Compassion School – Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice NEW

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”37571″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][dt_fancy_title title=”What kind of society do you want us to be? ” title_size=”h3″ title_color=”accent” separator_style=”disabled”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Right now, our nation is caught in a struggle between two different kinds of society: injustice, supremacy, and patriarchy on one hand; and justice, compassion, and equality on the other hand.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][dt_fancy_title title=”This is our moment! There is no justice without compassion.” title_size=”h3″ title_color=”accent” separator_style=”disabled”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]RCRC’s Compassion School is a go-at-your-own-pace, free virtual learning opportunity, equipping justice advocates with the tools to shape our society with compassion.[/vc_column_text][dt_quote font_size=”h3″ background=”fancy”]A great nation is a compassionate nation.

– MLK

[/dt_quote][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Compassion School is a 10-week learning experience that features class discussion groups, social media posts, informational and inspirational videos, links to key research about how to activate compassion for justice.

Join us to learn more about what you can do to help us become the society we all need.

(Note: This course ran live in the fall of 2020, but remains available as a self-guided 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You’ll receive sneak peeks and updates on our future course offerings from our brand new Religion & Repro Learning Center![/vc_message][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][dt_fancy_title title=”COURSE CURRICULUM” title_size=”h4″ title_color=”custom” separator_style=”thick” separator_color=”accent” custom_title_color=”#623393″][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][vc_tta_accordion color=”violet” gap=”2″ active_section=”11″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section i_position=”right” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-gratipay” title=”Introduction” tab_id=”1597196107880-1c72b487-cdc5″ add_icon=”true”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Welcome to RCRC’s Compassion School!

What exactly is Compassion School, you ask? We’ve included some helpful items below to set the stage and get you started.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=”Videos”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI1NjAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIzMTUlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGRFpVdlBSam0zOGslMjIlMjBmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRCUyMjAlMjIlMjBhbGxvdyUzRCUyMmFjY2VsZXJvbWV0ZXIlM0IlMjBhdXRvcGxheSUzQiUyMGVuY3J5cHRlZC1tZWRpYSUzQiUyMGd5cm9zY29wZSUzQiUyMHBpY3R1cmUtaW4tcGljdHVyZSUyMiUyMGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbiUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRQ==[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text](Video length: 9 min, 58 sec)

In this introductory video, Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson and Rev. Katey Zeh say “hello” and discuss:

What sparked the idea for RCRC’s Compassion School and what role the pandemic played in this;
If Compassion School solely focuses on the issue of reproductive freedom or if it includes other social justice issues;
Who we hope will participate on Compassion School and what students may think and do differently as a result of learning more about compassion.

[/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=”Recommended Resources”][vc_column_text]RCRC Blog Post — Compassion: Toward A More Just Society [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Sept. 14: Compassion Is More Than Religion” tab_id=”1599945206156-be84e5b4-a493″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Welcome to Week 1 of RCRC’s Compassion School![/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=”Videos”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI1NjAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIzMTUlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGY1hGekhiTnRZRVUlMjIlMjBmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRCUyMjAlMjIlMjBhbGxvdyUzRCUyMmFjY2VsZXJvbWV0ZXIlM0IlMjBhdXRvcGxheSUzQiUyMGVuY3J5cHRlZC1tZWRpYSUzQiUyMGd5cm9zY29wZSUzQiUyMHBpY3R1cmUtaW4tcGljdHVyZSUyMiUyMGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbiUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRQ==[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text](Video length: 22 min, 37 sec)

Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson and Rev. Katey Zeh kick off the first week of Compassion School by discussing:

What relationship compassion has (or doesn’t have) with organized religion;
Compassion as a moral principle and framework for society.

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Video — Compassion In Action

Video — Charter for Compassion

Video — Character Education: Compassion 

(For Kids) Video — The Compassion Experience   [/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=”Home Assignment/Action”][vc_column_text]

This week, pay attention to when you extend compassion:  to whom and under what circumstances .
Share, repost, or retweet at least one of the quotes, videos or articles that speak to you most!

