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Andeisha Farid and the Orphaned Children of Afghanistan
New York, N.Y. I met "Orphans Hero" Andeisha Farid this fall when she was in town as part of Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Women Program . Then I saw her on Brian Williams' brill…
Connectivity Is Key To Social Change
New York, NY. Approaching my 24th trip to Haiti in 12 years, just before the first anniversary of the earthquake, I have decided to call Haiti home for a while. I am able…
El Museo del Barrio: Fifth Avenue on Fire
New York, N.Y. Forty years ago, El Museo del Barrio was a dream contained in a single classroom so far north that “sophisticated” Manhattanites would not visit there afte…
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 include…
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 Kei…
First Ambassador Writes Op-Ed "Diplomatic Viewpoint"
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Hon. Kenneth H. Merten, American Ambassador to Haiti, has written the first " Diplomatic Viewpoint " for The Jim Luce Stewardship Report launch…
Greece for Americans: From Aristotle to Athens, Astoria - and Loula
New York, NY. “Hellas” – the Hellenic Republic – has intrigued me since by boyhood when I collected foreign postage stamps and had to ask my father to identify the origin…
Meet the Amazing Aroon Shivdasani of NYC's Indo-American Arts Council
New York, N.Y. Indo-American Arts Council founder and executive director Aroon Shivdasani has lived all over the world but has called New York home for about half her lif…
Stewardship Report: First Ambassador Writes Op-Ed "Diplomatic Viewpoint"
New York, N.Y. The Hon. Kenneth H. Merten, American Ambassador to Haiti, has written the first " Diplomatic Viewpoint " for The Jim Luce Stewardship Report launched two w…
Thought Leader and Global Citizen, India’s Filmmaker Mira Nair
New York, N.Y. I braved freezing weather recently to hear Mira Nair speak at the President’s Forum at the Upper East Side’s Asia Society ( video ). It crossed my mind tha…