This episode was recorded on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. Dr. Janus Adams facilitated this conversation. In a world run amuck with seemingly irreparable differences, divides, and conflicts, Gail Straub’s memoir Home Inside the Globe offers an antidote. As a seeker on pilgrimage across the Sahara in camel caravan with indigenous Tuaregs, trekking off the beaten trail high in the Himalayas and in Timbuktu in Mali, or participating in the sacred rituals of Bali, the intrepid Straub seeks out all that is different so that she can become whole. And this impulse toward differences guides her to its perfect opposite, a boundless realm where our common humanity unifies us. As an activist Gail is deeply immersed in the era of Gorbachev’s Russia and Deng Xiaoping’s China, working with leaders who are empowering sex-workers in India, Syrian refugees in Jordan, and among isolated Berber villages in the High Atlas in Morocco. Here out beyond man-made political borders, she again finds a much larger, freer place where we connect as human beings transcending nationality, skin color, gender, socio-economic status, and religion. Along with traveling the exterior landscape of these countries, we also journey through Gail’s interior terrain as she matures through the stages of girlhood, womanhood, and cronehood. We witness how various cultures shaped her, helping her through times of grief, crisis, and confusion. Throughout Gail’s ever so human journey, we can find ourselves and our own longing for wholeness. Home Inside the Globe is a dynamic synthesis of memoir, travelogue, and life lessons. It is an invitation to awaken as individuals so that we can fully participate in creating a better world for all people. Learn more about the Author and Facilitator here: https://charterforcompassion.org/featured/global-read/home-inside-the-globe.html Some websites shared in the chat during this conversation: Gail's Website: https://gailstraub.com/ Janus' website: https://www.janusadams.com Empowerment Institute's Peace on Earth game/initiative: https://peace2030.earth/ Programming like this is possible thanks to donations from people like you. If you'd like to support our programs, donate here: https://charterforcompassion.org/how-to-engage/donate/

This event was recorded on Saturday, September 13, 2025. World of Wonder: With lyrical text by activist and award-winning documentarian Valarie Kaur and vibrant illustrations by Cynthia Alonso, Wonder Baby encourages young readers to look at the world with revolutionary love. World of Wonder is more than a picture book: it’s a journey of Revolutionary Love. Come journey with Wonder Baby. We wonder about the earth and discover the awe that inspires care. We wonder about people suffering injustice and find that listening to stories inspires courage. We wonder about someone who inflicts cruelty—and discover the power of repair and connection. Wonder Baby wonders about their own emotions, even when tears come pouring down: “You are a part of me I don’t yet know.” Wonder becomes the conduit to love; it creates the conditions for kindness, care, and courage. Learn more about this incredible event here: https://charterforcompassion.org/featured/global-read/world-of-wonder.html Check out the link for the book and everything that can be done with it here: https://valariekaur.com/books/world-of-wonder/#book Programming like this is possible thanks to contributions from our donors. Please help us keep this program running by donating here: https://charterforcompassion.org/how-to-engage/donate/

This conversation was recorded on August 13, 2025. Banning Landmines: Disarmament, Citizen Diplomacy, and Human Security looks at accomplishments and setbacks in the crucial first decade of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. The first half of the book considers the implementation of the prohibitions and humanitarian assistance provisions of the treaty, as well as efforts to promote universal acceptance of the treaty among governments and non-state armed groups. The second half of this book considers the impact of the landmine movement on other issues (such as cluster munitions and disability rights), as well as the extent to which it has contributed to the field of human security. Edited by Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams and two other long-time leaders of the mine ban movement, Stephen Goose and Mary Wareham, Banning Landmines features contributions by grassroots activists, diplomatic negotiators, mine survivors, arms experts, and human rights defenders. This diverse group of writers at the forefront of the landmine ban movement is well placed to provide insights into this remarkable process, its precedents, and implications for other work and issues. Learn more about this episode here: https://charterforcompassion.org/featured/global-read/banning-landmines-disarmament-citizen-diplomacy-and-human-security.html Become a sustaining donor to help us keep producing inspiring and compassionate content here: https://charterforcompassion.org/how-to-engage/donate/recurring-donation.html

