Compassionate Ballarat partnered with Let’s Talk Peace Ballarat to contribute a webinar discussion as part of the Martin Luther King David 40 Days of Peace program which is an annual event organised by the global Charter for Compassion. This event was entitledTurning ‘the dream’ of Peace into Action, One Compassionate Step at a Time and featured speakers David Hartsough, Founder of World Beyond War; Tim Hollo, Executive Director of the Green Institute; and Gem Romuld, National Director, ICAN. David Hartsough has been working actively across the globe for nonviolent social change and peaceful resolution of conflicts since his personal encounter with Dr Martin Luther King Jr. and he shared his experiences on practicing nonviolence and in taking tangible and compassionate steps toward a peaceful world during.
You can listen to the inspiring presentations here: 40 Days of Peace – Turning ‘The Dream’ of Peace into Action One Compassionate Step at a Time (youtube.com)
With Let’s Talk Peace Ballarat and the Global Charter, the ACC supported the first Global Read for 2022 with Steve Killelea’s book – Peace in an Age of Chaos. This book outlines the elements of Positive Peace and provides a framework to understand and address the many complex challenges the world faces. As Steve described ‘such global challenges call for global solutions and require cooperation on a scale unprecedented in human history’.
To mark the first anniversary of the coming into force of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) – Let’s Talk Peace Ballarat and Compassionate Ballarat organised a forum to challenge our thinking on how individuals can contribute to the creation of peaceful societies. In this forum, Tim Costello, former CEO of World Vision Australia reflected on the ethical underpinnings of peace at both an individual and systems level.
Common Humanity has been mentioned across a wide variety of disciplines and is the foundation of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Common humanity is the recognition that all humans have the same basic needs and wish to be happy and free from suffering. It leads to a sense of connectedness to all people and an understanding of how as humans, our lives are interdependent with others. This presentation outlined some of the research and training approaches that help strengthen common humanity. Dr Debbie Ling is a Lecturer in the Department of Social Work, Monash University, a key contributor to the Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies.
Charter for Compassion provides an umbrella for people to engage in collaborative partnerships worldwide. Our mission is to bring to life the principles articulated in the Charter for Compassion through concrete, practical action in a myriad of sectors.
