Unleash Your Radical Generosity!
Overview
Radical Generosity — ’ra-di-kal jena’rasade Noun
The concept that the suffering of others should be as intolerable to us as our own suffering.
For several years now CSPEN has hosted our own “GivingTuesday” campaign seeking your support for the efforts of our own 501(c)(3) charitable, nonprofit educational organization and many of you have generously donated to our efforts, and we thank you very much for your generosity!
During recent campaigns, some within our community have asked us for more information about the origin of “GivingTuesday” and why does CSPEN associate ourselves with the movement.
Always wanting to be responsive to our community, here are some key details about the GivingTuesday organization (www.givingtuesday.org/) and why we believe that it is an important way to remind our community about being responsive to the needs of our shared community of students, staff, vendors and employers when and however you can!
About “GivingTuesday”
History of GivingTuesday
Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good.
Today, GivingTuesday is now an independent nonprofit and a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.
GivingTuesday’s Vision
GivingTuesday pursues radical generosity, defined by the transformational powers of empathy and solidarity, not a series of transactions or discrete interactions. Radical generosity creates a world in which the collective
recognition of humanity fundamentally respects what each of us can give, receive, and learn from one another. If we were to arrive at any destination, having fulfilled our mission, that world would be built upon a foundation of shared humanity.
Generosity is uplifting, generative, equalizing, and connecting. We believe that each and every act of generosity is a worthy act in and of itself. In this work, generosity is the primary means and the primary end : GivingTuesday unleashes generosity to drive generosity. Generosity is GivingTuesday’s universal rallying cry and the foundation of our strategies.
Focus On “Community Movements”
At a local and cause level, GivingTuesday is brought to life through an interconnected network of leaders working toward a common goal in their own unique, entrepreneurial ways. Around the world, community foundations, nonprofits, giving groups, giving circles, and social activists lead hundreds of GivingTuesday communities. In the U.S. alone more than 330 GivingTuesday communities and coalitions drive generosity among people with a common connection to a geography, cause, culture or identity.
CSPEN’s Shared Support for GivingTuesday’s Values
As most in our community know, CSPEN’s mission, vision and values are heavily steeped in family and community. These core beliefs have resulted in various initiatives, coalitions and other humanitarian efforts in support of the protection and well-being of our students, staff, and beyond (i.e. Support For The Safe House Project). GivingTuesday details a set of values that are consistent with our beliefs, which is yet another reason why we wanted to elevate their organization.
GivingTuesday’s Values:
- Interconnection is the movement’s superpower; it multiplies the strength of our organic, distributed creativity and problem-solving.
- We collectively share success and accountability across our global/community movement.
- We are continually intellectually curious; at the same time, we value our deep base of shared learnings drawn from across the movement.
- We believe in collaborative experimentation and innovation.
- Embracing new models of hierarchy and power, GivingTuesday bolsters leaders from not only expected but also unexpected backgrounds.
- We all have gifts and talents to give; we all have wants and needs. Each generous action is a chance to connect, serve, and uplift one another.
- We embrace an abundance mindset and believe generosity is plentiful and generative.
Conclusion
We believe that the synergies between CSPEN and GivingTuesday are undeniable, and therefore want to join with them in community awareness of the tremendous benefits of Radial Generosity! Won’t you join with us in furthering this global and communal movement?
