Tag Archives: Thought Leaders

Acclaimed NYC Modern Dance Company Invited to Mexico City

New York, NY. Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater (AGDT), the critically acclaimed New York-based modern dance company with a Latin touch, has the great honor of being invited to perform in Mexico City in the theaters of two venues — on October 14th, 2010, at UNAM, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and on October 15th [...]

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French Artist & Legend CharlElie Couture in New York City

New York, N.Y.  We first met French Contemporary Artist CharlElie Couture at the French Embassy in New York for the Wynton Marsalis ceremony in the fall of 2009. He impressed John Lee and me as a tremendous thought leader in the arts – as well as a very global citizen. We wanted to learn more about this legendary singer, [...]

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Brooklyn Steppers March Forward, Giving to Community, Gaining in Process

Brooklyn, N.Y.  In high school I had been manager of our marching band in Ohio. It was a grueling task, but rewarding to see my friends play and march so well. The program took much space and resources, and I was surprised last year to discover that there was a marching band in Bedford-Stuyvesant in [...]

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Allure of the Hive: Connectivity, Social Networking & Change

New York, N.Y.  A distinguished panel of experts gathered Saturday at the Philoctetes Center for theMultidisciplinary Study of Imagination for a standing room-only roundtable on the many ways Facebook is changing how we live. The moderator was David Kirkpatrick, author of the soon-to-be-published The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That is Connecting the World, and panelists [...]

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World Renowned Autistic Advocate Temple Grandin’s Mother to Tell the Family Story

New York, N.Y. Eustacia Cutler will be in New York City, on Roosevelt Island underneath the 59th Street Bridge, for a one-on-one conversation with the public.  Eustacia is mother to world renowned autistic advocate Temple Grandin, Ph.D.  Temple is considered the most accomplished and well-known adult with autism in the world. HBO released Temple’s auto-biography [...]

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Stewardship Report: First Ambassador Writes Op-Ed “Diplomatic Viewpoint”

New York, N.Y. The Hon. Kenneth H. Merten, American Ambassador to Haiti, has written the first “Diplomatic Viewpoint” for The Jim Luce Stewardship Report launched two weeks ago. The Stewardship Report focuses on “Connecting Goodness.” It is a new on-line newspaper that covers Faces, Issues (Business, Children, Conflict Resolution, Connectivity, Education, Environment, Eyewitness, Health, Opinion, Politics, United Nations), World [...]

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First Ambassador Writes Op-Ed “Diplomatic Viewpoint”

Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Hon. Kenneth H. Merten, American Ambassador to Haiti, has written the first “Diplomatic Viewpoint” for The Jim Luce Stewardship Report launched two weeks ago. The Stewardship Report focuses on “Connecting Goodness.” It is a new on-line newspaper that covers Faces, Issues (Business, Children, Conflict Resolution, Connectivity, Education, Environment, Eyewitness, Health, Opinion, Politics, United Nations), World Affairs, [...]

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Helping Women: Eliminating Obstetric Fistula in Developing World

New York, N.Y.  Ana Langer, M.D., spoke recently at a Smith Barney seminar on health in the developing world. She was talking about the problem of obstetric fistula, of which I was ignorant.  Obstetric fistula is a devastating medical condition in which a fistula (hole) develops between the vagina and either the rectum or bladder [...]

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Viewpoint: Let’s Celebrate Cultural Diversity Today

Josette Sheeran Named Asia Society President After Vishakha Desai

Photo of the Day – May 18, 2013

Young Teen Asks: Smoking, Is It Worth It?

Poem – Tablature

Next Generation of Global Indian Cinema