Daniel Santana
11 pieces, 13,473 words
Daniel Santana
At the UN: Co-hosting Conference on World Peace, Health and Culture
New York, N.Y. Recently I agreed to co-host the World Peace, Health and Culture Conference at the United Nations on behalf of Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW) , whi…
Scholarships for Students Speaking Up About Bullying
By Christopher Rim, edited by Jim Luce Paramus, N.J. I started It Ends Today , Inc. during my sophomore year of high school after I saw a countless number of students bul…
Viewpoint From China: Multipolar World on the Horizon
By Andrew Moody. Shi Yinhong, one of China’s foremost foreign policy experts, believes we could be moving into an era where the world is dominated by three or four powers…
Rote Haitian Education – Not Necessarily As Bad As Thought
By Dr. Diane Hoffman, edited by Jim Luce Leogane, Haiti . As the renowned anthropologist Melville Herskovits observed long ago, in Haiti, nothing is what it seems. My mos…
Teen Philanthropist Outlines Steps To Making A Difference
By Isaac J. Kassin, edited by Jim Luce New York, N.Y. This world is enormous: Planet Earth has approximately seven billion humans like you inhabiting it. You are only one…
Unlearning Intolerance – And Tolerance Too
By Michele M. Vella, MS, MA, Med., edited by Jim Luce New York, N.Y . United Nations Academic Impact ( UNAI ) Principle 10 commits to inter-cultural dialogue, understandi…
Balinese Natural Birthing Center Threatened by Global Downturn
Denpasar, Indonesia . Mid-wife and clinic founder Robin Lim is a legend in the world of women's maternity health. I have heard of her from Port-au-Prince in Haiti to New-…
Secularism: Surprisingly More Popular in Turkey than in U.S.
New York, N.Y. Recently the Turkish Cultural Center in New York held a panel discussion on whether coexistence is possible between religious and secular forces in the Mus…
Slumdog: Greater Insult "Slum," Not "Dog"
Mumbai, India . As founder of Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW), I have walked through the hovels and shanties of Jakarta, Bogota, and Port-au-Prince. Cite Soleil in…
Thought Leader and Global Citizen, India’s Filmmaker Mira Nair
New York, N.Y. I braved freezing weather recently to hear Mira Nair speak at the President’s Forum at the Upper East Side’s Asia Society ( video ). It crossed my mind tha…
Spotlight on the Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater
New York, N.Y. Modern dance with a Latin Touch, a "Latin Classicism," dance styles including salsa, meringue, and tango with European and American classical music. This i…