project by people from all over the world. It will be completed in 2009. Use this site to offer language you'd like to see included. Or inspire others by sharing your own story of compassion.
http://charterforcompassion.com/Partners
American Society for Muslim Advancement
The ASMA Society is an Islamic cultural and educational organization dedicated to fostering an American-Muslim identity and building bridges between American Muslims and the American public. ASMA's philosophical objective is to strengthen a culturally American expression of Islam based on tolerance and on cultural and religious harmony and to foster an environment in which Muslims can thrive within a pluralistic society without compromising their essential values and beliefs.
http://www.asmasociety.orgCordoba Initiative
The Cordoba Initiative, founded in 2002, is a multi-faith organization whose objective is to heal the relationship between the Islamic World and America. Working through civil dialogue, policy initiatives, education, and cultural programs, the Initiative focuses on Thought, Action and Outcomes. Its goals include: increasing intercultural understanding, tolerance and respect, both in Muslim societies and in the West, improving the nature of the discourse about Islam in America and about America in the Muslim world; stimulating fresh thinking about peace in the Middle East; and addressing the root causes of international terrorism and helping to prevent the horrors of another September 11.
http://www.cordobainitiative.org/Global Peace Initiative of Women
The Global Peace Initiative of Women (GPIW) was founded by a group of women religious and spiritual leaders to provide a global platform through which women and men, working in partnership, can foster the spiritual values of global unity, peacebuilding and the development of all the peoples of the world. GPIW is an international network of women and men who come together to tap our collective spiritual wisdom to stimulate reconciliation and healing in areas of conflict and post-conflict, and to deepen understanding of oneness, compassion and the principles of ahimsa (non-harm) as central tenets of life. We believe that a shift in consciousness is needed, a change in heart and mind, if we are as a global community to meet the challenges of climate change, environmental degradation, poverty and hunger, violence and conflict.
http://www.gpiw.orgInterfaith Center of New York
The Interfaith Center of New York seeks to make New York City and the world safe for religious difference by increasing respect and mutual understanding among people of different faith, ethnic, and cultural traditions and by fostering cooperation among religious communities and civic organizations to solve common social problems.
http://www.interfaithcenter.orgInterfaith Youth Core
Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) builds mutual respect and pluralism among young people from different religious and moral traditions by empowering them to work together to serve others. IFYC provides young people and the institutions that support them with leadership training, project resources and a connection to a broader movement.
http://www.ifyc.org/National Council of Churches USA
Since its founding in 1950, the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA has been the leading force for ecumenical cooperation among Christians in the United States. The NCC's member faith groups — from a wide spectrum of Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, Evangelical, historic African American and Living Peace churches — include 45 million persons in more than 100,000 local congregations in communities across the nation.
http://www.ncccusa.org/Religions for Peace
Religions for Peace is the largest international coalition of representatives from the world’s great religions dedicated to promoting peace. Respecting religious differences while celebrating our common humanity, Religions for Peace is active on every continent and in some of the most troubled areas of the world, creating multi-religious partnerships to confront our most dire issues: stopping war, ending poverty, and protecting the earth.
http://www.wcrp.org/Soliya
Soliya is developing a global network of young adults and empowering them to bridge the divide between the "West" and the "Arab & Muslim World." Using the latest in “social media” technologies and cutting-edge methodologies, Soliya is providing a new intercultural generation of young adults with the skills, knowledge and relationships they need to develop a nuanced understanding of the issues that divide them.
http://www.soliya.net/St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace
The mission of St Ethelburga's is to inspire and equip people to pursue reconciliation and peace-making in their own communities and lives. They offer discussion, workshops and trainings on these topics and explore religious different in The Tent.
http://www.stethelburgas.org/Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
The daily abuse of religion threatens world peace. At Tanenbaum - a secular, non-sectarian organization - we work to reduce and prevent the violence perpetrated in the name of religion by supporting religious peacemakers who struggle in areas of armed conflict and by overcoming religious intolerance in workplaces and schools. Our work is focused on four areas: education, workplace, conflict resolution, and special programs.
http://www.tanenbaum.org/Temple of Understanding
The mission of the Temple of Understanding (TOU) is to achieve peaceful coexistence among individuals, communities, and societies through interfaith education. Our programs emphasize experiential knowledge and dialogue as a means of connecting people of all ages across a spectrum of religious traditions. Our goals are to: foster appreciation of religious and cultural diversity; expand public discourse on religion and spirituality; educate for global citizenship; and create a more just and peaceful world.
http://www.templeofunderstanding.org/Three Faiths Forum
Since 1997 the Three Faiths Forum has been generating understanding, goodwill and friendship between Muslims, Christians and Jews, as well as people of other faiths and wider society. The Three Faith Forum aims to build lasting relationships between people of different faiths (and those of no religious belief) and to achieve a society where religious and cultural differences can co-exist through empathy, respect and engagement.
http://www.threefaithsforum.org.uk/UN Alliance of Civilizations
The Alliance of Civilization (AoC) was established in 2005, at the initiative of the Governments of Spain and Turkey, under the auspices of the United Nations. A High-level Group of experts was formed by former Secretary-General Kofi Annan to explore the roots of polarization between societies and cultures today, and to recommend a practical programme of action to address this issue. The Report of the High-level Group provided analysis and put forward practical recommendations that form the basis for the implementation plan of the Alliance of Civilizations. The AoC Secretariat, which is based in New York, works in partnership with States, international and regional organizations, civil society groups, foundations, and the private sector to mobilize concerted efforts to promote cross-cultural relations among diverse nations and communities.
http://www.unaoc.org/Union Theological Seminary
Union Theological Seminary, an independent, multi-denominational seminary in the City of New York, has always embodied the freedom to learn and the freedom to teach—ideals that may be more critical than ever to churches and society at this moment in history. Education at Union Theological Seminary is deeply rooted in a critical understanding of the breadth of Christian traditions yet significantly instructed by the insights of other faiths. Founded in 1836, Union forged a new vision for theological education: to center ministerial training in an urban context so that academic excellence and personal faith might respond to the needs of the city.
http://www.utsnyc.eduUnited Religions Initiative
United Religions Initiative (URI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of enduring and daily interfaith cooperation in order to end religiously motivated violence, and to the creation of a culture of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings. Launched in 2000, URI has 400 independent Cooperation Circle grassroots membership groups, each of which addresses local issues, and is made up of at least seven people, representing three or more religions, spiritual beliefs, or indigenous traditions.
http://www.uri.org/