World We Dare to Imagine Pitch
The Compassion Collective for Creating a Kinder World Through Human Connection I see too many issues in our world that arise from selfishness and a lack of compassion: economic inequality that worsens daily, discrimination, invalidation of any experience that is not one’s own, unhealthy work environments, the list goes on. I believe there are very few true narcissists in the world which leads me to the conclusion that the remaining selfish people lack compassion. Why does this happen? It’s a learned behavior. Most people who grow up to be this way were not loved and cared about deeply as children, and were never shown compassion in their own lives. I’m passionate about generating more compassion in the world because it will contribute to tangible change against racial, socioeconomic, and gender injustice. Additionally, compassion has no downside. If we all took the time to consider what other people were going through before speaking or acting, the world we live in would be much kinder...
