Empathy Blog
Submitted by Adam Horowitz on Thu, February 9, 2012
When the devastating Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami struck at the end of 2004, hundreds of relief organizations rushed to the scene. Sonali Ojha's organization, the Dreamcatchers Foundation, was there too, but to perform a very different...
Submitted by Adam Horowitz on Fri, February 3, 2012
Are We Ready for a Morality Pill (New York Times, Jan. 28, 2012)
For every story that we’ve heard about someone braving fire, water or oncoming traffic to save a stranger, we’ve also heard one about the bystander who didn’t intervene or help as...
Submitted by Adam Horowitz on Tue, January 31, 2012
“I don’t think you can teach a child academics until you make a connection with that child and that child makes a connection with himself or herself. They need this in order to be successful in any situation.” ...
Submitted by Lennon Flowers on Fri, January 27, 2012
From cocktail parties, to business gatherings, to university campuses, empathy is abuzz amongst leaders this week. Here are some highlights.
Huffington: Financial Crisis or Empathy Crisis? (TIME, Jan. 26, 2012)
At a VIP cocktail party, new media...
Submitted by Lennon Flowers on Fri, January 27, 2012
Earlier this week, reports surfaced of an 11-year-old boy with autism, who was beaten up by a fellow student while waiting at the bus stop. The event was filmed on a student’s cell phone, as his peers egged on his attacker, and subsequently uploaded...
Submitted by Lennon Flowers on Fri, January 20, 2012
Empathy continued to play into the news over the last few weeks: in some ways directly, as with articles about the emergence of more empathic gadgetry (we'll save that debate for later), and at times more subtly, as with a front-page story in the...
Submitted by Lennon Flowers on Thu, January 19, 2012
As we kick-off a global competition on “activating empathy in schools,” we thought it might help to start with a few stories that showcase what we mean.
These are by no means meant to be prescriptive: there’s a vast array of strategies and practices...
Submitted by Adam Horowitz on Mon, January 16, 2012
Wings for Kids is one of the only after school programs devoted entirely to social and emotional learning. Based in Charleston, South Carolina, Wings for Kids teams up with local college students and trains them to coach elementary school...
Submitted by Lennon Flowers on Wed, January 11, 2012
Originally posted on ashokau.org, this is the first of a series of posts featuring Ashoka U Exchange participants and their understanding of “Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education”. This week, we're featuring Laura White, a Senior at Tulane and...
Submitted by Adam Horowitz on Tue, January 10, 2012
“Empathy is at the core of academic programs. This is so incredibly important. We are not preparing our children well if we are not explicitly teaching it. We think about it as part of our responsibility.” – Katherine Dinh, Head of School...
Submitted by Adam Horowitz on Fri, January 6, 2012
Suit Lets Young Folks Feel Like 75 (MSNBC, Jan. 5, 2012)
We talk about walking in the shoes of another. Well, how about walking in the entire body of another? MIT recently released a full body suit known as the Age Gain Now Empathy System (...
Submitted by Adam Horowitz on Tue, January 3, 2012
The harsh sound of man’s voice through a megaphone: “Okay, everybody line up now. Come on. Now, listen.” The man is in an enclosure, behind a tall chain-link fence, shouting instructions to a crowd of little listeners half his height, bundled in...
Submitted by Lennon Flowers on Tue, December 20, 2011
2011 was a big year for empathy. Rats became the first non-primate to demonstrate pro-social behavior, forgoing treats in order to help their brethren in distress. Scientists uncovered what some are calling the empathy gene, a receptor for the brain...
Submitted by Adam Horowitz on Fri, December 16, 2011
When Vishal Talreja started Dream a Dream with friends in 1999, he was armed more with passion than with a background in education or development. But after a transformative and boundary-shattering experience working with HIV-positive children in...
Submitted by Adam Horowitz on Thu, December 8, 2011
As the CEO of Genetic Alliance, Ashoka Fellow Sharon Terry is creating a host of participant-centered tools—ranging from the world’s first advocacy-owned biobank to digital learning resources for individuals, families and communities—designed...
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