CEO of craftingpeace.com, activist and author of ‘Toughing It Out In Afghanistan’, Hassina Sherjan. Country Director of Aid Afghanistan for Education/Founder Nationality: Afghan-American Date of Birth: 1961 Email: hasso60@yahoo.com Phone: 93 (0) 796423034 Experience Received MPA degree from Harvard Kennedy School of Governance 2011. Received an [...]
Archive | 2011
Frances Dudley Alleman-Luce: Organizational Tributes
“Dream of feeding the hungry, and the means of doing it follow…” – Frances Dudley Alleman-Luce, 1973 Oxford Branch NAACP, Oxford, Ohio Memorial to Frances Dudley Alleman-Luce Fran Luce was a vital part of the Oxford, Ohio Branch of the NAACP during the 1950’s and 60’s. She headed many committees, such as one that pushed [...]
F.D. Alleman-Luce: Talk on the Role of Women – 1973
Psychological Determinants of a Woman’s Role I have been asked to talk about what psychology can tell us about who we are and why we act as we do. If you deal with psychology today ”” whether it’s running rats in a maze or dealing with juvenile delinquents or discussing the role of women ”” [...]
F.D. Alleman-Luce: State Tributes
“Dream of feeding the hungry, and the means of doing it follow…” – Frances Dudley Alleman-Luce, 1973 Note from the President of the United States and his Wife Congressional Record Proceedings of the 107th Congress Washington, D.C. March 2001 In Honor of Frances Dudley Alleman-Luce Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Frances [...]
Ethiopian-American Film Co-Produced by Ugly Betty Star
New York, N.Y. I recently caught up with Salome Mulugeta for lunch on 42nd Street. I was intrigued because there are not a lot of Ethiopian-American independent film makers in New York. She told me about the challenges she has had as an immigrant, as a woman, and as a filmmaker. And about her new [...]
Let 10,000 Philanthropists Bloom Around the World
New York, N.Y. I don’t know why, but it is never enough for me. I thought if I became involved with animal rescue in the ”˜90’s, I would find satisfaction. I did – but not enough. Then I fell in love with an orphan and went on to build a network of orphan care – [...]
Global Thinker & President of the College of Wooster
New York, N.Y. My father went to Andover, Dartmouth and Yale. My grandfather 12 times over signed the charter that created Harvard. Yet I attended the College of Wooster in Ohio — my first choice, my only choice — and three decades later I can say I owe who I am to the four years [...]
Rebuilding Haiti thru Partnership: UPenn & Haitian Ministry
Philadelphia, PA. In July of 2010, six months after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti that killed an estimated 200,000 – 300,000 people and left two million people homeless, a team from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (PennGSE), headed by Dr. Sharon Ravitch, an expert in international educational development in post-crisis contexts, [...]
