Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: Dr. David Earle, UPF-Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom—Forgiveness and its relevance to our lives were discussed at a meeting that drew an audience of 45.
- Written by: UPF Italy
Italy—The latest issue of Voices of Peace, produced jointly by the UPF chapters of Italy and San Marino, is attached.
- Written by: UPF-Asia Pacific
Bangkok, Thailand—An Asian Leadership Conference, having the theme “Providing Vision and Leadership for Nation Building and Peace,” was held in Bangkok, Thailand, from January 10 through 13, 2020.
- Written by: Dr. Robert S. Kittel, Youth and Students for Peace
Manila, Philippines—Building on the successful World Clergy Leadership Conference in New York City, UPF-Philippines organized an Interreligious Leadership Conference on January 7–8.
- Written by: Dr. Sérgio Vieira, president, UPF-Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal—A UPF-Portugal delegation had a meeting with Professor Paulo Mendes Pinto to introduce him to UPF and its activities.
- Written by: UPF-Chile
Santiago, Chile—UPF-Chile was blessed to receive strong support from the leadership of UPF-Latin America, who visited to help local efforts in anticipation of 2020 summit.
- Written by: UPF-Argentina
Córdoba, Argentina—Peace Walk was part of Peace Road’s commitment to “Connecting the World Through Peace.”
- Written by: UPF-Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal—UPF representatives explained about the federation’s achievements and core values in a visit to a committee leader.
- Written by: Dr. Sérgio Vieira, president, UPF-Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal—The leader of UPF introduced the organization’s worldwide accomplishments, including the recent Africa Summit.
- Written by: UPF-Italy
Rome, Italy—The potential of Mediterranean nations in building peace was discussed at a UPF seminar held in the Italian Senate.
- Written by: UPF-Bhutan
Thimphu, Bhutan—Bhutan took part in the Peace Road 2019 by organizing a program at a Buddhist school.
- Written by: UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina—The City of Buenos Aires declared that UPF’s 2019 Peace Road event should be noted “for promoting and upholding human rights.”