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News, views and interviews from Empathy Action
Empathy Action 2.0
Over these last months we’ve been exploring how to continue our work of crafting and curating experiences that build empathy and encourage compassionate action.
‘I am deaf’
One of our team, Vix, was born deaf. She has always lived in the ‘hearing world’
Change in a Time of Crisis – 14
This week we wanted to focus on a change that is taking place at Empathy Action. At the end of July, we will be saying farewell to one of our founders, the incredible Matt Gurney.
Refugee Week: Refugees in A Time of Crisis – 13
This week is Refugee Week, and we have tried to think about the realities faced by refugees by listening to true stories told in innovative ways by people who understand the transformative power of empathy.
Storytelling in a Time of Crisis – 12
Storytelling is at the heart of what Empathy Action does. We tell real stories of poverty and desperation and hope through our simulations, our makers’ gifts, our posts, and our photographs.
Solidarity in a Time of Crisis – 11
One of the words we have been sharing at Empathy Action, possibly more than any other over these last weeks, has been solidarity. We’ve been asking each other questions such as how do we stand in solidarity with those in need, with those who are oppressed, with those who are impoverished and struggling in our world today.
Empathy in A Time of Crisis – 10
As we move slowly towards a new kind of normal, we asked our brilliant Team Empathy what they have taken from this time and what their hopes are for the future:
Empathy in a Time of Crisis – 9
Continuing our blog about this time of global crisis from the perspective of a voluntary team, taking each day as it comes.
Empathy in a Time of Crisis – 8
Continuing our blog about this time of global crisis from the perspective of a voluntary team, taking each day as it comes.
Rainbow Empathy in a Time of Crisis – 7
Last weekend saw the launch of our fabulous Rainbow Campaign. So many heart-warming words have come our way.
Empathy in a Time of Crisis – 6
This week, we thought we would take the opportunity to ask one of our brilliant volunteers, Janet, to share how she has been managing these last six weeks.
Empathy in a Time of Crisis – 5
Continuing our blog about this time of global crisis, from the perspective of a voluntary team, and on a more personal level. Thank you for reading.
Empathy in a Time of Crisis – 4
Continuing our blog about this time of global crisis from the perspective of a voluntary team, taking each day as it comes.
Empathy in a Time of Crisis – 3
At the end of our third week in lockdown, we are still baking bread (with mixed results). The photos we share of our endeavours – with the occasional novel ingredient – keep us connected and smiling as flour turns to gold dust across the land.
Empathy in a Time of Crisis – 2
As we near the end of our second week in lockdown, and as the Covid -19 crisis continues to unfold here in the UK and across the world, at Empathy Action we have been keeping ourselves busy, while remaining socially distant.
Empathy in a Time of Crisis
At Empathy Action, we are continuing to choose empathy and employ Radical Kindness in whatever way we can, even if it appears to be more limited in its scope. And – day by day – we are appreciating what we have, thinking constantly of our friends further away.
TEDx Royal Tunbridge Wells
We, at Empathy Action, were delighted to have been asked to team up with TEDxRoyalTunbridgeWells at the Assembly Hall last Saturday for their sixth annual event.
Thank you Table Builders!
A big thank you to all of our amazing Table Builders who threw themselves into the spirit of our Christmas Campaign:
Meet Our Table Builders #6 and #7
Our Table Builders #6 & #7 are Kate and Mat Waugh (teacher and writer respectively). Here are their brilliant answers to the questions we asked based on our Christmas Campaign: