The Fetzer Institute

love : forgiveness : compassion

 

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Our Work

Featured Work

  • Students at classroom desks

    Building a Stable, Post-Quake Community Participatory design approaches helped unify and energize a Peru community during a recent school redevelopment.Learn More » Image Credit: Chuck Olsen

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    "Love and Forgiveness" a Tribute in Marble Dimitris Alithinos' sculpture, "Love and Forgiveness," was created in conjunction with the Fetzer Global Gathering in Assisi, Italy. Learn More » Image Credit: Fetzer Institute/Kellen Manley

  • Girl standing with her artwork.

    Mapping Memories for Future Healing Body mapping exercises help create reconciliation and healing while preserving memories of traumatic events.Learn More » Image Credit: Sites of Conscience

  • artist at work on pen and ink drawing

    Togetherness as Market Strategy Members of Sant Atizana Matènwa arts collective celebrate and embrace their group's unique focus, which places communal success first.Learn More » Image Credit: Myriam J. A. Chancy

  • Search All Projects At the Fetzer Institute, we believe in the transformative power of love and forgiveness, and this belief shapes all of our work.Search All Projects Now » Image Credit: Fetzer Institute

At the Fetzer Institute, we believe in the transformative power of love and forgiveness, and this belief shapes all of our work.

Principles

  • Love is a most powerful force in the world.
  • Love and forgiveness can be centering forces in every life, every day.
  • In the face of conflict and injustice, forgiveness is an essential expression of love.
  • Individual awareness of love and forgiveness can make a transformative impact on the world.

Practices

  • ​Inquiry, scientific rigor, collaboration, and engagement.
  • Valuing diversity and inclusion we convene a global community.
  • Open-minded, forward-thinking, innovative and supportive.
  • We honor many wisdom and religious traditions, but Fetzer is not a faith-based organization.

Heritage

  • John Fetzer, radio and television broadcast pioneer and longtime owner of the Detroit Tigers, was a life-long seeker who believed the world’s most critical issues must be addressed at their roots, by understanding our spiritual and psychological lives. His legacy continues today through the efforts of the Institute.