Empathy

Post-Star story: Empathy can be the difference between bully, nice kid

New York Post-Star online story recounting the work of Mary Gordon’s organization, Roots of Empathy, and its relationship to research in mirror-neurons. The article includes the following statement: “The goal is to prevent children from becoming bullies and turn them into empathetic members of the community. The program’s approach, she (Gordon) said, is based on

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Roots of Empathy founder Mary Gordon to present at Annual Meeting

Canadian Mary Gordon, an internationally recognized educator, social entrepreneur, author, child advocate, and founder of the the innovative program Roots of Empathy will provide one of the plenary addresses at the annual meeting in Toronto. Gordon’s organization and its companion program, Seeds of Empathy, have gained international recognition for its work in reducing violence and

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David Hogue to Present at Annual Meeting

David Hogue, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Counseling at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, will provide one of the keynote presentations at the annual meeting.  Hogue is the author of Remembering the Future, Imagining the Past:  Story, Ritual, and the Human Brain and several book chapters and journal articles exploring the intersection of ritual,

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