This conversation was recorded on July 2, 2025 Months after being named the 2022 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr. announced his decision to leave the public school system. His career as a high school English teacher had spanned more than a decade but ended abruptly―another casualty of the cruel and dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination that is creeping back into the halls of government and the homes of Americans. At the beginning of Carver's career, an administrator warned him about discussing his otherwise openly gay identity at work: "No one will protect you, including me. In Gay Poems for Red States, Carver counters the injustice of a persistent anti-LGBTQ+ movement by asserting that a life full of beauty and pride is possible for everyone. More than a collection of poetry, Carver's earnest and heartfelt verses are for those wishing to discover and understand the vastness of Appalachia, and for the LGBTQ+ Appalachians who long for a future―for a home―in an often unwelcoming place. About the Author: Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr. is an advocate, Kentucky Teacher of the Year, the author of a bestselling collection of narrative poetry about his childhood growing up queer in Appalachia, Gay Poems for Red States (University Press of Kentucky) has garnered many accolades About the Facilitator: Felipe Zurita Felipe has been bringing awareness to the golden rule and empathy with his energetic Millennial, Latinx, Immigrant, Queer voice and experiences to the compassionate movement for 4 years, joining the Charter for Compassion in 2021 to amplify its reach via social media and projects with his social marketing and project coordination skills. Learn more about this Global Read Episode, and more here: https://charterforcompassion.org/featured/global-read/gay-poems-for-red-states.html Content like this is provided thanks to our generous donors. Please help us continue providing more content like this by donating today here: https://charterforcompassion.org/how-to-engage/donate/

This webinar was recorded on June 12, 2025. Why Didn't You Come Sooner? Compassion in Action. Stories of Children Rescued From Slavery. The work of rescuing children from slavery is not for the faint of heart, as the twelve gut-wrenching accounts in this book will show. Harder still is to give them their life back, after they've been kidnapped, trafficked, sold, abused, and made to work in horrific conditions, often for as long as they can remember. Kailash Satyarthi's own life and mission were entwined with the journeys of these children. Having lived through unspeakable trauma, they had lost faith in humanity. But behind their reticence, behind their scraggy limbs and calloused hands and feet, hope still endured. This book tells the story of their shared struggle for justice and dignity-from the raid and rescue operations of Satyarthi's Bachpan Bachao Andolan, to international campaigns for child rights. It is a testament both to the courage of the human spirit and to the power of compassion. About the Author: NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE Kailash Satyarthi Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, a social reformer par excellence, stands as one of the tallest leaders and the loudest voice for the oppressed and voiceless. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for his ‘struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.' About the facilitator: Gard Jameson Gard Jameson received his Ph.D. from Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2005. He teaches Chinese and Indian Philosophy in the Philosophy Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Prior to his tenure at UNLV, he spent 25 years practicing as a Certified Public Accountant and Financial Planner at Piercy, Bowler, Taylor & Kern and Touche Ross. Gard is also a member of the Charter for Compassion's Board of Trustees. Important links shared during the webinar: https://www.kailashsatyarthi.net/ https://satyarthi.org.in Learn more about this and other Global Read episodes here: https://charterforcompassion.org/featured/global-read/why-didnt-you-come-sooner.html

