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74 Years After Hiroshima, Nagasaki: Authoritarianism, Hatred on Rise

Jim Luce · August 6, 2019

New York, N.Y. The 26th Annual Interfaith Peace Ceremony to Commemorate the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings was held this week at the Japan Society in New York Cit…

Largest Festival of Colors in Jersey City & Hoboken This Weekend

Chloe Hoang · June 12, 2019

New York, N.Y. The largest festival of colors celebration in America, Surati Holi Hai, will attract more than 15,000 revelers from all over the world and span across two…

Peace, Compassion and The Dalai Lama’s NYC Birthday Extravaganza

Jim Luce · June 3, 2017

New York, N.Y. If Dr. Kazuko Hillyer Tatsumura were a rolling stone, she would gather no moss. Last month she was in India, and has made trips to Panama and German since.…

Report from Himalayas Leads to NYC Birthday Celebration for Dalai Lama

The Editors · May 12, 2017

New York, N.Y. On Thursday, July 6, 2017, The Gaia Holistic Foundation will join with Orphans International Worldwide to celebrate his Holiness The Dalai Lama’s 82nd birt…

AFS: World Peace Begins with High School Exchanges

Jim Luce · May 03, 2016

New York, N.Y. In World War I, there was a group of over 2,500 American men who did not join the U.S. Army. U.S. volunteers who came to France in WWI did so starting with…

At the UN: Co-hosting Conference on World Peace, Health and Culture

Daniel Santana · May 03, 2016

New York, N.Y. Recently I agreed to co-host the World Peace, Health and Culture Conference at the United Nations on behalf of Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW) , whi…

Jumping for Joy: Happiness Day 2016 at the United Nations

Jim Luce · March 29, 2016

New York, N.Y. Over 700 people from all walks of life assembled in a large conference room in the United Nations headquarters last weekend to celebrate the International…

2010 World Peace Gala Awards Juan Mendez Peace Prize in Chicago

Jim Luce · January 12, 2010

Chicago, IL. Chicago witnessed a spectacle last week in their magnificent Auditorium Theater on East Congress Parkway – “The 2010 World Peace Gala.” The Hon. Juan Méndez,…

2,870 Mayors for Peace: Does Yours Belong?

Jim Luce · August 25, 2009

New York, N.Y . 2,870 cities in 134 countries. That's how many cities have committed themselves to not being a nuclear target by joining the U.N.-associated Mayors for Pe…