CompassionDenver is a grassroots initiative to elevate Denver's people and City Government in mutual care as a Charter for Compassion "Compassionate City."
  

BECAUSE COMPASSION...
...has today's neuroscience unpacking this ancient moral principle!  Brain research shows that feeling another's discomfort and acting to alleviate it is an inborn human trait!  And acting with compassion boosts happiness...

BECAUSE CITIES...
...may be the engines of 21st century commerce and creativity, but the big exciting cities are also long on inequality and anxiety. The bigger the town, the faster the pace, the more difficult to deal with its social and psychological toll…   

BECAUSE DENVER...
...is rated by Forbes as the country's fourth-most compassionate city, but we nonetheless suffer from our share of issues with citizen wellbeing.  We can beat the odds, improving quality of life alongside our dizzying growth…