COMPASSIONATE RIDGEFIELD
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Compassionate Ridgefield is a non-partisan, non-profit organization initiated by a group of Ridgefield residents who understand that living in a welcoming, supportive, compassionate community improves lives. Born out of concerns about that the world, and sometimes Ridgefield, can feel very divisive and polarized at times, we deeply that Ridgefield is OUR town and that, TOGETHER, we can do something to "shift" the culture. Our ultimate goal is to create a Ridgefield where every person--no matter their age, ethnicity, gender, abilities, religion, political or sexual orientation--feels welcome and respected. Compassionate responsiveness can change our world, one person and one act at a time.
Our Mission Statement
Compassionate Ridgefield, in
collaboration with the town’s citizens, businesses & organizations, is committed to cultivating the 'principles of compassion' with courage and competency to foster a community that strives to listen, understand and include all others with empathy, respect,
and openheartedness.
Our Vision Statement
We strive to create
ripples of compassion
throughout our community.
"Compassion is at the heart of everything little thing we do. It is the dearest quality we possess, yet all too often it can be cast aside with consequences too tragic to speak of. To lose our compassion, we lose what it is to be human."
The Ridgefield Charter for Compassion
(based on the International Charter for Compassion, www.charterforcompassion.org)
The Tenets
Living the principle of compassion calls us to always treat others as we wish to be treated ourselves. Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the centre of our world and put another there, and to honor the inviolable sanctity of every single human being, treating everybody, without exception, with absolute justice, equity and respect. Born of our deep interdependence, compassion is essential to human relationships and to a fulfilled humanity. It is the path to enlightenment, and indispensable to the creation of a just economy and a peaceful global community.
A TRULY GLOBAL MOVEMENT
Thanks to the efforts of a broad range of people in all walks of life and on every continent, compassion has touched the lives of thousands of people in countries, cities, schools, business and other organizations, and faith communities around the world.
Learn more at www.charterforcompassion.org