Recently, we’ve had some wonderful opportunities to share our story through the media, and I’d like to share them here with you. One takes you inside the classroom and shows you the impact of our programs on students. The other is a long form radio interview where I talk about the why and how of Roots of Empathy. The classroom video was recorded by BBC World Hacks at our Centre of Excellence school, Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School, with Baby Naomi and the Grade 4 class she ‘teaches’. BBC Producer Harriet Noble and crew wanted to visit the birthplace of Roots of Empathy – Toronto - to find out how and why our innovative and award-winning program works. The result has been overwhelming – in a good way. The BBC piece has been viewed more than 16 million times globally and our teams are now fielding inquiries from around the world. We are deeply grateful to Harriet and the BBC for seeing our program as a way to ‘solve the world’s problems’ and for sharing its power with the rest of the world. If you haven’t seen or heard it yet, here it is. Watch for the children’s comments - you’ll see the impact. My interview on The Christine Upchurch Show is a 45-minute radio interview (grab a cup of tea and maybe a biscuit or two) where I explain why I started Roots of Empathy, how we define empathy, and the importance of developing empathy, especially in a world where exclusion can cause deep damage to children and their communities. Together these two pieces will give you a pretty good sense of who we are and what we do. I hope you enjoy them. – Mary Gordon |