A Muslim woman from Louisville and a Mexican Jewish entrepreneur might not seem like natural allies, but at the Eradicate Hate Global Summit in Pittsburgh, Lonnie Ali and Daniel Lubetzky sat side by side with a common plea — to choose compassion over division.

Ms. Ali, widow of boxing legend and humanitarian Muhammad Ali, and Mr. Lubetzky, the founder of KIND Snacks and the son of a Holocaust survivor, spoke candidly Tuesday about polarization, dehumanization and what it will take to rebuild compassion in a fractured society.

Ms. Ali reflected on the years since her husband’s death in 2016, a time where she felt society was “taking a sled and going downhill.”

Since then, the political climate, she said, has only grown harsher.

“It feels like everything has deteriorated. It's not the

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