When there is no Compassion

there can be no peace


When we know Compassion

then we might know peace


The 

COMPASSION

SUMMIT 

9.0 





January 23-January 25, 2025 



hosted by the


American Community School 

Amman, Jordan

COMPASSION SUMMIT EXPERIENCES

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

Hear from experts in the field!

COMPASSIONATE ACTION PLANNING

Action plan with your teammates!

WORKSHOPS

Build skills and/or collaborate!

CONNECTIONS SESSIONS

Connect students outside your school.

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS SESSIONS

Connect with the local community!

BUILD COMMUNITY

in all sorts of ways!

To Join the Compassion Summit

2024 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

LeeAnne Lavender

LeeAnne cares a lot about compassion, storytelling and service. She is a storyteller and poet, as well as a coach and facilitator for international educators; she spends a lot of time exploring the power of stories to connect people in ways that promote peace, empathy and kindness. She’s committed to helping educators and students build changemaker/changeseeker cultures so we can all engage in positive, purposeful action. You can learn more about LeeAnne at https://www.leeannelavender.com/ 

Kathy Kelly

Kathy Kelly is an international peace activist from the United States. She is an author and one of the founding members of Voices in the Wilderness, and is currently a co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence. As part of peace teamwork in several countries, she has traveled to Iraq twenty-six times, notably remaining in combat zones during the early days of both U.S.-Iraq wars. Her recent travel has focused on Afghanistan and Gaza, along with domestic protests against U.S. drone policy. She has been arrested more than sixty times at home and abroad, and has written of her experiences among targets of U.S. military bombardment and inmates of U.S. prisons. She lives in Chicago.



Andy Vasily

Andy Vasily is a pedagogical/performance coach, workshop leader, and podcaster based at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. He has taught at fully authorized International Baccalaureate schools in 5 different countries over the past 20 years. His Run Your Life podcast has been downloaded more than 600,000 times in over 85 countries. He is passionate about working with all stakeholders in organizations to help bring out their best in regards to well-being, productivity, and motivation in the workplace. Andy has committed himself to better understanding the conditions needed for people to thrive both personally and professionally in order to best serve the people he coaches. He has presented his work virtually and in person in more than 40 countries around the world.


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