David Korten has long been a mentor to the Charter for Compassion.  His insights on economics, climate and social trends are often both challenging and healing.  David is the founder of Yes! magazine and a number of books, one of which, Change the Story, Change the Future has been of particular interest to the Charter for Compassion.  Here are a few lines from “Why Coronavirus is Humanity’s Wake Up Call,” and a link to the complete article.

“The rapid spread of novel coronavirus has prompted government, business, and civil society to take dramatic action–canceling events large and small, restricting travel, and shutting down major segments of the economy on which nearly all of us depend. It is a demonstration of our ability, when the imperative is clear, for deep and rapid global cooperation and change at a previously unimaginable speed and scale.There is an obvious desire to protect ourselves and our loved ones. But we are also seeing something more as communities mobilize to address the crisis–a sense of mutual responsibility, born of a recognition that we are ultimately bound to a common fate.”