March 5 Tip: Help Louisville Become More Compassionate

Attend a Workshop on March 20 and Help Louisville Become Even More Compassionate
(The March 5 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

The Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of Louisville will have a community workshop March 20 to help plan ways to make Louisville a more compassionate city.

According to an institute news release, the effort — “Ali’s Louisville? Making a Compassionate City” — has an underlying question: “While Louisville claims Ali as its iconic son and global figure of compassion, would Ali claim his hometown as a compassionate city?”

Organizers say they expect about 100 people who normally might not be at the same table — downtown developers, young people, theologians, teachers, block watch captains, city officials — to discuss practical components of compassionate government, education, economic development, infrastructure, transportation, housing, health and other issues.

The group will develop action items and then commit to helping put them into effect.

The workshop will be from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Hotel Louisville, 120 W. Broadway. A light supper will be served, so participants are asked to RSVP to maforb01@louis­ville.edu or call (502) 852-1493.

Workshop co-sponsors include the Muhammad Ali Center; The Partnership for a Compassionate Louisville; the office of Mayor Greg Fischer; The Center for Health Equity; and U of L’s Peace, Justice and Conflict Transformation Studies program.

For more information, contact Stacy Bailey-Ndiaye, director of the Ali Institute, at (502) 852-0058 or by email to sbbail01@louisville.edu.