Compassionate leadership through experiential travel.
Leadership
The Compassion Scholars program pairs our young scholars with mentors that are models of compassionate leadership.
Travel
Throughout the course of the programming, participants will learn about a global issue and then travel to complete a service learning project related to that issue.
Service
Upon returning, scholars will work with their mentors to implement a service project in their own communities based on the characteristics of compassionate leadership learned through the service learning projects the completed during their travels.
Developing compassionate leaders in Washington and beyond
Our belief is that to change the world, we start by empowering young leaders. With the Compassion Scholars program, we use experiential travel, mentorship, and service learning to develop empathetic, emotionally intelligent leaders.
A program of The Washington State Leadership Board
The program’s host organization is the Washington State Leadership Board, a trustee agency of Washington state whose mission is to cultivate and recognize leadership throughout the state. The program was originally established as a partnership between the Washington State Leadership Board and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
