Economics of Compassion Initiative

in response to the wealth inequality in cincinnati, economics of compassion initiative (eci) is a step to support a sustainable and resilient economy for all citizens. eci works to engage the public–both secular and religious–in conversations around the vision of an economics of compassion, as it continues to promote and support local examples of this new and more just and compassionate way. the economics of compassion initiative believes that traditional top-down measures to alleviate poverty are historically exhausted. these measures have rigidly associated poverty with crime, violence, brokenness and despair and developing strategies that address poverty by focusing on fixing what’s wrong. the eci’s re-imagined approach focuses not only on changing a community’s economic circumstances but changing the communal story. changing the communal story shifts the question from “how can we fix what’s wrong” to “how do we create a life for people carved out of their own imagination.” the eci’