James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation

Young Concert Artists Triumphs at Alice Tully Hall

Jim Luce | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Kaufman Center, Alice Tully Hall, Juilliard School, International Tchaikovsky Competition, Eugenia Zukerman, Lincoln Center, Tokyo String Quartet, Leonard Bernstein, Chee-Yun, Orchestra of St. Luke?S, New York, Yca, Hahn-Bin, Narek Hakhnazaryan, Aleksandr Haskin, Emanuel Ax, Young Concert Artists, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Jim Luce, Cuny, Gabriel Rivera, Culture News
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Last week Young Concert Artists held its annual Gala Concert at Alice Tully Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, presenting the Lincoln Center debuts of three young soloists to a sold out house.

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At Cipriani: 2012 Women Refugee Voices of Courage

Jim Luce | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Women?S Issues, Women?S Refugee Commission, Sri Lanka, Refugees, Irc, International Rescue Committee, Oiww, 2012 Women Refugee Voices of Courage, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Global Fund for Women, Nicaragua, Rim Tekie Solomon, Red Cross, Npr, Texas, Social Responsibility, Haiti, Olga Cantarero, Israel, Sudan, Orphans International Worldwide, Rwanda, Impact News
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This year, a luncheon hosted by the Women's Refugee Commission focused on the need to protect and empower displaced adolescent girls -- one of the most vulnerable groups within a refugee setting.

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Art Students League's "Scroll for Japan" to Benefit Tsunami Disaster

Jim Luce | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Ukiyo-E, Tohoku, Miyagi Fukko Shien Center, United Nations, Philanthropy, Scroll for Japan, Music & Art Without Borders, Japanese Recovery Assistance Center, Art Students League of New York, Japan, Japanese Students, Tsunami Japan, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Miyagi, International Development, Art, Jave Yoshimoto, Go Osaka, Impact News
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The Art Students League of New York, one of America's premier art schools, will be unveiling Baptism of Concrete Estuary, an amazing and historic 30-f...

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Meningitis: Give Kids a Shot -- Save a Kid's Life

Jim Luce | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: New York Athletic Club, Meningitis, Sanofi Pasteur, Children, Monarch Wealth & Business Management, Jeri Greenwell, Danielle Doty, Jeri Acosta, Dr. Paul J. Lee, Rob Rich, James Naughton, National Meningitis Association, Miss Teen USA, Sara Herbert-Galloway, Barry J. Klarberg, Mrs. Ethnic World International, Lynn Bozof, John L. Loeb, Evan Bozof, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Jim Luce, Jr., Dr. Ruth Westheimer, John Catsimatidis, Laurie Elyse, Meningococcal Disease, Nma, James Lipton, Gayle Perry Sobel, Leslie Maier, Jean Shafiroff, Lucia Hwong Gordon, Health, Judy Gilbert, Lorraine Cancro, Daisi Pollard Sepulveda, New York City, SocietyAllure.Com, Dr. Howard Sobel, Lori Buher, Kedaki Lipton, World Conference of Meningitis Organization, Richard Thomas, Video, Impact News
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"We are dedicated to educating families, medical professionals and others about meningococcal disease and its prevention -- to 'give kids a shot' so no other lives are lost."

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Film on Haitian Art: In the Eye of the Spiral

Jim Luce | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Thought Leader, Eve Blouin, Film, Paul Haggis, Haitian Art, In the Eye of the Spiral, Blu Putnam, Robert Beevers, Mario Benjamin, Raynald Leconte, Haiti, Global Citizen, Stanford Luce, Isabel Hegner, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Dans L?Oeil De La Spirale, Frantz Zephirin, Rachel Nadjarian, Annie Lennox, Port-Au-Prince, International University Center Haiti, Art, International Development, Ram, Franketienne, Kaiama Glover, Oloffson Hotel, Haitian Cultural Foundation, Hcf, Vodou Rock Band, Impact News
Jim Luce

We believe that the art of this nation can be the catalyst to begin a positive and expanding spiral for the people of Haiti. I believe in Haiti. I deeply admire its people and have great respect for its artists and intellectuals.

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"One Day on Earth" Film Premieres at U.N. and Around World

Jim Luce | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Undp, Mdgs, Film, Conflict, Children, Africa, A Gift of Beauty, United Nations, Faith, Kyle Ruddick, Netherlands, U.S.-Mexican Border, New York City, Brandon Litman, One Day on Earth, 10-10-10, Environment, Miracle of Birth, Nature, Venezuela, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Jim Luce, Millennium Development Goals, Cut Chemist, Helen Clark, U.N. Development Programme, General Assembly, Rwanda, North Korea, Love, Entertainment News
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'One Day on Earth' is a living time capsule of who we are. We have much to fix -- but we have more going for us, it seems, than not.

