Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: UPF-Israel
Acre, Israel—UPF held a special interfaith meeting to counter the distrust between communities.
- Written by: Félix Coronel Fariña, Secretary General, UPF-Paraguay, and Miguel Werner, President, UPF-Argentina
South America—“Environment and Sustainability” was the title of the Leda Project presentation in an online meeting organized by UPF-Latin America (Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile) on June 8, 2021.
- Written by: UPF-Italy
Italy—The newest issue of Italy's Voices of Peace was focused on the “Reconciliation between the Two Koreas.”
- Written by: Dr. Robert Kittel, co-chair, UPF-Asia Pacific
Bangkok, Thailand—UPF held a virtual Asia Pacific Leadership Conference at the start of 2021, which had 37 graduates from 14 nations.
- Written by: UPF-Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal—UPF-Nepal appointed a new district peace council coordinator for Sunsari district in Province No. 1.
- Written by: Dr. Robert Kittel
Bangkok, Thailand—More than 400 participants registered for two UPF-Asia Pacific online education programs, which were rated highly by graduates.
- Written by: UPF-Argentina
Argentina—"One Argentina Through Peace” was the theme of the sixth edition of Peace Road.
- Written by: Gani Rroshi, Secretary General, UPF-Albania
Tirana, Albania—Leaders from the Presiding Council and Regional Peace Councils met to plan UPF activities for 2021.
- Written by: Mag. Maria Pammer, secretary general, UPF-Upper Austria
Steyr, Austria—Participants bicycled more than 400 kilometers from the Hungarian border to the Mauthausen concentration camp.
- Written by: UPF-Kosovo
Pristina, Kosovo—UPF and affiliated organizations staged a Peace Road event on World Walking Day.
- Written by: Alfred Waldmann, UPF-Austria, and Kristina Bakovnik, WFWP-Slovenia
St. Paul, Austria—Three town mayors joined a Peace Road event connecting neighboring regions in Austria and Slovenia.
- Written by: UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina——“Love All Creation” was the theme of UPF-Argentina’s 18th Reading and Reflection series, “Honoring a Peace Legacy.”