Raising Global Citizens

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

Jim Luce | Posted 03.11.2012

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Jim Luce

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

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Make Every Day International Peace Day: At Home or at School

Homa Sabet Tavangar | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Red Grammer, Jane Goodall, Education, United Nations, Google Earth, Roots and Shoots, United Nations Association, Dan Zanes, Raising Global Citizens, Parenting, Playing for Change, International Peace Day, Peace, Global Citizens, Parents, Parents News
Homa Sabet Tavangar

How can we create a sense of International Peace Day every day? It takes work, and mindful effort, but it doesn't have to be complicated.

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The Passport Project Takes Flight

Kenji Summers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Raising Global Citizens, Travel, The Passport Project, Passport Life, Global Citizens, Travel News
Kenji Summers

"Now if you never left Houston, get a passport, Never left little Haiti, get a passport, If you live in South Central, get a passport, So you can se...

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How to Save Multiculturalism

Homa Sabet Tavangar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ghettoization, Arizona Immigration Law, David Cameron, Growing Up Global, Global Citizens, Nicolas Sarkozy, Immigration Reform, Egyptian Youth, Inclusion, Angela Merkel, GOOD.Is, Racism, Raising Global Citizens, Interfaith Understanding, Muslim, Diversity, Multiculturalism, World News
Homa Sabet Tavangar

I'd like to see "multicultural" become a good word again, and disassociate it from failure, marginalization, and segregation before this weakens America. It begins in hearts and minds.

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OIWW Madagascar Builds Home for Orphans - with Violins

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Education, Classical Musical Education, Heart Surgeon, Antananarivo, Sri Lanka, Jim Luce Stewardship Report, U.S., Brooklyn Steppers, Malagasy Cultural Values, Medical Clinic, Classical Music, Clinique St-Paul, Indonesia, OIWW Madagascar, Jlsr, Jim Luce, Orphans, Solar System, Orphelinat St-Paul, Toastmasters International Magazine, Pediatrician, Africa, International Exchange Programs, Child Sponsorship, Indian Ocean, Susan Wadsworth, Educators, Mathew Luce, Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir of Antananarivo, Haiti, France, Interfaith Dialogue, Hahn-Bin, Extra-Curricular Programs, Young Concert Artists, Solar-Powered Campus, Psychologists, Raising Global Citizens, Connecting Goodness, Orphans International Worldwide, Southern Africa, Ocpaa, Malagasy, Violins, World News
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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Haitian Leadership Mentoring Program for Orphans Growing in Leogane

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: N.Y.U. Polytechnic Institute, Raising Global Citizens, Project Leogane, Leogane, Child Sponsorship, Orphan Care, End Orphanages Globally, Connectivity, Haitian Students, College Prep Leadership Training Program, NYU Polytec, Japan, Haiti, Leadership Mentoring, France, Oiww, Hurricane Jeanne, Internet, Israel, U.S.A., Scholarships, Gonaives, Orphans International Worldwide, Refugee Camps, Mentoring Children, Ecole De La Redemption, OIWW Family Care, January 12, World News
Jim Luce

There is no reason for Haiti to be a hell hole. It has abundant and beautiful natural resources, an incredible and indomitable people, and is only tw...

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Fifty Lessons Learned from a Decade of Service in International Development

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

I recently had the honor of addressing the Fellows of the New York City New Leaders Council as part of their 2010 Institute. My topic was "Lessons in Non-Profit Management and International Development."

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Live from Leogane: Orphans International Partners with Haitian School Founded by Orphan

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Special Education Teachers, N.Y.U. Polytechnic Institute, Earthquake, Raising Global Citizens, Seth Louis Jacques, Philippe Beauliere, OIWW Global Standards, Masoud Ghandehari, York College, Brooklyn, Leogane, Mathew?S Rule, Skype, Queens, Connectivity, Creole, Child Psychologists, Volunteers, Haiti, France, Carl Skelton, Oiww, Rainy Season, Practicum Abroad, Haitian School, Haitian Orphan, Orphans International Worldwide, American School System, University of Quebec, Ecole De La Redemption, January 12, World News
Jim Luce

"My father, Ambroise Beauliere, wrote our school's mission statement forty years ago to provide private education at the best possible quality at the ...

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Live from Leogane: College Prep Leadership Training Begins for Orphan Mentors

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

The College Prep Leadership Training Program of Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW) Haiti launched this week at l'Ecole de la Redemption in Leogane...

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No More Cuts! Keep Foreign Languages in Schools

Stacie Nevadomski Berdan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Raising Children, Foreign Language, New York Times, Globalization, Raising Global Citizens, State Budget Cuts, Stacie Berdan, Healthy Living News
Stacie Nevadomski Berdan

At stake is nothing less than our ability to compete successfully in the raw global arena, and one of the deciding factors will be American professionals' ability to speak strategic foreign languages.

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CA School's Culinary Arts Program Teaches World Culture, Racial Acceptance

Sonal Bains | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Lowell Bernstein, Organic Food, Children, Healthy Lifestyle, Charter Schools, Aveson Global Leadership Academy, International Education, Asia Society, School Lunches, Raising Global Citizens, Children's Health, Organic, Childhood Obesity, Green News
Sonal Bains

Transport yourself back to your elementary school cafeteria. Are you shuddering at the haunting memory of the combined odor of sloppy joes and Tater Tots?

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Ending Orphanages Globally

Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Raising Global Citizens, Poverty, Orphans International, Adoption, Orphans International Worldwide, Orphans, Healthy Living News
Jim Luce

The mission of Orphans International Worldwide, which began as "Raising Global Citizens," has now expanded. Today our mission statement has evolved... into "Ending Orphanages Globally."

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