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Sept. 21: Compassion as Social Action” tab_id=”1600657283809-5f852efb-9382″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Welcome to Week 2 of Compassion School! This week, we will be exploring the relationship between compassion, empathy, and social justice. Also, please note:

COMPASSION SCHOOL WEEKLY DISCUSSION GROUP

Please join our weekly discussion group held every Thursday at 12pm ET/9am PT, beginning this Thursday, September 24. RCRC’s Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson will be answering questions and interacting with students on Facebook Live, so please visit RCRC’s Facebook page to ask questions and share insights about the compassion topic for each week. For more information, you may contact her at cjackson@rcrc.org.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=”Videos”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI1NjAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIzMTUlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGRjBQNmlEWU1fUkklMjIlMjBmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRCUyMjAlMjIlMjBhbGxvdyUzRCUyMmFjY2VsZXJvbWV0ZXIlM0IlMjBhdXRvcGxheSUzQiUyMGNsaXBib2FyZC13cml0ZSUzQiUyMGVuY3J5cHRlZC1tZWRpYSUzQiUyMGd5cm9zY29wZSUzQiUyMHBpY3R1cmUtaW4tcGljdHVyZSUyMiUyMGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbiUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRQ==[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text](Video length: 14 min, 26 sec)

This week, Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson and Rev. Katey Zeh discuss the questions:

What are the differences and similarities between empathy and compassion?
How and why is compassion critical to justice?

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Week 2 Facebook Live Discussion

Article —  “Compassion is Better Than Empathy” by Tara Well PhD   

Video – Where Does Compassion Really Come From? 

Video — Human: The Circle of Compassion

(FOR KIDS) Article — “Social Justice in Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” by Stacey Shaneyfelt 

(FOR KIDS) Video — “Compassion in Action” by Stephanie Bierman [/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=”Quotes”][vc_media_grid initial_loading_animation=”none” grid_id=”vc_gid:1629137774243-4f901335-93c0-3″ include=”37665,37666,37668,37670,37671,37669,37664,37667″][vc_text_separator title=”Home Assignment/Action”][vc_column_text]

Draw (preferably with your non-dominant hand) what compassion looks like. If you have children, do this with them!
Share, repost, or retweet at least one of the quotes, videos or articles that speak to you most.

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This week, Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson and Rev. Katey Zeh discuss the questions:

Given that research shows tremendous social, economic and health benefits of compassion, why is there not more focus on compassion in our society?
What are the most common barriers to compassion?
How do stress and anxiety get in the way of compassion?

Week 3 Facebook Live Discussion

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Draw (preferably with your non-dominant hand) what compassion looks like. If you have children, do this with them!
Think of a time you chose – or wish you had chosen – to extend compassion instead of expressing hurtful anger at others.

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This week we had guest speaker: Dr. Helen Weng![/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=”Videos”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI1NjAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIzMTUlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGOXpMcUROQ01ZTTQlMjIlMjBmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRCUyMjAlMjIlMjBhbGxvdyUzRCUyMmFjY2VsZXJvbWV0ZXIlM0IlMjBhdXRvcGxheSUzQiUyMGNsaXBib2FyZC13cml0ZSUzQiUyMGVuY3J5cHRlZC1tZWRpYSUzQiUyMGd5cm9zY29wZSUzQiUyMHBpY3R1cmUtaW4tcGljdHVyZSUyMiUyMGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbiUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRQ==[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text](Video length: 24 min, 9 sec)

This week, Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson and Rev. Katey Zeh discuss the questions:

What difference would it make if voters’ assessment of political candidates includes a focus on the expressed principles and track record of policies guided by compassion?
President George W. Bush talked about the importance of compassionate conservatism – a political philosophy that stresses using conservative techniques and concepts to improve the general welfare of society.  Why have we moved so far away from this political principle?
What are indicators of compassion voters should look for in candidates for any elected position at federal, state and local levels?
Quizzes designed to help voters discern which candidates are most aligned with what individual voters value focus on policy issues. What do you recommend be included in such quizzes to highlight values of compassion?
We have seen an increasing number of Republican leaders endorse the Biden-Harris ticket. What does this signal to you about the value of compassion?

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Training: Compassion Meditation Training

by Dr. Helen Weng for Center for Healthy Minds

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Britannica 2020 Candidate Quiz
Book: How the South Won the Civil War by Heather Cox Richardson

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Draw (preferably with your non-dominant hand) what compassion looks like. If you have children, do this with them!
List 2-3 political leaders you have most respected: In what ways has their leadership reflected a high value compassion even when they were confronted with great opposition or attack?

