Compassion in Action

San Antonians working together in treating all others in ways we wish to be treated ourselves.

Persons of Connection in helping others get connected and engaged

Advocacy: Working together to promote social change. POC: Adiba

Calendaring: Informing community about events. POC: Sumeyra

Communications: Sharing relevant news, promoting hope (marketing), and clearly communicating vision, goals, and aspirations. POC: Sonia

Dialogue: Open and respectful interfaith conversations. POC: Antonio

Education: Learning about different faiths and cultures. POC: Nazli

Relational Community Building: Connecting with people from diverse backgrounds with a sense of shared purpose and belonging. POC: Wyndee

Service: Volunteering and addressing community needs. POC: Don

Support Systems: Providing resourcing and assistance for community members. POC: Megan

Youth Empowerment: Creating a network-of-youth networks (YouthNet) with empowerment through an invitational process into existing efforts, events, etc. POC: Darsh

Platforms of Connection to help simplify mutual community efforts

Calendaring: TeamUP POC: Sumeyra & David

Immediate Resourcing: text the word Compassion to 73224 to join at no-cost POC: Ann

Resourcing: SACRD.org . POC: sacrd.org or Bill

Volunteers: JustServe.org  POC: Jody Panter

Community Collaborations based on community concerns, human needs, and research

Collaboration & Compassion: research (2023) POC: ProSocial World

Collective Healing: (since 2022) POCSan Antonio Healing Community

Communicate Citywide Human Needs/Alerts via texts (2018) POC: Ann

Community Organizing @TheIntersection (2020) POC: Ann

Compassionate San Antonio (2017) POC: Mig

Compassionate USA (2023) POC: Eric

Compassion Education/Institute (2017) POC: Mig

Compassion Index includes SATX (2025) POC: Ali Index

Domestic Violence Prevention (2021) POC: Karen

Environmental Collaborative of SA/EcoSA (2022) POC: Judith

Facilities of Faith Refits (2019) POC: Sarah

Festival of Faiths (2023) POC: Wyndee

Homelessness/Homeless Hubs (2020) POC: Kathy

Human Flourishing (2025) POC: Scott

Human Resourcing/Services via San Antonio Community Resource Directory (2017) POC: sacrd.org and Bill

Hunger/Food Scarcity (2017) POC: Kelly

Immigration (2019) POC: Marc

Interfaith (2017) POC: Ann and/or Wyndee

Mental Health/annual community conference Pathways to Hope SA (2017) POC: Doug

Mental Health/congregational cohorts via Bridges to Care SA (2017) POC: Genesis Genesis

Refugees (2021) POC: Dianne

Safety & Security via SAPD Fusion/Annual Multi-faith Symposium (2022) POC: Douglas

Small Businesses via free directory that are local, diverse, & inclusive (2021) POC: smallbiz SA and Ann

Social Connectivity research includes SATX (2023) POC Action Guide: Action Guide for Building Socially Connected Communities

Story (specific to SA) Project as Collective Healing (2022) POC: Story Portal SA

Thanksgiving Interfaith Gathering (2023) POC: San Fernando Cathedral Offices

Violence Prevention Strategy (2022) POC: Erica

Youth Engagement/Youth Lead Mission (YLM) community organizing model (2024) POC: Sha-Londa

YouthNet/citywide network of youth networks (2025) POC: Darsh