AI+Compassion

Last updated: September 20, 2025

Overview

AI+Compassion is an international alliance coordinated by The Purple Movement, dedicated to embedding compassion, empathy, and cultural wisdom into AI research, products, policy, and entrepreneurship. This repository contains the core organizational documentation and a compact operational blueprint for the initiative.

Table of contents

• Executive summary
• Mission, vision & guiding principles
• Areas of focus & flagship programs
• Governance, roles & network
• Events & convenings (operational plan)
• Communications, branding & assets
• Operations: policies, ethics & data stewardship
• Monitoring, evaluation & impact metrics
• Implementation roadmap (rough idea)
• FAQs and common workflows

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Executive summary

AI+Compassion brings together academics, technologists, cultural leaders and funders to build practical, human-centered solutions that scale responsibly. The aim is to move beyond abstract ethics to deployable pilots, community-centered research, and scalable programming that demonstrates compassionate AI in action.

Mission, vision & guiding principles

Mission. Weave compassion into the fabric of AI development so systems amplify human dignity, equity and ecological flourishing.

Vision. A world where AI augments human potential while honoring cultural wisdom, social justice and the planet.

Guiding principles. Compassion-first design; cultural humility; participatory governance; practical impact; transparency & accountability; accessibility & inclusion.

Areas of focus & flagship programs

Areas of focus

1. Knowledge — research, think tanks, interdisciplinary curricula and cross-cultural dialogues.
2. Leadership — training for leaders to steward compassionate AI initiatives.
3. Technology — emotionally-intelligent AI, humane UX and inclusive datasets.
4. Resources — funding, tools and infrastructure for practitioners and entrepreneurs (note: full sponsorship model is intentionally summarized elsewhere).

Flagship programs

• Global Forum & 24‑hour relay (regional hubs handing off around the world).
• Hackathons & co-creation sprints to prototype low-cost, high-impact solutions.
• Research & practice hub: open case studies, toolkits and shared code.
• Fellowship / accelerator to support early-stage social ventures.
• Monthly virtual gatherings for community-building and knowledge exchange.

Governance, roles & network

Organizational model (recommended)

• Steering Committee — strategic direction and ethics oversight.
• Advisory Board — scholars, cultural leaders, industry figures.
• Program Leads — events, research, technology, fellowship, partnerships.
• Regional Producers — local organizers for each relay segment.
• Operational Team — communications, fundraising, logistics, legal.

Network partners (examples for outreach): academic institutions, standards bodies, cultural organizations, philanthropic funders, regional impact hubs.

Events & convenings (operational plan)

Event model

• 24‑hour global relay with regional producers delivering 2–3 hour localized programs.
• Local hub responsibilities include venue, cultural programming, participant outreach, accessibility supports and streaming.

Production checklist (high level)

• Program brief, speaker kit, sponsor pack (summary), registration flow, AV & streaming, rehearsals, volunteer rosters, safety & inclusion plan.

Accessibility Include closed captioning, language interpretation, sliding-scale tickets and accessibility accommodations.

Communications, branding & assets

Brand tone. Compassionate, credible, culturally aware. Use existing visual assets (logo, gradients) on white backgrounds for clarity.

Primary channels. Website (www.aicompassion.world), email (ai@aicompassion.world), phone (+81 50-5539-0777), and social platforms for outreach and recordings.

Content types. Event pages, case studies, newsletters, research summaries, toolkits, videos and podcasts.

Operations: policies, ethics & data stewardship

Code of conduct. Establish behavioural expectations, reporting mechanisms and enforcement processes for events and online communities.

Ethics review. Lightweight ethics screening for pilots; escalate higher-risk projects to an Ethics Advisory Board.

Data stewardship. Privacy-by-design, explicit consent, anonymization standards for shared datasets.

Intellectual property. Contributors retain IP by default; AI+Compassion requests non-exclusive rights for promotion and knowledge sharing unless negotiated otherwise.

Monitoring, evaluation & impact metrics

Suggested KPIs:

• Community growth and regional activations.
• Program outputs: pilots, papers, open-source tools.
• Reach & engagement: attendees, streaming views, newsletter metrics.
• Impact metrics: deployments benefiting underserved populations and qualitative beneficiary feedback.

Collect baseline metrics for pilots and publish annual impact summaries.

Implementation roadmap (rough idea)

Start by forming governance, launching a public website and community platform, and running 2–3 practical pilot projects in domains such as health, education, and livelihoods. Convene a Global Forum relay to surface partnerships and commitments while building an open resource library of case studies and toolkits. Launch a small fellowship/accelerator to support promising teams; use pilot results to attract multi-year funding. Prioritize community building, ethical oversight, and deployable pilots over rigid timelines.

FAQs and common workflows

• How to register and attend? Registration flows and virtual access are typically listed on the event page; provide scholarship options for low-resource participants.
• How to propose a session? Submit proposals to the program leads with an outline and expected outcomes.
• How to sponsor or partner? Contact the operational team; sponsor benefits can be discussed case-by-case.
• What makes this summit unique? Interweaving cultural wisdom (e.g., Wa and Ma) with practical pilot work and a global relay format.

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