Compassionate Citizens Foundation

Uniting "Silos of Compassion"

Empowering #CompassionateCommunities in the Greater Fox Valley

We are currently seeking faith and civic leaders to serve as organizers and co-organizers of multiple Meetups across Western DuPage and Kane Counties (Greater Fox Valley). We anticipate simultaneously launching at least these 5 pilot #CompassionateCommunities by October, 2019: Compassionate Naperville, Compassionate Aurora, Compassionate Elgin, Compassionate Wheaton, and Compassionate St Charles.

When we have proven what is possible locally, using Meetups as a platform to "Co-create Compassionate Communities", via dialogue across diversity, we will scale the model nationally. Ultimately, our vision is a country (and a world) that works for all, beginning with co-creating a #CaringEconomy and empowering a #WiserDemocracy in the U.S.

#WiserDemocracy entails replacing our 2 party system (which silences most citizens) with representatives who are held accountable to ALL voices (e.g., Voice of the People's Citizen Cabinets). This empowers the collective wisdom and compassion of ALL, which maximizes #Sustainable #EquityForAll.

We believe that educating and rallying 30 million of those supporters is critical mass to replace our anti-democratic, money controlled, two party system with a #WiserDemocracy (empowering our collective wisdom and compassion will expedite the path to a #CaringCulture and a #CaringEconomy).

Most of those 30 million are already identified with 3 movement hubs:

Revolutionary Love Project (50+ orgs).

Catalyzing a #CaringCulture

Bridge Alliance (90+ orgs).

Empowering a #WiserDemocracy.

New Economy Coalition (210+orgs).

Co-creating a #CaringEconomy.

We envision uniting those movements, with the help of 30,000+ civic/faith leaders; 10,000+ Meetup-enable #CompassionateCommunities; and with significant funding from #CompassionateRealtors.

Our Mission

Empowering a #WiserDemocracy, to co-create a #CaringCulture and #CaringEconomy

We seek to catalyze the #CompassionateCommunities campaign at Charter for Compassion by using Meetups to engage #CompassionateCitizens in respectful dialogue across diversity, in order to maximize the well being of the worst off. While this entails reducing suffering (e.g., from Hunger, Homelessness, Hopelessness, Hate and/or Health issues), our long term vision entails SYSTEMS change.

We are effectively linking 3 macro-movements, with myriad sub-movements:

1. #CaringCulture -- Culturally empowering citizens, by educating them about Asset Based Community Development. ABCD unleashes the unique assets and gifts of citizens, to co-create #CompassionateCommunities.

2. #WiserDemocracy -- Politically empowering citizens, by educating them about the Deliberative Democracy movement, to hold all levels of government accountable to the collective wisdom and compassion of their constituents.

3. #CaringEconomy -- Economically empowering citizens, by educating them about the Triple Bottom Line, where consumers, workers and investors reflect their integrated values, as regards People, Planet and Profits (#Sustainable #EquityForALL).

In April, 2016, we created a pilot Meetup group, #CompassionateCitizens Fox Valley, to serve as a template for transpartisan Meetups:

See https://www.meetup.com/Compassionate-Citizens-Fox-Valley/

To fund the movement to empower #CompassionateCommunities, Connection Realty will pair #CompassionateCitizens who are buying or selling a home with #CompassionateRealtors who compete for value, while generously supporting the movement.

Get Involved

We are currently seeking a mission aligned 501c3 (e.g., Elgin Cooperative Ministry) in the Western Suburbs to adopt our mission. They will take ownership of Connection Realty, and will form an aligned Collective Impact Initiative that will co-own a new B Corp (Econometric Home Valuation consultants).

Thank You

Whether you participate in respectful dialogue-across-diversity, volunteer your talents, or promote the movement through word of mouth or on social media, we thank you for doing your part to build a community, a country and a world that works for all.