The Kindness Initiative

Melech David

I’m Running
for Kindness.

Not for Senate. Not for Congress.
For kindness, spread across the whole world.

Gold emblem: a rising sun over two open hands inside a laurel wreath

Our Mission

Kindness is the platform.

Melech David is running for one office that every person can hold: being good to one another. No party, no ballot, no term limits. One simple goal: more kindness in the world, starting with each of us, today.

Every campaign asks for your vote. This one asks for something harder and more important: that you be kind, today, to someone who needs it.

It starts small. A chair pulled up at a lunch table, an apology that comes first, a name remembered. Small things, done by many people, change the world.

I’m not running for Senate or Congress. I’m running for kindness. We are going to spread kindness in the world.

Melech DavidRunning for Kindness

NoParty

NoBallot

NoTerm Limits

OneGoal: Kindness

The Platform

Six acts we run on.

The whole agenda fits on one page. Every plank is something you can do before tonight.

01
Feed the hungry
No one on our watch goes without a meal. Share food with people and families who need it.
02
Visit the lonely
A visit, a call, an hour of company. Show up for people who feel forgotten.
03
Help a neighbor
Carry the groceries, fix the fence, shovel the steps. Small acts, done every day.
04
Speak with kindness
Words that build people up. In our homes, on our streets, and online.
05
Give quietly
Kindness needs no credit. Give without asking for anything back.
06
Forgive quickly
Let go of grudges and make room for peace between people.

The Story

There is always room at the table.

It began in a lunchroom, with a kid eating alone, until another kid pulled up a chair like he’d known him all along. That one chair is the whole idea.

I
Notice who is alone.
The lunchroom, the office, the bus, the waiting room. Someone is sitting by themselves.
II
Pull up a chair.
Sit down, say hello, make room. Do for one stranger what somebody once did for you.
III
Pass it on.
Kindness spreads the way it started, one person at a time. Invite someone to run with you.

The Kindness Pledge

One promise, kept daily.

“I pledge to spread kindness in the world: to give without keeping score, to speak gently, to help where I stand, and to leave every person better than I found them.”

Notice the person who is alone.
Pull up a chair for a stranger.
Say “I’m sorry” first when I am wrong.
Teach kindness by doing it, and pass it on.

How to Run for Kindness

Start with one today.

Pull up a chair

See someone eating alone? Sit down with them, or invite them to your table.

Learn a name

Ask the person who serves you, drives you or cleans up after you their name, and use it.

Say sorry first

If you laughed at someone, go back. “I’m sorry” is the bravest speech there is.

Make room

Move your coat. Slide over. Hold the door. There’s room for anybody.

Write it down

Leave a kind note for a teacher, a neighbor, a coworker, a stranger.

Pass it on

Tell one person about a kindness someone once did for you. Then do it for someone else.

The Anthem