Martin Luther King
14 pieces
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…
Simple: Whatever Faith Tradition, It’s All About Kindness
Tawang, India. Since 2000, we have been operating charities Raising, Supporting, and soon Educating Young Global Leaders. From every corner of the world and from every fa…
2007: Orphans Around World Look up to Silicon Valley Prodigy as Hero
New York, N.Y. Orphans International Worldwide ( OIWW ) has added Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, to its list of Global Heroes and Role Models. This list in…
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…
Peter Yarrow, Operation Respect Take Center Stage in Ohio
Marietta, Ohio. I moved from Oxford, Ohio to Marietta, Ohio in 1972 - with a box of Peter, Paul & Mary albums. I was raised by liberal parents in the ‘60’s - Dad fighting…
The Battle for Civil Rights Continues in America
Marietta College, Ohio. “Americans can get very uncomfortable talking about certain issues and civil rights are definitely one of them.” That’s what my friend Jessie told…
J. Luce Foundation: Banner Year for Supporting Young Global Citizens
New York, N.Y. 2012: Luce Leaders, Luce Awards, Million Dollar P.R. Packages, work in India, Afghanistan, Haiti - as well as Africa and the Americas. Help us end the year…
My Haiti Travels Launches Inaugural Impact Week Haiti Voyage in 2013
My Haiti Travels , a boutique concierge firm that coordinates high-quality travel services to Haiti for leisure and business purposes, is launching its first annual “Impa…
Touching the Untouchables in a Rural Indian Village
Bodh Gaya, India. I have been privileged to visit two "Untouchable" villages while here on pilgrimage in India - the first about four miles outside Bodh Gaya in Bihar pro…
Book Speaks to Man's Successful Mission to Help Humanity
Washington , DC. Although our lives have turned out different, I learned in my friend Charles "Chic" Dambach's exciting new book, Exhaust the Limits , that we have much i…
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…
My First HuffPo Piece: Orphans International Worldwide
I t has been a banner week in my life. Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary hosted a benefit for Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW), the U.N.-accredited organization…
Essay: Global Heroes as Role Models
My mother, Frances Alleman-Luce, had challenged me to think about what would make Orphans International unique in the bleak world of orphanages. I told her I planned to h…