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Kinder Politics

“A SINGLE ACT OF KINDNESS THROWS ROOTS OUT IN ALL DIRECTIONS.”

Amelia Earhart

A chance to discuss how kindness could reshape politics.

  • Can politics be kinder?

  • Can we disagree kindly? 

  • Could kindness guide our policymaking? 

  • How can we have kinder political discussions online? 

  • Could kindness guide our policy making? 

  • Should governments set targets for wellbeing?

Curator:

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Matt Hawkins

Matt is Co-Director of Compassion in Politics. He was previously part of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning team at the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and managed the successful campaign for mixed-sex civil partnerships.

Speakers:

  • Debbie Abrahams MP, Politician

  • Catherine Anderson, CEO, The Jo Cox Foundation

  • Siobhan Benita, Kindness Speaker, former senior civil servant and twice Mayor of London candidate

  • Harris Bokhari, Founder, Naz Legacy Foundation

  • Sarah Davidson, CEO, The Carnegie Trust

  • Prof AC Grayling, Philosopher

  • Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom

 

  • Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom

  • Caroline Lucas MP, Green Party

  • Jennifer Nadel, Director, Compassion in Politics

  • Prof Alice Roberts, TV Presenter

  • Rory Stewart MP, Former Conservative MP and Mayoral Candidate

  • Baroness Warsi, British lawyer, politician and member of the House of Lords