New York, N.Y. As Orphans International Worldwide approaches its 20th anniversary, and the J. Luce Foundation it’s 12th anniversary, under the leadership of Jim Luce, their leadership circles continue to expand. And the structure of these sister charities continues to evolve dramatically. “Jim (Luce)’s vision had been extraordinary, and even with administrative and development staff in place […]
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Stephen McArdle Named as Finance Chair of J. Luce Foundation
New York, N.Y. The Board of Directors of The James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation announced today the appointment of real estate broker Stephen McArdle as Chair of its Finance Steering Committee. Stephen told The Stewardship Report: I am particularly excited to accept this opportunity to support Jim Luce and his vision. The combined budgets for contributions […]
NYC Birthday Bash Supports Orphans International Worldwide
New York, N.Y. The trendy new Asymmetrik Gallery in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC was the venue for Orphans International Worldwide founder Jim Luce’s recent birthday celebration that raised funds for orphaned children – and the new duet of Joey Vaughan and Jeane Reveendran performed. Jeane is the newest Global Adviser to the J. Luce Foundation (lucefoundation.org). […]
Indonesian Orphaned Children Grow – and Go Mainstream
Manado, Indonesia. In 2001 Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW) built its first full-care project in Indonesia, outside Manado in predominantly Christian North Sulawesi. Over the next decade OIWW would build a short-term, full-care project in predominantly Hindu Bali and a three-year full-care program after the Tsunami in predominantly Muslim Aceh. The capital city of Manado is […]
Live from Leogane: Orphans International Partners with Haitian School Founded by Orphan
Leogane, Haiti. “My father, Ambroise Beauliere, wrote our school’s mission statement forty years ago to provide private education at the best possible quality at the lowest possible cost. He wanted to create responsible citizens to be able to give back to society,” Principal Philippe Beauliere told me on my 21st trip to Haiti last week. […]
Fifty Lessons Learned from Decade in International Development
New York, N.Y. The purpose of the symposium was to train and support the next generation of progressive political entrepreneurs. Mark Green‘s former campaign staffer Keith Dumanski had recommended me to the New York Director of the NLC, Daniel Getman, and here I was: ready to give life lessons. An awkward thought crossed my mind […]
Fifty Lessons Learned from a Decade of Service in International Development
New York, N.Y. I recently had the honor of addressing the Fellows of the New York City New Leaders Council (NLC) as part of their 2010 Institute. Other presenters included Jeffrey Plaut, founding partner of the Global Strategies Group, Elizabeth Caputo, chair of theDemocratic Leadership for the 21st Century, and Stephanie Berger, president of Berger-Hirschberg Strategies in Washington. My own […]
Orphans International Movement to Help Kids Around the World
New York, N.Y. When I founded Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW) in 1999, I had no idea it would grow into an international movement. A Google search today reveals 31,000 mentions of “Orphans International” on the Internet. In 1999 there was none. Like Alcoholics Anonymous, the idea caught fire. Today, there are over 100 “Orphans International” […]