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Afghan Fund Launched As Orphans Visit New York

Jim Luce | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Vital Voices Global Partnership, Islam, Bear Bar & Restaurant of Long Island City, Zolaykha Sherzad, Children, Delicious Leaves of Nature Tea, Hassina Sherjan, Rio Market/Food of Astoria, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Orphans, Jim Luce, Taliban, Boumi, Afghan Fund, Quran Burning, Philanthropy, Goldman Sachs, Cynthia Artin, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, 10000 Women, John Lee, Ian Pounds, Csr, Vanessa Cabezas, New York Stock Exchange, Awc, Afghanistan, Social Enterprise Organizations, Zarif Design, Washington D.C., Chi, Paul Stevers, Afceco, Global Motherhood, Afghan Child Education & Care Organization, Artin Arts, Diana Rowan Rockefeller, Brian Williams, New York City, Non-Profit and Philanthropic Center, Oiww, Diana Rockefeller, Afghan Women Connect, Andeisha Farid, Milk Burger, Corporate America, Orphans International Worldwide, Lauri Grossman, Edwin Gould Foundation, Daniel Santana, CharityHelp International, Dina Habib Powell, Point Brazil Restaurant-Cafe-Grill & Buffet, Impact News
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With the American presence in Afghanistan shaken in the horrific wake of Quran burnings, the death of innocent civilians and indications that the Amer...

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Help Me to Support Education and Orphan Care in Bihar, India

Jim Luce | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Ranjan Kumar, Orphan Care, Gyanjyoti Rural Elementary School, Luce Leader, Gyanjyoti Rural Development Welfare Trust, Bataspur Village, Pilgrimage, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Education, Bodh Gaya, India, Orphans International Worldwide, Bihar, Hinduism, Rural Development, Impact News
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One of the highlights of my pilgrimage to India has been meeting Ranjan Kumar, founder and president of the Gyanjyoti Rural Development Welfare Trust.

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Touching the Untouchables in a Rural Indian Village

Jim Luce | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Sanskrit, Middle Way, Black America, Philanthropy, Mahatma Gandhi, Bodh Gaya, Jharkhand, Bihar, Buddha, Japan, Dalits, Oiww, Martin Luther King, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Jim Luce, Hindu Social Life, Social Responsibility, Prince Siddhartha, International Development, Burakumin, India, Roma, Orphans International Worldwide, Harijan, Dumri, World News
Jim Luce

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 province, and the other about four hours south of here, in the village of Dumri in Jharkhand province.

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

Jim Luce | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Raising Global Citizens, Orphans International Worldwide, World Peace, Minzu University, Beijing, United Nations, N.Y.U. School of Medicine, Thailand, China, International Committee Against Mental Illness, Oiww, Dr. Robert Cancro, Wang Yanfeng, Dr. Noel Brown, Peace, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Wang Linxu, Friends of the United Nations, International Development, UCT International Culture Development, Public Health, The Arts, Chinese Medical Development Foundation, Li Baodong, China Health and Medical Development Foundation, Philanthropy, Health, Chinese Ambassador, U.N. Charter, New York City, Yiling Li, Li Guodong, Culture, Johns Hopkins, Culture Conference, Icami, Impact News
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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My Mother: "God Damn It James, I Raised You Better Than That!"

Jim Luce | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Women?S Issues, Dudley Gates, Civil Rights, Sri Lanka, Boston, Gloria Steinem, Uni Haiti, Luce Family, Tiger Mom, Orphan Care, Paris, Elie Wiesel, Gandhi, Harvard, Oiww, Khalil Gibran, Indonesia, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Portland Maine, Social Responsibility, International University Center Haiti, Stanford L. Luce, Church of England, Warfield Simpson, Frances Dudley Alleman-Luce, Mother Jones, WASP Mom, Episcopal Church, Mathew Luce, Slave Owners, Haiti, Mothers, New York City, SOS Children?S Village, Thomas Dudley, Martin Luther King, Gay & Lesbian Issues, Orphans International Worldwide, Anti-Bullying, Women?S Liberation, Martha's Vineyard, Desiderata, Impact News
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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Long After Tsunami, Rotary's Youth Centre Continues in Aceh, Indonesia

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William B. Boyd, Australia, Aceh, Rotary International, Bill Boyd, Sri Lanka, Manado, Banda Aceh, Haiti, Rotary Youth Centre Aceh, Jakarta, Oiww, Tsunami, Dedek Arahman, Indonesia, Sumatra, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Jim Luce, Orphanage, Arkansas, Bush and Clinton Foundation, John Hewko, International Development, Orphans International Worldwide, Fulbright Tsunami Relief Program, Bali, Fulbright Scholars, Turramurra, World News
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I arrived in Aceh a few weeks after the catastrophic Tsunami of December 2004. As founder of Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW), I wanted to use ...

