Lady Gaga [1] has always been vocal about the importance of love, kindness, and compassion among today's youth, and she continued to spread her message at the US Conference of Mayors in Indianapolis [2] on Sunday. The singer and actress joined His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the event to talk about building "compassionate cities" around the country. During her speech, Gaga told city representatives [3], "Kindness is a free currency from a well that will never dry up," and, "The most efficient way for you to act with young people is to be a calming force [4]." She also shared photos of herself on Instagram with the Tibetan leader, who she was photographed embracing backstage.

Gaga made another heartfelt speech earlier this month at a vigil outside LA City Hall for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, FL [5]. She tearfully told the crowd, "I gather humbly with you as a human being in peace, in sincerity, in commitment, in solidarity, to take a real moment and mourn the tragic loss of these innocent, beautiful people," and read the names of those killed as people held up signs spelling "Orlando" behind her.