This Global Read was recorded on May 19, 2025. Profound inner wisdom for courageous action—from the author of See No Stranger and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, a “prophetic voice of our generation” ~ America Ferrera How do we find the wisdom to envision a new world and the courage to fight for it? How do we survive seemingly apocalyptic times? In a world on fire, how do we find love and joy? We are not the first to ask these questions—in fact, seeking answers to them forged one of the world's great wisdom traditions. In a time riven by caste, conquest, and cruelty, Sikhs blazed the path of the sant sipahi, the sage warrior. The sage radiates love and Oneness; the warrior activates that ethical power to fight for humanity. These energies empowered the first Sikhs to survive near-annihilation in South Asia nearly half a millennium ago. The sage warrior is the essential archetype for our time of turmoil—one we can all embody to cultivate our souls and transform the world. Valarie Kaur combines the epic, immersive story of her Sikh ancestors—centering the stories of the women who worked to map the path of the sage warrior—with the chronicle of a personal journey: her pilgrimage with her young children to the Panjab, India, where the stories unfolded, an occasionally comic adventure woven with sublime moments of connection and insight. Each chapter offers a lesson that emerges from the stories—from practicing pleasure to metabolizing grief to choosing courage. Sage Warrior shimmers with wisdom: Every story is accompanied by original artwork, music, and meditations, illuminating new ways of seeing and being. This journey is for anyone—from any faith tradition or spiritual practice or none at all—who hungers for a better world and is ready to discover the depth of their own power. To learn more about this episode: https://charterforcompassion.org/featured/global-read/sage-warrior.html Some important links shared in the chat: - https://valariekaur.com/ - Connect and Learn more with the SAGE WARRIOR book here: https://valariekaur.com/books/sage-warrior/ - Here is a link to Rilke’s poem that was mentioned and quoted https://reflections.yale.edu/article/seize-day-vocation-calling-work/i-live-my-life-widening-circles - You can learn more about the way the Revolutionary Love Project—the organization Valarie mentioned (and founded!)—and the framework it puts forth to practice Revolutionary Love together: www.revolutionarylove.org And a plethora of curriculum and learning resources are available at www.revolutionarylove.org/learn The album is also available on all major platforms: thttps://sonnysingh.bandcamp.com/album/sage-warrior

This Global Read episode was recorded on April 23, 2025. In Becoming Wise, Krista Tippett has created a master class in living for a fractured world. Fracture, she says, is not the whole story of our time. The enduring question of what it means to be human has become inextricable from the challenge of who we are to one another. She insists on the possibility of personal depth and common life for this century, nurtured by science and “spiritual technologies,” with civility and love as muscular public practice. And, accompanied by a cross-disciplinary dream team of a teaching faculty, she shows us how. Learn more about our guest Author Krista Tippett and our Facilitator for today's conversation, Parker J. Palmer here: https://charterforcompassion.org/featured/global-read/becoming-wise-an-inquiry-into-the-mystery-and-art-of-living.html Programming like this is provided thanks to your donations and contributions. Please, support the Charter for Compassion by making a donation here: https://charterforcompassion.org/how-to-engage/donate/

This Global Read was recorded on April 9, 2025 About "Changemakers": LISTEN TO THE CHILDREN Twenty children moving the world. Twenty interviews. Twenty incredibly inspiring stories for young and old. The International Children’s Peace Prize and the young winner’s message reaches hundreds of millions of people around the world. Awarded this year for the twenty-first time, a milestone and occasion to engage with the winners and to talk with them about their lives, their actions: and listen to them in wonder and be inspired. Desmond Tutu, patron of KidsRights: “Hey you oldies, listen to the children. Listen to the children… and act.” Nelson Mandela: “When I asked Nkosi what he wanted to be when he grows up and if he might want my job, he said ‘No thank you sir, that seems too much work’.” The president had a good laugh about it. Malala Yousafzai, 2013 Children’s Peace Prize winner and 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner: “I told President Obama that I believe you can only stop terrorism through education. You cannot stop war through war.” March for Our Lives and Greta Thunberg, Children’s Peace Prize winners in 2018 and 2019: In 2018, the March for Our Lives demonstration in which more than a million young people worldwide protested against gun violence inspired the then-unknown Greta. She also wants to go on strike but for the climate. A year later, more than 1.4 million young people from 125 countries are not going to school on Friday for the Future. This special anniversary book also features the story of the brand-new 20th winner. If you buy this book, a child and his family in one of the Children’s Peace Prize countries will receive the book as a digital gift! Learn more here: https://charterforcompassion.org/featured/global-read/changemakers.html