By Onel Harrison, 2019 Luce 24 Under 24 Award Recipient New York, N.Y. Leadership, as exemplified by action-oriented and impact-driven young people across the world who strive to better humanity, is critically important. Our world has more problems than people willing to create solutions. It is the leaders among us who take up the mantle to mobilize […]
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Filmmaker On Why Young Global Leadership is Critical Today
By Ian Gibson, 2019 Luce 24 Under 24 Award Recipient New York, N.Y. As a child, one of my favored pastimes was sifting through my father’s VHS collection of classic films. I became so enamored with what I saw on screen, that eventually I began using the family camcorder with the intent of producing films […]
On the Emergence of New, Young, Global and Ethnic Leadership
By Ramin Herath, 2019 Luce 24 Under 24 Award Recipient Through my personal experience, young leadership is extremely crucial in fighting the many issues we still face as a global community today. For example,the education gap between developed countries and developing countries is staggering, especially when viewed from the gender perspective. Long Island, N.Y. In basically […]
All Children Born in this World are Treasures of the Universe
Need For Comprehensive Facility In Japan Where One Can Learn About The Heart New York, N.Y. I am thinking recently about ‘How to Raise Children.’ I have only one daughter and at the busiest times of the past I juggled both parenting and work. Now that I have a granddaughter, I have some thoughts about parenting again. And I […]
Reflections on Leadership from Marietta’s McDonough Conference
Marietta College, Ohio. The J. Luce Foundation (link) is opening the Luce Leadership Centre at Caribbean Maritime University (link) in June, open to its 6,000 students in August. It will feature both on campus and online courses in experiential leadership through a Doctorate degree. 1924: Jamaican-born political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator Marcus Garvey. Photo: Wiki […]
What I Want In 2019: Compassion, Communication, Courage
New York, N.Y. Now that we have a new year, I would like to talk about one of my two “dream” and “goal”, goals that I have long wanted to do. That is, I would like to create as many as three new orphanages this year based on the “Three C’s” beliefs. The three C’s are […]
From Jakarta: Why I Want To Be a Luce Young Global Leader
Jakarta, Indonesia. “Youth.” I think this group is often left aside in terms of leadership. The common perception is that a great leader requires age and experience, which I completely agree with. However, youth may offer other impactful thoughts and aspirations, as we are able to inspire other youth – and challenge the issues in our […]
The Lighter Side of My Journey, Continuously Beaten on the Head
New York, N.Y. Let’s talk a bit lightly. The other day, it was a day of continuous trials of challenging incidents. It was a very difficult day for me. In the end, the day turned out to be comical. It all happened when I went to Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. On that day, I headed to the […]
