Focus on Compassion ... Get Involved In Charter for Compassion

Focus on Compassion ... Get Involved In Charter for Compassion

Karen Armstrong wins the TED Prize and makes her wish to have the TED community help her create, launch, and propagate a Charter for Compassion.

Why a Charter for Compassion?

The Charter of Compassion is a cooperative effort to restore not only compassionate thinking but, more importantly, compassionate action to the center of religious, moral and political life. Compassion is the principled determination to put ourselves in the shoes of the other, and lies at the heart of all religious and ethical systems. One of the most urgent tasks of our generation is to build a global community where men and women of all races, nations and ideologies can live together in peace. In our globalized world, everybody has become our neighbor, and the Golden Rule has become an urgent necessity.

The Charter, crafted by people all over the world and drafted by a multi-faith, multi-national council of thinkers and leaders, seeks to change the conversation so that compassion becomes a key word in public and private discourse, making it clear that any ideology that breeds hatred or contempt ~ be it religious or secular ~ has failed the test of our time. It is not simply a statement of principle; it is above all a summons to creative, practical and sustained action to meet the political, moral, religious, social and cultural problems of our time.

We invite each of you to adopt the charter as your own, to make a lifelong commitment to live with compassion..

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Be There Long Enough To See It Get Better

Listening to this nearly broke my heart ... I know that God did not create us to be the kind of people who would wish a life of shame upon anyone. And surely He has sent us enough "life lessons" for all of us to get that by now ... We can do so very much better - for so very many ...

Joel Burns tells gay teens "it gets better" | Video on TED.com

Learn more Here about NamUs.Gov and Billy's Law

(PowerPoint Presentation below from NamUs Academy Team Michigan - *relevant to the Nation*)




NamUs.Gov
http://namus.gov

Billy's Law
http://helpfindthemissingact.blogspot.com
http://peace4missing.ning.com/forum/categories/namusgov-billys-lawhr-3695/listForCategory


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Is DNA/Dental included on Your Missing Loved Ones Profile?

A must read for all Family Members of the Missing ...

It is not until only recently that I myself have become so much more so informed of the VITAL importance of DNA/Dental on NamUs.Gov ... many of our Peace4 Missing Loved Ones NamUs.Gov profiles do not include this extremely relevant info. - often because it just has never been sent over to NamUs by the establishment at which this information is on file.

Please, TRIPLE CHECK your family members NamUs profile NOW! 

Make certain that steps have been taken to include all DNA/Dental info on their NamUs profile!

You deserve answers - this MUST be done in order to help you receive them.

Please click the link below to find out more and how to do so.

http://peace4missing.ning.com/profiles/blogs/missing-persons-family

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Missing Persons; Family, Advocates and Concerned Citizens - this is FOR and ABOUT each of You!

Taking steps to cover all bases is always the wisest move to make.  And especially when it comes to finding the missing - you just can't do "too much".

Dot the i's, Cross the t's, Double Check the list, Make Certain that no Stone is left Unturned.

It is extremely important that each Missing Person has on file DNA information, Dental Records, etc. - the chances of connecting the Unidentified to a Person who is Missing is nearly impossible without this information.

Below you will find the ABSOLUTELY MUST DO Missing Persons Checklist to significantly increase the odds of Finding a Missing Loved One.

• If you have a missing loved one -- get them listed in NamUs as soon as possible. You can ask LE to do it -- or do it yourself.   www.FindTheMissing.org

• Then your case becomes eligible for many NO COST services.

• The family are the main push behind making sure you have more than one family reference sample. The they must make sure that it did indeed go into CODIS.

• Do fingerprints exist? Are they in NamUs? Can you get them?

• Do dental records exist? Are they in NamUs? Can you get them?

• Volunteer orgs. The unidentified are often left behind. Do you know of cases that are not yet in the public eye? Can you contact your local LE, ME or coroner and ask that they get the case into NamUs? Then they too have the benefit of these free services. Go to www.IdentifyUs.org to see if your ME / Coroner system is using NamUs. If not - maybe you can let them know what they are missing out on?

• UNT has formed a Forensic Service Unit at www.UNTFSU.com that offer a variety of NO COST services. The DNA is FREE! Dental services are FREE! Forensic artwork is FREE!

Doing so does not mean that you are giving up hope of finding someone alive, rather it is doing all that you are able to, in the very best way that you are able to make sure that they, no matter what, Come Home.



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Missing Persons Awareness and Support Network 
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