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My Mother: "God Damn It James, I Raised You Better Than That!"

Jim Luce | Posted 02.10.2012

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Jim Luce

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...

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9/11 Reflection: Let Us Not Waste The Limited Number of Hours We Have Left

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

9/11 brings back haunting memories. Having buried by brother and mother almost back-to-back just before 9/11, losing all three of my life-long mentor...

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OIWW Madagascar Builds Home for Orphans - with Violins

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

I am pleased to announce the formation of the newest chapter of Orphans International Worldwide: OIWW-Madagascar Orphelinat St-Paul, being built just ...

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Commencement Address at NYC's Special Legacy High School: "Why Not?!"

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

In 1973, educator Maari de Souza had an epiphany. "As I got to know students with special needs, I saw amazing memory, perseverance, courage, a willi...

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New York Center for Children Offers Hope after Child Abuse

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

The next benefit for the New York Center for Children is Tuesday night, Feb. 2. Called "A Toast to The New York Center for Children," the travel auc...

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Asia Society's Prez on Global Citizens Like Obama

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Asia Society president Vishakha Desai says, "Ours is a complex institution, and those experiencing it can describe it in the same way the blind men touch and describe an elephant."

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Sundance Film Afghan Star Incredible

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Afghan Star is the perfect window into a country's tenuous, ongoing struggle for modernity. What I would normally consider frivolous entertainment is downright revolutionary here.

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Madonna, Africa and Child Mortality

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

The deaths of African children are all about food, water and cooking stoves. There is usually no public health system in place to address this tragic litany of otherwise very approachable issues.

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2,870 Mayors for Peace: Does Yours Belong?

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

It is possible to disarm all nuclear weaponry by 2020. It is do-able. For the sake of our orphans, for the sake of your own families' children, let us commit ourselves to believing this.

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Addressing Phi Theta Kappa on Social Responsibility

Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jim Luce

One person can make a difference. You can make a difference.

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