Join us in building the Empathy Movement Training Curriculum. We are a group of volunteers who are developing a public domain, open-source resource and looking for collaborators to help design, develop and host the content. We want to bring empathy supporters together to develop this project.

We are in the beginning phase of this project and are working on building the core team. We need Area Experts, Educators, Curriculum Designers, Practice & Facilitation Experts, Technical & Digital Infrastructure Experts, Project Management Experts, etc. We also Invite people that have developed exiting trainings to contribute their trainings to this project.

The Problem
We are living in a time of growing division, isolation, and misunderstanding. Across our communities, workplaces, and institutions, many people feel unheard, unseen, and disconnected. Yet at the heart of these challenges lies a simple, powerful human capacity: empathy—the ability to truly understand and be understood.

The Solution
The Empathy Movement Curriculum is an open, collaborative effort to cultivate this capacity at scale.

This curriculum is designed to support individuals, families, educators, businesses, facilitators, and organizations in developing empathy as a practical, lived skill—not just a concept or idea. Through structured practices such as Empathy Circles, active listening, and shared dialogue, participants learn how to listen deeply, express themselves authentically, and build meaningful human connection.

Unlike many programs that treat empathy as a soft or abstract concept, this curriculum focuses on embodied experience and real-world application. It provides tools, frameworks, and shared language that can be used in everyday life—at home, in schools, in organizations, and in civic dialogue.

This work is part of a broader effort to build an Empathy Movement: a growing network of people and organizations committed to making mutual understanding a core cultural value. As seen in many emerging empathy and social-emotional learning initiatives, shared practices and language can transform relationships, reduce conflict, and foster well-being and collaboration.

The curriculum is not fixed or proprietary—it is co-created and evolving. We invite you to participate, contribute, and help shape a shared foundation for empathy education that is accessible to all.

Together, we can move toward a world where people don’t just talk past each other—but truly listen, understand, and care.

See the following video explanation and invitation to join the curriculum project.

An Invitation to Co-Create a Shared
Empathy Movement Training Curriculum
A video explanation and invitation to join the curriculum project.

Next Steps to Get Involved - Onboarding Check List