The KindnessCollective Invitation List 

 

Kindness Leaders

The invite list includes the 70 foremost kindness leaders we've identified, whose mission is to cultivate and grow a kinder world. Participants will also include youth and college ambassadors, as well as leaders of educational and corporate communities with a wide-reaching social impact vision. We know we might have missed some gems, and we hope you'll let us know if you or any organization you know of should be represented at the Collective. Please click here to request an invitation. 

 

Confirmed Participants  

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Michael lloyd-white

World Kindness Movement

The mission of  WKM is to inspire individuals and nations to create a kinder world through establishing independent kindness programs and projects in cities, schools, and communities across the globe.

 

 
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Shirley zinc 

Simple Acts of Care and Kindness

The SACK foundation is focused on ensuring a better world--one built upon respect, chivalry, and goodwill--for many generations to come, through enriching lives by Simple Acts of Care and Kindness.

 
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Brooke Jones

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation  is a non-profit organization that believes in spreading kindness throughout schools, communities, and homes. RAKF believes in the power of kindness to change the way people see and experience the world.  

 

 
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Angie louthan 

The Kind Fest

The Kind Fest is a grassroots festival created to inspire, educate, empower, and equip people with the tools they need to create a kinder world.  We are very intentional in bringing together the leaders, changemakers, artists, businesses, and organizations who’s purpose is to lead us into a kinder way of living. 

 
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Will Glennon

Random Acts of Kindness 

Author of national bestselling book, "Random Acts of Kindness" Will Glennon inspired the creation of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, launched in 1995, of which he is the former president. Will was also the co-founder of the World Kindness Movement, which just celebrated its twentieth anniversary. 

Learn more about Will here

 

 
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Ami Dar

Idealist 

Idealist is all about connecting idealists – people who want to do good – with opportunities for action and collaboration. Too many good ideas for making the world a better place go unheard or unrealized. 

With more than 120,000 organizations and 1.4 million monthly visitors to our English, and Spanish sites, Idealist helps people move from intention to action all over the world.

Learn more about Ami Dar here

 

 
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Tristaca McCray

Nerds Rule 

In 2011 Nerds Rule Inc. was founded by Executive Director Tristaca McCray as a non-profit organization for community building among youth, teens, and young adults. Their creative programs and projects promote social and economic change that target a variety of global changes using Sustainable Development Goals. Nerds Rule focus on advocacy, (statewide and internationally) to mobilize communities for support of at-risk youth. Additionally, Nerds Rule focuses on increasing and empowering individuals who are committed to building strong, trusting relationships and positive attitudes through mentorship and social entrepreneurship.

 

 
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Marilyn Turkovich 

Charter for Compassion 

We support the emergence of a global movement that brings the Charter for Compassion to life. To do so, we are a network of networks, connecting organizers and leaders from around the world, providing educational resources, organizing tools, and avenues for communication; sharing lessons, stories, and inspiration; providing the umbrella of the Charter for Compassion for conferences, events, collaborations, conversations and initiatives to create compassionate communities and institutions.

 

 
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Paula Cole Paul Lamb  

Inspired2C Kindfulness  

Inspired2C is a 501c3 non-profit organization working to identify these simple, small actions that we can all take to create a better world. From everyday acts of kindness to reflecting on masculinity, taking these meaningful steps can strengthen relationships and the appreciation of humanity. 

 
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Tara Cousineau 

The Kindness Cure 

In new and noteworthy book, The Kindness Cure, psychologist Tara Cousineau draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to teach the reader simple practices of kindness—for ourselves, for our friends and family, for our society, and for our world—that can dissolve our feelings of fear and our habits of indifference, and open us to a life of profound happiness.

 
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Mary-Lyn Haris 

Heart@Work 

Heart@Work brings kindness and heartfulness to professional consulting. Mary-Lyn Haris helps businesses raise their brand awareness, focusing on the #1 key to success for solo-entrepreneuring being "masterminding." Through her work, Mary-Lyn delves into what kindness actually is, and she believes that "making a difference in people’s lives is our biggest challenge and yet it’s what people want the most of."  

