National Day of Compassion 21 September 2021
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September 21, 2021, marks the inaugural National Day of Compassion which has been organised by the
Australian Compassion Council.
Please join us in learning about the remarkable acts of compassion occurring across our continent. This National Day of Compassion will include a live event at 7am, with representatives from the Australian and Global Charter for Compassion.
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will be followed by live streaming of over 60 video conversations with the ACC ambassadors, and leaders from cities across Australia applying compassion in the arts, healthcare, business, education, environment, peace, inter-spirituality, social justice and in research.
To join at any time throughout the day, go to Facebook or click here:
https://www.facebook.com/CharterforCompassion/
The contribution of Compassionate Ballarat to this national day includes:
Launching the Compassionate Heroes Ballarat eBook - stories from Ballarat students and their extraordinary acts of compassion. Read the book here:
Compassion Heroes Ballarat.pdf
Releasing a video recording of a peace poem written and
performed by Megan J Riedl: Watch here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CtkSIykP-pgDZmLEVAqV5esGJMMwZ6-T/view
Featuring Cr Belinda Coates, Ben Kelly, Dr Mary Hollick and Madonna Quixley who are all represented in the video stories being streamed throughout the day:
https://www.facebook.com/CharterforCompassion/
Playing a range of musical performances throughout the day.
The Concert for Compassion:
https://federation.edu.au/news/articles/the-concert-for-compassion
Tree by Tree:
https://vimeo.com/399368203
What a Wonderful World
What a Wonderful World, The Ballarat Arts Academy and The BallaRat Pack Orchestra - YouTube
Virtual Soul Choir Ray of Sunshine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l732pNI-Kko
Song of Celebration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlEka7idwas
Investigating a compassion research project on social and emotional learning in early childhood.
https://federation.edu.au/news/articles/the-global-social-and-emotional-learning-program-helping-young-children
Gifting a peace pole to Sebastopol Primary School by Let's Talk Peace Ballarat, as part of Rotary Australia’s Centennial project.
https://www.canberrarotarypeacebell.org/peace-polls/
In the lead up to both the National Day of Compassion and the International Day of Peace, last week Compassionate Ballarat and Let’s talk Peace Ballarat co-hosted a discussion with Dr Kerry Howells a global expert in gratitude on how gratitude can create and sustain peaceful societies.
Dr Kerry Howells - Untangling You
