The Empathy Engine™ helps organizations move beyond one-time screenings toward sustained impact.
Designed for schools, healthcare systems, workplaces, and community organizations, our programs focus on community engagement, empathy training, and story-driven learning.
The Empathy Engine™: A Story-Driven Learning System for Impact
WHAT IS THE EMPATHY ENGINE™?
The Empathy Engine™ is a licensed system that helps organizations leverage film intentionally—embedding story-driven learning into their practices of communication, care, and empathy training.
It is designed to integrate into real-world environments, supported by tools that guide reflection, dialogue, and application over time, enhancing community engagement.
Built to reside within institutions, it supports the communities, families, and individuals they serve.
HOW IT WORKS
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Cinematic films rooted in real lived experience—designed to foster community engagement and enhance empathy training, while engaging both the heart and the mind through story-driven learning.
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Guided discussion prompts, expert panels, and Q&A sessions serve as effective tools for community engagement. Additionally, reflection tools and activities not only aid in empathy training but also help audiences process what they’ve seen and build shared understanding through story-driven learning.
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Practical resources—including the Walk Beside You Promise, empathy training, empathy kit building, and pragmatic skills—support community engagement, communication, decision-making, and care across schools, workplaces, healthcare systems, and communities through story-driven learning.
Each component is designed to be flexible, scalable, and easy to implement.
Designed to Work Where You Work
Inward-Facing Use
Strengthening teams, culture, and internal understanding through community engagement initiatives, empathy training programs, and story-driven learning experiences. This includes professional development and training, staff wellness and resilience initiatives, and leadership and communication programs.
Outward-Facing Use
Supporting students, patients, families, and communities through community engagement initiatives. This includes school-based learning and discussion that fosters empathy training, enhancing patient, family, and caregiver engagement. Additionally, we facilitate community screenings and story-driven learning conversations.
This work is already happening across schools, healthcare systems, workplaces, and communities.
Evidence from Practice
While many of these insights come from school-based implementation, the Empathy Engine™ is used across healthcare systems, workplaces, and community settings—including organizations such as Garmin, UMB Bank, and The University of Kansas Health System.
Supporting students, patients, families, and communities through community engagement initiatives. This includes school-based learning and discussion that fosters empathy training, enhancing patient, family, and caregiver engagement. Additionally, we facilitate community screenings and story-driven learning conversations.
“I have been a nurse for over 30 years, and I have never had a presentation affect me like this. It transformed my approach to community engagement and how I think about caring for students with anxiety—both as a parent and as a clinician. The empathy training provided was invaluable, enhancing my understanding through story-driven learning.”
— School Nurse, Belleville, IL
School Nurses Agree: The Empathy Engine Works for Community Engagement
95% would use or recommend Just Like You Films
4.57 / 5 average rating (94% rated 4 or 5 stars)
75%+ rate the films top-tier for relevance to student health education through empathy training
85% say the films help students better understand and support their peers, enhancing their experience with story-driven learning.
Based on post-screening surveys from school-based implementations.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Designed for schools, healthcare systems, workplaces, and community organizations, our programs focus on community engagement, empathy training, and story-driven learning.
The Film Library
Who It’s For
Designed for schools, healthcare systems, workplaces, and community organizations, our programs focus on community engagement, empathy training, and story-driven learning.
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Support the Work of the Empathy Engine™
The Empathy Engine™ is a licensed system that helps organizations leverage film intentionally—embedding story-driven learning into their practices of communication, care, and empathy training.
It is designed to integrate into real-world environments, supported by tools that guide reflection, dialogue, and application over time, enhancing community engagement.
Built to reside within institutions, it supports the communities, families, and individuals they serve.
Just Like You Films is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All proceeds support our mission-driven work.
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