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ONE - Organization of Networks for Empathy
ONE - Organization of Networks for Empathy focuses on fostering empathy through cultural institutions and cross-sector collaboration. They offer workshops, summits, and consulting services aimed at integrating empathy into various fields.
Overview
What ONE - Organization of Networks for Empathy does
What ONE - Organization of Networks for Empathy is
ONE - Organization of Networks for Empathy focuses on fostering empathy through cultural institutions and cross-sector collaboration. They offer workshops, summits, and consulting services aimed at integrating empathy into various fields.
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2014
- Approximate age
- About 12 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 25, 2026
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ONE - Organization of Networks for Empathy as a community
Community overview
ONE - Organization of Networks for Empathy is a global platform founded in 2014, based in Virginia, USA. The organization focuses on fostering multidisciplinary, multisector, and multicultural collaborations to deepen the understanding of empathy and develop strategies, scholarship, and experiences that promote the wellbeing of humanity and the planet. ONE utilizes the Designing for Empathy® framework, which offers a non-dualistic perspective on empathy within the context of the Oneness Mindset.
Community focus
ONE provides empathy-based capacity-building solutions, customized workshops, and consulting services. Their initiatives are designed to position cultural institutions as incubators for empathy, encouraging exploration, collaboration, and innovation. The organization emphasizes the importance of empathy in addressing complex social and environmental challenges.
Member value
Members gain access to a multidisciplinary network of empathy-builders, including artists, scientists, and cultural leaders, through workshops and the annual Designing for Empathy® Summit. They also benefit from published resources and materials related to empathy-building.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- January 1, 2026
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Builders · Students · Creators
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- Global
Community activity
- Annual events
- 1
Events and activity
ONE hosts the Designing for Empathy® Summit annually, with the next event planned for 2026. Previous summits have included various workshops and symposiums focused on empathy and the arts, such as 'A Collective Dialogue: Exploring Belonging through Art & Empathy' at The National Gallery of Art (April 2023) and 'Mirror to the World: Exploring the Power of Art' Symposium at Glencairn Museum (February 2024).
Notable members
Elif M. Gökçiğdem, PhD - Founder.
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Last reviewed
April 25, 2026
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