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This week, Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson asks the following of Rev. Katey Zeh:

You are a fitness trainer. Is there anything from fitness training that might be applied to strengthening compassion – not just as something we feel but action we take?
How do we build our compassion muscles?
Continuing with the exercise or fitness metaphor, what do you say to people who feel they don’t have time for compassionate because of all they are dealing with in their own lives?

Week 5 Facebook Live Discussion

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Book: The Art of Happiness by HH Dalai Lama

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Start each day with the intention of building your compassion muscle with your loved ones and strangers.
Re-post at least 1 of the quotes, videos or articles that speak to you most.

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This week of Compassion School features a guest speaker whose work you may recognize from our previous units: Dr. James R. Doty, professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education.

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Week 6 Facebook Live Discussion

Start each day with the intention of building your compassion muscle with your loved ones and strangers.
Record a short video of yourself talking about a time you have felt more compassionate to others when you have given compassion to yourself, and share it in your social media.

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This week, Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson and Rev. Katey Zeh explore the following questions:

What does it mean to think of racism as a public health crisis?
If compassion were the guide for approaches and policies about reproductive health care, how would it impact maternal mortality–particular among BIWOC (Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color)?
Discussions about reproductive health, rights and justice are often framed as pro-life and pro-choice. These terms often place greater value on the life of a potential, unborn person or on the current life of an actual person. How might compassion impact how we talk about abortion and all aspects of reproductive decisions and loss?

Week 7 Facebook Live Discussion

Re-post at least 1 of the quotes, videos or articles that speak to you most

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This week, we discuss:

Typically, we focus on justice issues in ways that overlook their intersections. What has this election season revealed about the intersections of various justice issues?
“Essential workers” during COVID-19 have often been people of color, women, and individuals who are being paid minimum wage. What has the COVID-19 pandemic revealed about intersections of income equity, public health, affordable housing, reproductive freedom, childcare, and public education, etc?
How might compassion be a resource for helping us to advocate for justice – racial, economic, environmental, gender, disability, and so on – in ways that are more comprehensive and holistic?
How can we spread the principles of compassion to help heal our world?

Week 8 Facebook Live Discussion

Video – Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care

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Book – Raise an Emotionally Healthy Son

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Re-post at least 1 of the quotes, videos or articles that speak to you most

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This week, Rev. Dr. Jackson speaks with Dr. James R. Doty, professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education.

They discuss ways to bring people together and promote understanding by focus on commonalities across groups, and Dr. Doty also shares his experience working with the Dalai Lama on compassion.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]

Week 9 Facebook Live Discussion

Video – How We Lie to Ourselves — The School of Life

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Video – Honest Liars: The Psychology of Self-Deception — Cortney Warren TEDx Talk

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Video – Does Compassion Have Value At Work? — Jane Dutton

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Book – The Science of Compassion — The Big Think, Stephen Post

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Re-post at least 1 of the quotes, videos or articles that speak to you most

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For our final week of Compassion School, Rev. Katey Zeh and Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson wrap things up with a discussion of the following:

Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh says that it is really compassion that is the measure of our strength. What does that mean to you, especially in this time of multiple concurrent national and global crises that is leaving many of us feeling sad, scared, weak and overwhelmed?
Dalai Lama and many others tell us that compassion is a necessity for our survival. Why is compassion urgent for today’s world, for both individual behavior and system approaches? How does compassion strengthen national security?
What difference can each of us make in our own contexts and networks to spread compassion and encourage others to do so as well?
Now that the 10 weeks of Compassion School are ending, what is your hope for the difference Compassion School might make in people’s individual lives and in our society?

Week 10 Facebook Live Discussion

Video: The Third Industrial Revolution — Jeremy Rifkin

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Re-post at least 1 of the quotes, videos or articles that speak to you most
Think about 1 thing you can do differently to express compassion toward someone it is not easy for you to connect with (emotionally, politically, religiously, ideologically, etc.) and do it!

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RCRC’s Clergy and Laypeople Proudly Support:

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RCRC’s Clergy and Laypeople Proudly Support:

Stay connected to the movement for reproductive freedom!