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2019 "Luce 24 Under 24" Recipients Awarded in New York City
New York, N.Y. More than one hundred people celebrated the unveiling of the first cohort of "Luce 24 Under 24" at The China Institute on July 24, which coincidentally was…
As World Continues to Divide, Young Global Leadership Critical
By Amy Tarar, 2019 Luce 24 Under 24 Award Recipient Young Global Leader Overcomes Tragedy to focus on Education in Memory of Parent’s Legacy. Now: a Foundation and Medica…
First “Luce 24 Under 24” Awards Winners Announced for Soirée
New York, N.Y. The James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation is pleased to announce the first winners of the 2019 “Luce 24 Under 24” Awards . The awards will be presented on the e…
From Cornell: Why Young Global Leadership Today is So Critical
By Kumar Nandanampati, 2019 Luce 24 Under 24 Award Recipient Ithaca, N.Y. Young global leadership is so critical today because young leaders are uniquely positioned to un…
India: Great Protector of the Tibetan People
Delhi, India. Call me an Ugly American, but India has made great sacrifices to safeguard the Tibetan people and continues to protect them to this day at enormous cost aga…
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…
Pakistan, Afghanistan Make Efforts to End Border Clashes
Pakistan, Afghanistan -Pakistan and Afghanistan have made diplomatic, political and military contacts to try to de-escalate days of deadly border skirmishes, although off…
Plan to Attend: Best Cultural Event in New York City - About South Asia
New York, N.Y. The J. Luce Foundation is proud to support for the third year the Indo American Arts Council's South Asian Literary Festival in New York City. Held the fir…
Indo-American Arts Council: Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance
New York, N.Y. The Indo-American Arts Council is delighted to announce the IAAC's Eighth Annual Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance in three parts - OUTDOORS at Wagn…
Untold South Asian Stories at IAAC Literary Festival in New York
New York, N.Y. Aroon Shivdasani, Executive and Artistic Director of the Indo-American Arts Council ( IAAC ), did not sleep much last month - though she seldom does. Aroon…
At Clinton Forum, Western Union Highlights 'NGO GlobalPay'
New York, N.Y. I was delighted to breakfast with my friends at Western Union at the Clinton Global Initiative ( CGI ) this week, including its President and CEO Hikmet Er…
A Working Mom Making A Difference In 700 Children’s Lives in Afghanistan
New York, N.Y. What makes Andeisha Farid unique is her extraordinary courage combined with her extraordinary vision for providing orphaned children in Afghanistan not onl…
Afghanistan: Working Mom Making Difference for 700 Children
New York, N.Y. What makes Andeisha Farid unique is her extraordinary courage combined with her extraordinary vision for providing orphaned children in Afghanistan not onl…
New York Indian Film Festival 2012 Premieres
Aseem Chhabra, director of the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) with Aroon Shivdasani, founder/di rector of the Indo-American Arts Council. Photo courtesy of Archana…
Extremist Threat Explored Think Tank at NY Indian Consulate
New York, NY. Jeff M. Smith , a Kraemer Strategy Fellow at Washington’s American Foreign Policy Council ( AFPC ), recently addressed a packed dining room of New York’s In…
Following Floods, MetLife Brings Life to Pakistan Village
New York, N.Y. I know from living in Haiti that after more than one year from its disaster, so little has been done. It was with amazement that I discovered MetLife - bas…
Gates Foundation's Ignacio Mas On eFinance in the Developing World
Madrid, Spain. Ignacio Mas, Deputy Director of the Financial Services for the Poor Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, took time off from his hectic schedule…
Asia Society's President on Global Citizens Like Barack Obama
New York, N.Y. “As Americans, we have the unfortunate idea that we should and need to learn more about the world, but it’s not a priority. “We get to it when we can, whic…
Can the World's Poorest Girls Save the MDGs?
New York, N.Y. The United Nations is riveted this week on how badly our leaders are doing to achieve the Millennium Development Goals ( MDGs ). One woman of action, a glo…
Evil in America? U.S. Fundamentalist Group to Burn Koran on 9/11
New York, N.Y. One need not journey to the mountains of Afghanistan or Pakistan to discover evil. We have our own home-grown variety of dangerous extremism here in Florid…
Itzhak Perlman to Perform at Lincoln Center to Help Rotary Eradicate Polio
New York, N.Y. "Polio is only a plane ride away." So began my sobering interview with Carol Pandak, Manager of PolioPlus for Rotary International about polio, a crippling…
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…
The Impact of Cell Phones on Psychology, Community, Culture, Arts & Economics
New York, N.Y. To harness power, one must first acknowledge power. To some people, the ubiquitous cell phone is still 'just' a phone. To others, it is so much more. It is…
Sundance Film Afghan Star Incredible
New York, N.Y. Thirty years ago people could sing and dance in Afghanistan. Then the Taliban took control, instituted Sharia law and, as described in the film The Kite Ru…
Column: Thought Leaders & Global Citizens with Jim Luce
Jim Luce has written on a wide breadth of issues in Huffington Post , New York Times , Daily Kos and BBC . His stories are categorized below: Afghanistan Africa Animal Re…