Karen Armstrong's wish: The Charter for Compassion
I wish that you would help with the creation, launch and propagation of a Charter for Compassion, crafted by a group of leading inspirational thinkers from the three Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam and based on the fundamental principles of universal justice and respect.
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How TED can help:
- Create an outreach campaign to solicit or suggest candidates, worldwide, to form this group of twelve spiritual thought leaders to work on the Charter of Compassion.
- Partner with the UN Alliance of Civilizations to provide the infrastructure, over the next year, that will allow this council to create an accessible 2-page charter that will provide a new framework for understanding religion.
- Through the nomination process, assemble thousands of religious leaders, from all three monotheisms, who will agree to this charter and add their signature.
- Give this charter a public voice. We need to create a new narrative, get out of the rat-run of hatred, chauvinism and defensiveness; and make the authentic voice of religion a power in the world that is conducive to peace.
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What we are looking for:
- Nominations of spiritual leaders who have inspired your thinking the most
- Outreach to religious centers, universities and the general public for nominations in order to uncover the 1,000 leaders who are most likely to change our world
- Offers of international meeting spaces
- A documentary production company that can follow this moment in history and tell the story in a captivating way
- A web design effort that will appeal to a global audience
- A PR and communications partner
- Media partners who will get behind this effort
- Offer to build a database that will organize nominations
