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Our vision is to provide a multimedia platform for people to share their stories of compassion. We envision a website and books that catch like wildfire, spreading a deep sense of compassion and interconnection around the world.

We believe that highlighting stories of compassion big and small is a powerful tool to muster the good that exists in our world. All too often our news is filled with tragedy and suffering. But behind almost every story, there is also a face of kindness and compassion. These are the stories we seek to highlight here.

Compassion is defined by wikipedia as “an understanding of the emotional state of another or oneself… Compassion is often combined with a desire to alleviate or reduce the suffering of another or to show special kindness to those who suffer.”

Compassion is not just a thought. It moves beyond thought into action, and even into a way of being. It requires us to see our world with honesty, and act to alleviate the deep suffering we create for ourselves, each other, and our earth.

The Face of Compassion was born as a side project of three cousins. Ranging in age from 18-31, Kyle, Jesse and Michel built a simple website soliciting stories of compassion. It began not so long ago in April 2008, but our dream is to see it grow into a series of books, multimedia presentations and curriculum to celebrate our interconnectedness..