Luce Leader
16 pieces
Leading Across Differences: Young Global Leaders Travel to Ohio
New York, N.Y. For two days, April 5th-6th, 2019, the J. Luce Foundation and its Young Global Leaders took part in the 10th annual McDonough Leadership Conference at Mari…
How I Started a Women-in-STEM Club at Stony Brook School
New York, N.Y. Two years ago, my friends and I started the Women in STEM Club at my school. We wanted to cultivate STEM interest in younger girls in our community. As we…
J. Luce Leadership Team Lauded by Forbes, Gates, Ford Foundation
New York, N.Y. The J. Luce Foundation and Orphans International leadership team, comprised of Young Global Leaders, Fellows, Scholars, Honorees, and Artists-in-Residence,…
My Backpack Books Project for Dominican Republic Children
New York, N.Y. “Hi, does the school need English books?” That’s the first sentence I said on a phone call to my English teacher in middle school. Let’s push the timeline…
From Challenge Grants to P.R.: Many Facets of J. Luce Foundation
New York, N.Y. When my mother passed away in 2001, I was inspired to create Orphans International Worldwide ( OIWW ) that went on to help vulnerable children in Africa, A…
This NYC Startup is Shaping the Next Generation of Young Leaders
New York, N.Y. What happens when you drop out of college to start your own company — and are looking to make an impact? Inspire college students, according to Isaac J. Ka…
2015 Global Luce Leader Receives Congressional Commendation
Greenwich, CT. This was the announcement from NEWS 12 CT: Alana Galloway, a 17-year old, was honored in Bridgeport, CT today (March 1, 2015) for building awareness about…
On Leadership, College Awards, Cooperates with Foundation
With Ryan D. Turnewitsch 1972: walking up the hill to Marietta Junior High School in Ohio, I never imagined I would one day be working in developing nations around the wo…
Help Me to Support Education and Orphan Care in Bihar, India
Bodhgaya, India. One of the highlights of my pilgrimage to India has been meeting Ranjan Kumar, founder and president of the Gyanjyoti Rural Development Welfare Trust. Ra…
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 t…
Luce Leader Grows at Yale: from Anti-Bullying to Autism Awareness
New Haven, CT. In the study of psychology, there is a term called 'feature integration theory.' The term describes how we visually combine details to identify unified obj…
Young Global Leader Embraces Prison Reform thru Osborne
By Jim Luce and Alana Galloway New York, N.Y. As a high school student and Luce Leader 2015, part of the J. Luce Foundation ’s Young Global Leadership program, I have bec…
Young Global Leader Nabs Harvard Master's Degree – at Sixteen
New York, N.Y. When I first met Eugenie Carys de Silva last spring on Central Park South in New York City, I was overwhelmed with her academic credentials. Living with he…
Luce Leader Accepted to Ivy League College on Scholarship
New Haven, CT. Christopher Rim recalls that it was exactly 4:56 in the afternoon when he got into his mother’s car and sat down nervously. He was ready to begin opening m…
Luce Leaders Such as Chris Rim Continue Advocating in College
New York, N.Y. Almost a year has passed since last time Christopher Rim, the founder and president of anti-bullying awareness association It Ends Today , accepted his Luc…
Luce Leader: Anti-Bullying Hero Hopes for Harvard
New York, N.Y. I met Christopher Rim, the founder and president of an anti-bullying awareness organization called It Ends Today , about a year before Lady Gaga did. Enorm…