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Top Ten Private Initiatives in Haiti Supplement Big Players in 2010-11

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: We Can?T Have That Foundation, Sandy Mitchell, Rotary International, Mirlande Manigat, Partners in Health, Marcel Duret, Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti, DePaul University, Anne Hastings, American Institute of Architects, Leogane, Collaborative Design for Sustainable Housing Haiti, Federation Des Caisses, Jurate Kazickas, Wyclef Jean, Yele Haiti, Hugh Locke, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Cine Institute of Jacmel, Yele Corps, Port-Au-Prince, International University Center Haiti, International Museum of Art Haiti, YMCA Haiti, Noushin Ehsan, Petite Goave, Orphans International Worldwide Haiti, Konsey Nasyonal Finansman Popile, Stanford L. Luce, Kenneth Merten, Haitian Diaspora, Larry Mellon, Microfinance, Zafen, Haitian Hometown Associations, Bob Cushman, NPH Saint Damien Hospital, Haiti, Fonkoze, Hopital Ste Croix Leogane, Katleen Felix, New Haiti, Teach the World on-Line, Achilles Kids, Ecole De La Redemption, Benjamin Gilman, International YMCA, Deschapelles, Coopcab, World News
Jim Luce

Haiti needs hope -- and so many private initiatives doing so much could do even more -- with your support. There is so much hope for Haiti. Let's fund it.

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New University to Rise in Haiti as Higher Education There In Collapse

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: We Can?T Have That Foundation, Liberal Arts in Action, Marcel Duret, Bartlett Giamatti, Arabic, Léogâne, International University of Haiti, International Library of Haiti, Liberal Arts, Dr. Eunhee Jung, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, State University of Haiti, Social Responsibility, Korea, University Center & Annex, International Students, Tokyo, Nyu, Haitain Ministry of National Education and Professional Formation, Art Restoration, Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development, Dr. Arol Buntzman, Haitian Diaspora, Social Entrepreneurism, Universities of the West Indies, Université D?ÉTat D?Haïti, Dr. Linda Stillman, National School of Administration and Finance, Japan, Dr. Louis Herns Marcelin, Haitian Higher Education, National School for Technology, Haitian Museum of Art, Yale University, Professional Development, Creating Global Citizens, Polytechnic Institute, Université De Port-Au-Prince, Haitian Ministry of Education, Enaf, Menfp, Ueh, Port?Au?Prince, Inured, Iuh, College News
Jim Luce

The long-awaited post‐earthquake assessment of higher education institutions in the Port‐au‐Prince metropolitan area by the respected Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED) has been released.

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Private Initiative Marshall Plan Launches for the New Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthquake, Long Distance Learning Institute, Mdgs, Luce Group Investments, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Commerce, Jérémie, Iraq, NYU Polytechnic, Cayes-Jacmel, Léogâne, International University of Haiti, Oiww, Belo Water, Liberal Arts, Indonesia, Stewardship Report, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Social Programs, Social Responsibility, Port-Au-Prince, Global Leadership Institute, Gonaives, Institute for Haitian Stability., Oloffson Hotel, International Film Institute, Integrated Development, Education, Cholera Epidemic, Social Entrepreneurism, Universities of the West Indies, Microfinance, Art Restoration Institute, New York City, Haiti, Vocational Studies, Tsunami, Private Initiative, Marshall Plan, New Haiti, Millennium Development Goals, Haitian Museum of Art, International University, YMCA Léogâne, Luce Group Integrated Development Plan for the New Haiti, Professional Development, Ganthier, Luce Publications, Orphans International Worldwide, Integrated Import-Export, Jacmel, Betaville, Cap-Haïtien, World News
Jim Luce

I have been working in Haiti since Christmas 1999. That New Year's Eve I hired my first staff -- my first local partner -- with a handshake at the Ol...

