Greetings friends of Compassionate Saint Augustine, 

There is a lot going on with your CSA friends!
 
One of our top news items is that we will be launching our new Compassionate St. Augustine website this week. Our web team dedicated countless hours to innovate and update the site.
 
Another top news item is that a new Board has been identified, approved, and appointed. Our illustrious and industrious Board members are all poised to lead Compassionate St. Augustine into a future bright with promise. Additional details on these two exciting items will be provided in a special newsletter later this week.
 
I want to dedicate the remainder of this month’s column to a third top news item. Please join me in celebrating, recognizing, and thanking our outgoing Board President, Ervin Bullock and our long time Board member Warren Clark. Their dedication and commitment have fostered active engagement, stability, and growth in our initiatives throughout their tenure on CSA’s board.
 
Ervin is only the second board President in our organization’s history. She has served and led in that capacity for nearly eight years. Warren has been a member since our inception nearly ten years ago. They both epitomize the soul of Compassionate St. Augustine! Individually and together, Ervin and Warren have made so many contributions it would take an entire page to list them all. Suffice it to say they will be missed in their leadership roles. We wish them only the best.

We will be recognizing Ervin and Warren at this month’s Community Gathering at the Mission House at noon on Friday, May 12th. Please join us to share a meal, meet some of our new Board members, and say thank you to our inspirational outgoing leaders. There just might be a surprise in store, too! I hope to see you there, if not before.

With gratitude,

Arthur

Arthur Culbert, Ph. D. 
Executive Director
Compassionate Saint Augustine 

FB:@arthurculbert.mindfulaging
Urban Farmer/Children’s Author
(314) 249 8500

We encourage you, your house of worship or other social organizations 
to support the outreach actions of Compassionate St. Augustine!

CHARTER CORNER
Tidbits from the Charter for Compassion (CFC)

Compassion is not an option. It's the key to our survival. 

~Karen Armstrong

 Welcome to the May edition of the Charter Corner, where you can find easy links to compassionate updates! After our April showers and Earth Day celebrations, it seems appropriate that on May 1 we are invited to participate in Heal the Waters day. This aligns nicely with our ever-present invitation to engage with the Charter’s Environment sector. In keeping with May’s growing agenda, on May 13 at noon EST, CfC is hosting the first Global Read for Kids and Company, We Are All Flowers.
 
You might also be interested in the soon coming launch of Compassionate USA, an effort to bring together all US Compassionate Cities. Compassionate USA plans to kick off at the US Conference of Mayors in Columbus, OH in early June.
 
For CSA’s part, in addition to our Mayor supporting Compassionate USA, Compassionate St. Augustine  continues infusing empathy into action with local and regional initiatives. We are taking steps toward bringing all of Florida’s Compassionate Cities together. Our aspirational goal is to have Florida become  a Compassionate State. As of this writing there is one.
 
Want to find out who shares your passion for compassionate actions? Adding your name to the Map of Co-creators allows you to indicate your areas of interest, creating a pathway for collaboration with other like-minded members of the ever-growing compassionate community. It’s easy to connect and is a tremendous opportunity for two or more to coalesce around  initiatives that matter to you.
 
Compassionate St. Augustine strives to infuse the Golden Rule into all we do. Areas and opportunities for growing in compassionate ways continue to emerge. We are grateful for your encouragement and engagement!
 

Good Trouble St. Johns!

An initiative of Compassionate St. Augustine                  

 May 3, 2023, Action Gathering

 Meeting Focus:   “And how are the children?“

There is a tribe in Africa called Masai whose traditional greeting to each other is
“Casserian Engeri.” It means, “And how are the children?”

They do not ask each other, “How are you?” or “How's your day?”
but rather they ask about the next generation.

Actions for Compassionate Schools

Updates and Actions on:

Affordable Housing in St. Johns County by Ervin Bullock

Ethical Standards for U.S. Supreme Court Justices by Warren Clark

Other updates, announcements and advocacy.

When? Wed., May 3, 2023 10AM-11:30

Where? In-person meeting New Mt. Moriah Christian Ministry    
676 Christopher St.  St. Augustine

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83180183298?pwd=VmNmL0Y5M0c4b0h3Y0VCTU5pSDFOQT09 

Meeting ID: 831 8018 3298    Passcode: 599324    

+1-312-626-6799

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbfq89eon

Zoom Host: Daniela Chiriboga  dr.dch@hopeacrosstheglobe.org  813-598-6822  

Conveners:   Ervin Bullock   ervinbullock@yahoo.com          (352) 694-7784

Warren Clark  rwc904@gmail.com          (904) 770-7126         

Rebecca Halkin rhalkin@gmail.com 

In-person meeting host:  Rev. Anthony Britton  Anthonybritton@comcast.net   

New Mt. Moriah Christian Ministry    (904) 412-1137   

In April, a book club was introduced as an initiative of Good Trouble with Patients Not Prisoners.  On May 20, you will have the opportunity to attend an in person meeting for A Day of Compassion.

For more information, click on the link below or contact Lisa Taliaferro.

Lisa Taliaferro, President 
PatientsNotPrisonersFL@gmail.com 
PatientsNotPrisoners.org  
904-834-0335 (office)