Now more than ever, we believe kindness is essential in uplifting compassion, connectedness, and courage to advocate for our common humanity. The goal of Mason Chooses Kindness is to provide ongoing resources and activities for our George Mason students, faculty/staff, alumni, and community to explore and use to spread kindness.
Mission: Create and sustain a kindness revolution at George Mason.
Vision: As George Mason Patriots, we change the world one small act of kindness at a time.
Mason’s Definition of Kindness: Intentionally engage in positive action that is friendly, caring, and compassionate towards self and others.
Mason – A Well-Being University: At George Mason, we believe that we thrive together with shared success as one of our core values. Our goal is to evolve as a model well-being university, providing a place for all members of our George Mason community where everyone thrives while contributing to others’ well-being.
Mason Nation, share your stories of thriving together through kindness! We want to know about ways you’ve put kindness into action or experienced kindness from someone else. Use the hashtag #MasonChoosesKindness on social media to inspire our George Mason community with your posts!
Learn how Mason Chooses Kindness has grown lately throughout the George Mason University community, in this MCK 2025-2026 Year in Review!
Questions about Mason Chooses Kindness?
Contact: [email protected]
Pillars
These pillars are the core values, commitments, and guideposts for all MCK activities. They bring authenticity to our collective work and as such, we aspire to embed them in the life of our university communities. We imagine a university where every member of our community lives into these pillars of kindness.
