Charles Barker MD, MPH is founder and president of Compassionate Dallas/Fort Worth, a non-profit organization that promotes the Charter for Compassion, the value of compassion and compassionate action in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, using the Golden Rule as operating principle.

He is currently president of Compassionate DFW and moderator of the Board of Directors, a board representing all twelve sectors of the international Charter and encourages and coordinates the Community Campaigns, as well as partnerships in the DFW area. His background and experience is in the field of medicine, with emphasis in preventive medicine and biomedical ethics, frequently facilitating medical school ethics sessions at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He is currently authoring a book centered on being and becoming excellent, a series of reflections.

Links:

Upcoming Compassionate Integrity On-line Training (https://www.compassionateintegrity.org)

Charter for Compassion (https://charterforcompassion.org)

Charter for Compassion Education Institute (https://charterforcompassion.org/programs/education-your-journey-starts-here)

His Holiness Dalai Lama and Karen Armstrong on Compassion (https://mensfellowship.net/compassion/)