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Join Us in Integrated Approach to Build The New Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: We Can?T Have That Foundation, Usaid, University of West Indies, Microcredit, Nyu, Housing, Social Responsibility, World Bank, Liberal Arts, Internet Connectivity, Federation Des Caisses, International Developent Fund, Family Care, Harvard, Desjardins Developpement International, Yale, Leogane, Ganthier, Orphan Care, Kiwanis, International University of Haiti, Princeton, Lions International, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Nyu-Polytec, Cheddi Jagan, Skype, Health Care, Agricultural Cooperatives, Rotary, Creating Global Leadership, International Development, Haitian Diaspora, Earthquake, European Union, Croix-Des-Bouquets, Chf, Oiww, New York City, Tourism, Thomas Dudley, Education, Commerce, College of Wooster, New Haiti, Orphans International Worldwide, Haiti, Petit-Goave, Professional Development, Hospital St. Croix, Creole Language, Ecole De La Redemption, January 12, World News
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Léogâne, Haiti. I am perhaps the most excited I have been in my entire life as I prepare to move to Haiti next month. Ten months after the earthqu...

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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

Read More: Leila Hadley Luce, Hank Luce, Earth Creed, Sri Lanka, Jim Luce Stewardship Report, Henry Luce Foundation, China, Guyana, Fundamentalists Anonymous, Philanthropy, Oiww, Vow of Poverty, Richard Livingston Luce, Indonesia, Irene Alleman Simpson, Jlsr, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Paul Moore, Orphans, Cheddi Jagan, Post-Disaster Housing, Doing Good and Feeling Good, John Lee, Communications, Peter Yarrow, Luce Index, Betty Millard, Germany, Social Change, Dudley Alleman, International Development, Human Fragility, Frances Dudley Alleman-Luce, Non-Governmental Organizations, Global Challenges - Global Solutions, Mathew Luce, Connectivity, Haiti, Jim Luce & Associates, International Affairs, Tsunami, Earthquake January 12, Human Rights, Henry Luce III, Social Activism, Orphans Interntional Worldwide, Public Relations, Internet, Stanford Leonard Luce, Connecting Goodness, Luce Leaders, Mentors, 9/11, September 11, Fundamentalist Mindset, Twin Towers, Extremism, Impact News
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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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Leila Hadley Luce: The Last of the Great Luces?

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sutton Place, Silliman University, Leila Hadley Luce, Tunghai University, Central Philippine University, Yonsei University, Diplomat Magazine, Tibet, Phil Donahue, Francine Douwes Whitney, Henry Luce of England, Fundamentalists Anonymous, Betsy Gotbaum, Marilyn Bridges, Society of Women Geographers., Tammy Grimes, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Dr. Steven Soter, Henry R. Luce Hall, Gloria Starr Kins, Rupert Murdoch, Arthur T. Hadley II, The Luce Memorial Chapel, Simon & Shuster, Rubin Museum of Art, Yale Center for International and Area Studies, Saturday Evening Post, Tibet House, Gertrude Vanderbilt, Dalai Lama, Payap University, I.M. Pei, U.S. Naval Academy, Betsy Von Furstenberg, Michelle Ehrlich, Wings World Quest, Stephen Bleecker Luce, Henry Luce III, Liz Smith, College of Wooster, Henry Winters Luce, Give Me the World, Ira Gitler, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Orphans International Worldwide, Satya Wacana University, Martha's Vineyard, Time-Life, Clare Boothe Luce, Leila Hadley, Leila-Hadley-Luce, Leila Luce, Careers, World News
Jim Luce

Leila Hadley Luce was brutally honest. She was stunningly beautiful. And she had enough money to do what she wished with her life.

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Slumdog: Greater Insult "Slum," Not "Dog"

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poverty Porn, Orphans International Worldwide, Slumdog Millionaire, Cité Soleil, Warner Brothers, Garib Nagar, Extreme Poverty, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Aseema, Anil Kapoor, Mohammed Azharuddin Ismail, Freida Pinto, Sally Struthers, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Dev Pate, World News
Jim Luce

Sally Struthers can stroll the garbage dumps of the world showing you pathetic children, but this is truly pornographic. Children, even impoverished children, may be cute, but there is nothing cute about poverty.

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Jim Luce Returns (In Part) to Corporate America

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Non-Profit Foundations, Togo, Elite Group International, Funding Non-Profits, Orphans, Non-Profits, Philanthropic Initiatives, Lucetec, Philanthropy, Ngo, Luce Foundation, Messan Minyanou, For Profit, Corporate America, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Orphans International Worldwide, International NGO, Egi, World News
Jim Luce

I am excited today about the non-profit Orphans International now having the opportunity to attract the professionals it needs to move forward as I step aside.

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