Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: Dr. Juraj Lajda, president, UPF-Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic—Almost 40 people attended the opening of an exhibition celebrating the centenary of Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon.
- Written by: Alfred Waldmann, chair, FFWPU-Austria
Bad Eisenkappel, Austria—Around 30 people from both sides of the border joined a peace festival in Austria’s southernmost state.
- Written by: Monika Lajdová, UPF-Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic—African philosophy and values were the topic of a UPF presentation.
- Written by: Dr. Juraj Lajda, president, UPF-Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic—Two distinguished panelists spoke at a UPF online conference to mark the International Day of Parliamentarianism.
- Written by: Lisa Luke Siyame, UPF-Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic—A former prime minister and other distinguished guests took part in the discussion.
- Written by: UPF International
Vienna, Austria—The Coalition of Faith Based Organizations, a partner organization of UPF, hosted a June 4th webinar on Faith for Earth: Climate Change and Environmental Justice.
- Written by: Yvo Bruffaerts, coordinator, UPF-Western Europe
Vienna, Austria—The second Europe/Middle East “Peace Talks” was inspired by the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- Written by: Robert Bentele, UPF-Munich
Munich, Germany—Almost 30 people attended the closing event of artist Uk-Je Kang’s exhibition at the UPF offices.
- Written by: Barbara Grabner, UPF-Slovakia
Bratislava, Slovakia—The 100th birthday of Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon was honored at a special program held by UPF-Slovakia.
- Written by: Dr. Sérgio Vieira, president, UPF-Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal—UPF-Portugal joined an international Lusophone organization in visiting the parliament of Portugal.
- Written by: Hildegard Piepenburg, UPF-Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany—Pastors and representatives of various religions and cultures attended a UPF celebration of the Lunar New Year.
- Written by: Karl-Christian Hausmann, UPF-Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany—On the occasion of the Chinese New Year, about 120 guests and friends of UPF celebrated at a musical benefit.