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Guardians of Rescue in Dire Need of Assistance Rescuing Animals in Hurricane Florence’s Path
Many people find it difficult enough to get themselves and their family evacuated when a hurricane is headed their way. Add to the stress that they may have pets and often times they simply have no idea what to do with them, opting to leave them behind. Guardians of Rescue are now on the ground […]
Why Every CSI Buff Should Put Alcatraz East Crime Museum on their Fall To-Do List
CSI fans get a hands-on experience at the popular crime museum… Millions of people are self-described CSI buffs. They love the intrigue, story, and mystery that goes along with trying to solve a crime. This fall, many of those CSI buffs should put making a stop at Alcatraz East Crime Museum on their to-do list. […]
Palestinians File War Crimes Claim Over West Bank Hamlet
Ramallah, West Bank. Palestinians have filed a new complaint against Israel with the International Criminal Court, a top Palestinian official said Tuesday. The Palestinians’ move came a day after the U.S. closed their de facto embassy in Washington, citing their leaders’ refusal to enter peace talks with Israel. National security adviser John Bolton also lashed out […]
New W.H.O. Study: 800,000 People Commit Suicide Every Year
New York, N.Y. Every year, close to 800,000 people commit suicide, the second leading cause of death amongst people aged 15-29 in 2016. Ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day on Monday 10 September, a toolkit to help communities to prevent suicides has been released by the World Health Organization, WHO, and the Mental Health Commission of Canada. A portrait of a […]
Creating Reasons to Live: Overcoming Gay-Bashing and Ebola in Africa
New York, N.Y. In 2017 the J. Luce Foundation awarded HIV & AIDS educator, activist and human rights defender-in-exile Ghislain Joël Nkontchou Honorable Mention for his work with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people in his native country of Cameroon, Central Africa where he was forced to confront homophobia and eventually flee into exile to […]
Ways for Parents to Become Savvy About Hidden Added Sugars
Ask 10 parents how much added sugar their child consumes each day and there’s a good chance that at least 9 of them will have no clue or will underestimate it. In fact, research published in the International Journal of Obesity reported that 92 percent of the parents surveyed in the study underestimated the added sugar content […]
Mark Your Calendar: What’s Up In New York City – and Our World
New York, N.Y. The Stewardship Report on Connecting Goodness (website/Facebook), in cooperation with The James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation (website/Facebook), Orphans International Worldwide (website/Facebook), and the New York Global Leaders Lions Club (Facebook), maintains this calendar of events for New York City. All events are open to the public for free/fee and take place in NYC unless otherwise noted. […]
Highlighted Speech: Pres. Obama Awarded for Ethics, Rebukes Trump
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. President Barack Obama returned to politics at last on Friday, delivering a speech to preview his midterm election message and rebuke President Trump. He said: It is good to be home. It’s good to see corn. (Laughter.) Beans. I was trying to explain to somebody as we were flying in, that’s corn. That’s […]
World Leader: Remembering U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan
New York, N.Y. We remember the powerful, humble and dedicated Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, 8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, 8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018. In October 2017, Mr. Annan joined his successor as Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, and the current chief of the […]
Albinism, The African Myth Versus Scientific Justification
Senegal, Africa. Most of my lifetime I’ve been involved in helping my community, from soup kitchens, hospital emergency departments, doing makeup for female victims of domestic violence, and collecting Christmas gifts toys for children in Colombia. Two years ago I remember becoming a hairstylist for a beautiful group of girls that were involved in domestic violence, […]