 
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Mark and Maria Haswell    

Spread Kindness

 Spread Kindness  is a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging individuals and groups to practice kindness in their everyday life. Their mission is to inspire, enlighten, and spread joy through the sincere kindness of people's hearts and actions. Spread Kindness was formed by a happy family of five who are passionate about the power of kindness. Their greatest hope is that we will join them in spreading kindness to others

 

Confirmed Youth Leaders  


Kindness Collaborators

These leaders have expressed their enthusiasm about KindnessEvolution and their interest in participation in the upcoming KindnessCollective, and we are just awaiting final confirmation! 

Linda Cohen, 1000 Mitzvahs: How Small Acts of Kindness Can Heal, Inspire and Change Your Life 

Mayor Tom Tait, Anaheim, City Of Kindness

Bo Whittenton, Be Kind People Project

Josephine and Virginia Mahoney, B Kind

Jeannette Maré, Ben Bells

Gabriella van Rij: #Daretobekind

Jenny Friedman, Doing Good Together

Dr. David Fryburg, Envision Kindness

Alex & Dalton, Explore Kindness

Paula Cole, Fluent in Kindness

Toan Lam, Go Inspire Go

Corey Harnish, Good Cards

Marilyn Turkovich, Charter For Compassion

Houston Kraft, Kelby Kilburn,Character Strong

Dina Creiger, Choose to be nice

Jon Ramer, Compassion Games

Kala Shah, Community Heroes

Jill McManigal, Great Kindness Challenge

Susan & Morgan Guess, Guess Anti-Bullying Foundation

Joyce Deliyiannis, Emily Trask, Helpis

 

Eric Wellens, Pay It Forward Foundation

Jill Lubin, The Profit of Kindness

Reba Riley, Project CityKIND

Mark & Maria, Spread Kindness

Michele McKeag Larsen, The Joy Team

Brian Williams, Think Kindness

Dr. Immanual Joseph, Kulture of Kindness

Orly Wahba , Live Vest Inside

Tara Ijai, Love Glasses Revolution

Bob Votruba, One Million Acts of Kindness

Ed Horrell, The Kindness Revolution ™  

Veronica Mollica, The Kindness Solution

Jaclyn Lyndsey, Kindness.org

Grace Murdock, Kindness Bracelets

Paul Lamb, Kindfulness.biz

Leon Logothetis, Kindness Diaries

Manny Moreno, KindnessIsBadAss

Jacki James, Kindness-Matters

Jill McManigal, Kids For Peace

Blake Beattie, Pay it Forward Day

Wayne Mueller, InCommon

Potential Kindness Collaborators

We would love to host the voices of these incredible leaders at our Collective!

We love the work you are doing. Please reach out if you're interested in KindnessEvolution!

Jessica Walsh, Timothy Goodman  12KindsofKindness

Laura Talmus, Beyond Differences

Dawn Engle, Billion Acts

Cynthia Germanotta, Maya Enista Smith , Born This Way Foundation

Megan Hookey, Create the Good

Bhoutik Mehta, Daily Good

Shari Arison, Good Deeds Day

Nancy Miller. good.is

Maya Dubinsky, Goodnet

Geri Weis-Corbley, Good News network

Dacher Keltner, Greater Good

Jim Lee, Happy Hollow School

Marty Isaac, Hooplaha

Sheeka (Strickland) Sanatoria, Humankind

Sara Lahey, Hunting Happiness Project

Brad Formsma, I like giving

Barbara Stevens, The Josh Stevens Foundation

Chuck Wall, KindnessUSA.org

 

 

 

Birju Pandya, kindspring.org

Erika Lantz, Kind World

Betsy Peterson, Learning to Give

Bert and John Jacobs, Life is Good

Richard Weissbourd, Making Caring Common

Jason Kingman, More Good Deeds

Bill Strathmann, Network for Good

Joan Eschler, Positively Positive

Ricky Smith, R.A.K.E

Cinde Monsam, Random Acts

Nipun Mehta, Service Space

Carolyn Berna Dundee, Small Acts, Big Change

Sandy Love, Support Kindness

Penny Austen, ThinkGiveProject

Anthony & Natalia Melikhov, unite4good.org

Dalal Al-Waheidi, We Day

Baaps Beauty, kindnessblog.com