COMPASSIONATE
Las Vegas
About
Compassionate Las Vegas is a grassroots network whose mission is to foster the Charter for Compassion and the movement of compassion in the Las Vegas, Nevada, area. Compassion acts as our guiding principle. Nearly all moral and religious institutions suggest a version of the Golden Rule that we should "do to others as you would have them do to you", and yet we are a world divided. We believe the need for more compassion is the most pressing issue of our time. Data support that love and compassion are not luxuries but necessities for human survival. We are here to host and inspire a network of compassionate businesses, government institutions, schools, groups, and individuals, so Las Vegas may be a more compassionate place to live, learn, work, and play.
We belong to a network of 575 Compassionate Communities across 45 countries, with over 2,766 partnerships. In 2013, Mayor Carolyn Goodman endorsed the Charter on behalf of the City of Las Vegas.
Compassionate Las Vegas is made possible by the Jameson Foundation in partnership with the Moonridge Group. We are looking for partners from all sectors. If you're interested, please email us at connect@compassionatelv.org
Steering Committee
CEO, Communities In Schools
School Readiness Policy Director at Children's Advocacy Alliance
Director, Corp for Supportive Housing
St. Jude's Ranch for Children CEO
Chief Housing Officer | Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority
Manager of Well-Being and Integrative Medicine | UNLV School of Medicine
Founder | Catalysts & Canaries Collective Impact Incubator
Get Outdoors Nevada Executive Director
Glass Always Full Coaching & Consulting, Owner
Education & Engagement Manager | Green Our Planet
Student | UNLV Boyd School of Law
Youth Development & Social Initiatives at City of Las Vegas
Executive Director at National Board NAME (Network of Accomplished Minoritized Educators)
Executive Director | NAMI of Southern Nevada
TEAM
Founder
Moonridge Foundation
Executive Director
Chief Program Officer
Program and Communications Director
what we do
co-creATING circles of change
Circles are the oldest, most revered symbol in the story of the human species. The Circle of Compassion illustrates the Wholeness of the shared human experience, the diverse ways (Sectors) in which we intersect with one another and which sustain us, personally and collectively.
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These Sectors have been identified as the Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations. They also represent the ways in which we interface with our environment, without which we would not exist.
At the core of the Circle is the word Compassion, with the symbol for Infinity; Infinite Compassion suggests that this value of compassion lies at the heart of the universe itself.
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Compassion reveals our ability to see, really see, what is in front of each of us, allied with the intention to transform that reality into a greater wellspring of healing and transformation, Compassion Transformers. What modern neuroscience has revealed is that compassion is baked into our DNA, Planetary DNA. Such compassion is a constant source of growth, resilience, and Innovation within Compassionate Communities, leading to Global Co-Creation as we participate in the invitation to Global Transformation, sector by sector.