Empathy Summit Oct 4: Why Do We Need To Build The Empathy Movement?

The Empathy Center News
October 3, 2025

Thinking in terms of building an Empathy Movement is helpful because it transforms empathy from a private virtue into a shared cultural identity and a community project. It becomes not just “something I do” but “something we are building together.”
Let's Build the Movement

Greetings

Here is a reminded of 2 upcoming events.

1 . Join Us for a Free, Online Empathy Circle Facilitation Training Saturday, October 11,10:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST

Session 2: Saturday, 18

Session 3: Saturday, 25

Session 4: Saturday, November 1

2. Empathy Summit this Saturday, October 4, where we’ll explore the vital question: How Might We Build the Empathy Movement?
Location: Zoom https://zoom.us/j/9896109339

This is more than an event—it’s a call to action. You’ll gain practical tools such as Empathy Circles, connect with others committed to this work, and leave with a clear plan to bring empathy into your community. Together, we can reduce conflict, strengthen social bonds, and foster a more caring and resilient world.

Register Here to take part!

The Empathy Movement Summit Series

Join us for a quarterly series of summits dedicated to building the movement. Each event offers a deep dive into practical ways you can get involved, from honing your own skills to building an Empathy Center Chapter in your community. Come and share your ideas and projects.

Be a Speaker - Present your ideas, projects, initiatives, etc.

Help Host the Summits - We have a dedicated and effective hosting team and are looking for others to join us.

Warmly,
Edwin Rutsch

Director: The Empathy Center
EdwinRutsch@gmail.com

Framing efforts as part of an Empathy Movement empowers us, giving us a sense of agency and purpose. It transforms passive supporters into active contributors.

Empathy Tent
Building the Empathy Movement

Last Sunday, our Bay Area Chapter brought the Empathy Tent to the El Sobrante Street Fair. It was heartwarming to share the spirit of the Empathy Movement and to listen with care to neighbors and new friends who stopped by. If you’d like to bring this spirit of connection to your own community, we’d love to support you in starting a local Empathy Center Chapter.

Building the movement one listening interaction at a time.

EVENTS CALENDAR

Google Events Calendar for Dates and Times

The Empathy Center and many other people host Empathy Circles around the world. Here is a list of some of them. You can add your public Empathy Circles to our Google calendar by emailing me EdwinRutsch@gmail.com

Free Events Highlights
check the calendar to confirm dates and times

Register Next Empathy Circle Facilitator Training
Learn to Facilitate an Empathy Circle and build the Empathy Movement!

Dates: Saturday, October 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1

Empathy Circle Facilitator’s Support Group

Continue learning and building capacity as a facilitator

Date: 1st & 3rd Fridays of each Month
Time: 8 - 10 am (PT)

Location Zoom

Email: Lou - lou.zweier@gmail.com

Empathy Cafe: Whatever is on your mind.
Date: Weekly Thursdays
Time: 6 pm (PT)
Location Zoom
Contact: Bill - paddlinman@yahoo.com

Empathy Cafe: Whatever is on your mind.
Date: Weekly Wednesdays,
Time: 6:30 pm (PT)
Location Zoom
Contact: Ingrid - ingridhirtz@gmail.com

Empathy Cafe: Whatever is on your mind
Date: Weekly Sundays
Time: 11am to 1pm (PT)
Location: In Person Santa Barbara
Contact: William - william@cleoinstruments.com

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Empathy Cafe: Power of Self-Empathy
Date: Weekly Tuesdays
Time: 6-7:30 pm (PT)
Location Zoom
Contact: Valerie info@poppypublishing.ca

Empathy Cafe: Intuitive Empathy: Divine Feminine

Date: Weekly Fridays
Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm (PT)
Location Zoom

Contact: Valerie info@poppypublishing.ca

Empathy Cafe
Date: Weekly Mondays
Time: 10-11:30 pm (PT)
Location Zoom
Contact: Cassandra cassandraoneill@me.com

See more Empathy Cafes

The Empathy Center Resources Links

TheEmpathyCenter.org - Main gateway website for our 501c3 nonprofit.
CultureOfEmpathy.com - Edwin's website with over 400 interviews of empathy experts plus more.
EmpathySummit.com - Site for our ongoing series of Empathy Summits and Conferences.
EmpathyCircle.com - All about the Empathy Circle practice.
BestEmpathyTraining.com - All about the Empathy Circle Facilitator training.
EmpathyTent.com - Website for the Empathy Tent public listening, empathy and mediation project.
Empathy Movement Magazine on Scoop It - Over 9,000 articles, papers, etc. about empathy sorted by subtopic. Updated daily with current links.
The Empathy Center Facebook Page
The Empathy Center LinkedIn Group Page - Empathy Movement: Practice, Projects, Dialogue, Training, Curriculum Design and Development

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