Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: UPF - Slovakia
Bratislava, Slovakia - UPF Slovakia organized a forum in Bratislava on Nov. 10, 2014 on “The cultural differences between Korea and the West.“
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Oko, Secretary General, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria - UPF-Nigeria's prototype Peace Club at a secondary school in Abuja featured a peace education workshop for teachers on Oct. 22.
- Written by: Miguel Werner, Secretary General, UPF - Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina - At an Oct. 9 meeting at the Peace Embassy in Buenos Aires, Dr. Alicia Berini shared her experiences in an interreligious meeting in September on the theme “Peace is the future” in Antwerp, Belgium.
- Written by: UPF - Chile
Santiago, Chile - Ambassadors of Peace met in Santiago Oct. 3, 2014 with Dr. Charles S. Yang, chair of UPF international; Rev. Dong Mo Shin, chair of UPF-South America; and Dr. Simao Ferabolli, secretary general of UPF-South America, who were visiting UPF chapters in various parts of South America.
- Written by: Mrs. Tomiko Duggan, Director of Public Affairs, UPF-International
Kona, Hawaii - Members of the Malaysian parliament and their spouses attended a conference on "Building a Nation and World of Peace" in Kona, Hawaii Sept. 25-Oct. 2, 2014.
- Written by: UPF - Australia
Melbourne, Australia - During the morning of the AFL Grand Final Day, Sept. 27, 2014, a seminar on Peace Studies took place at Monash University in Melbourne.
- Written by: UPF International
New York, USA - At an informational dinner in New York on Sept. 19, 2014, a progress report was given in the campaign to eradicate the tsetse fly in central Africa and plans to expand the campaign to other parts of Africa.
- Written by: UPF - Canada
Vancouver, Canada - An Ambassadors for Peace meeting in Vancouver Sept. 15, 2014, opened with a live video report from Secretary General of UPF Canada Franco Famularo and a presentation about an eco-village project in Senegal of the International Sufi School.
- Written by: Dr. Dawn Bacchus-Horan, UPF-St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingston, St. Vincent and the Grenadines - The UPF chapter of St. Vincent and the Grenadines held a conference on Sept. 13, 2014, under the theme "World Peace and I: The Value of a True Leader."
- Written by: Miguel Werner, Secretary General, UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Valuable concepts were shared by Dr. Julio Schlosser, president of the Delegation of Argentine Jewish Associations (DAIA), at the Embassy for Peace in Buenos Aires Sept. 8, 2014.
- Written by: Mr. Michel Futila de Mayeko, Secretary General, UPF-DR Congo
Kinshasa, DR Congo - Activities in August 2014 included a youth seminar and workshops on principles of peace.
- Written by: Julius Gicole and Andrew Halim, UPF-New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand - UPF-New Zealand held an informal meeting on Aug. 24, 2014 to welcome back its delegates from the recent World Summit 2014 in South Korea and to promote cohesion among its members.