Civil Rights
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Global Leadership Is Important For Us To Build Always Upward
By Jeffrey Gu, 2019 Luce 24 Under 24 Award Recipient New York, N.Y. “Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet:” Audre Lorde, ordained Gamba Adisa meaning “She who makes her…
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 student…
50 Years After Voting Rights Act, We Still Have Work to Do
By Barack Obama, President of the United States Washington, D.C. Fifty years ago today, because of the sacrifice of countless men and women, that right was secured for mo…
Jonathan Reckford, C.E.O., Leads Habitat for Humanity
New York, N.Y. I met Jonathan T.M. Reckford this fall when Habitat for Humanity International (LINK) invited several foundations, including the Ford Foundation and our ow…
My Mother: "God Damn It James, I Raised You Better Than That!"
N ew York, N.Y. My mother's words still ring out in my head, year after year. It was Thanksgiving 1998, Boston. I was continuing to complain about how traumatized I felt…
All Same-Sex Married Couples in U.S. To Get Federal Tax Recognition
Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced Thursday that when it comes to taxes, it will recognize same-sex couples' marriages even if they live in a…
Legacy of Frederick Douglass: Celebrating 175 Years of Abolition
New York, N.Y. When Frederick Douglass arrived in New York City on September 4, 1838, he could hardly have believed that, 175 years later, people from all over the world…
Film on the Life & Times of Stonewall Veteran Storme DeLarverie
"If we turn our back, she will die." - Sam Bassett New York, N.Y. Storme , a documentary by Sam Bassett based on the life and times of Stonewall Veteran Storme DeLarverie…
Meet a Muslim Voice of Reason: Ibrahim Ramey
Washington D.C. I first met Ibrahim Abdil-Mu'id Ramey after he delivered the plenary speech about Dr. Martin Luther King and the linkage between Dr. King's movement and t…