Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: Santosh Neupane, FFWPU-Fiji
Suva, Fiji—Peace Road 2017 was organized in Suva, the capital city of the Republic of Fiji on September 1, marking the 5th year of Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s passing.
- Written by: UPF-Central African Republic
Bangui, Central African Republic— The Peace Road event in the Central African Republic took place on August 31, 2017 in Bangui, the nation’s capital and largest city.
- Written by: Mrs. Ursula McLackland, Secretary General, UPF-Asia and Dr. Robert S. Kittel, Int’l President, Youth and Students for Peace (YSP)
Bangkok, Thailand—The Asian Leadership Conference (ALC) convened August 24-27, 2017 on the theme, “Providing Vision and Leadership for Nation-Building and Peace.”
- Written by: UPF-Nicaragua
Managua, Nicaragua—For the 2017 Peace Road, UPF-Nicaragua in collaboration with the Cyclist Federation of Nicaragua, organized a bicycle tour.
- Written by: UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina—On August 27, UPF-Argentina hosted the 2017 Peace Road under the banner, “A Caring, United Argentina.” The opening ceremony was held in front of the National Congress.
- Written by: Maka Abugbaia, secretary general, UPF-Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia—The 2017 Peace Road event held by UPF-Georgia climbed a mountain to reach the ancient fortress of Armazi.
- Written by: Roma Karagezian, UPF-Lithuania
Vilnius, Lithuania—A small but spirited group of adults and children bicycled 10 kilometers through Lithuania’s capital for the 2017 Peace Road event.
- Written by: Jürgen Eck, UPF-Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, Germany — A German UPF representative has described his interreligious and intercultural meetings in Mauritius over the past two decades.
- Written by: Steinar Murud, secretary general, UPF-Norway
Oslo, Norway—The 2017 Peace Road event began with an evening program in the largest mosque in Norway.
- Written by: Ulrich Ganz, UPF-Germany
Hamburg, Germany—A tea ceremony and other traditions were part of the third annual Japanese cultural program presented by the Hamburg branch of UPF.
- Written by: UPF-Bolivia
El Alto, Bolivia—The 2017 Peace Road event in Bolivia, a bike tour and walk, took place in El Alto, the highest major city in the world.
- Written by: UPF-Israel
Jerusalem, Israel—Jewish members of UPF-Israel’s Jerusalem Interfaith Forum visited an Ethiopian church in Jerusalem on December 29 in honor of the Christian holidays.