Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: Giuseppe Calì, UPF-Italy
Rome, Italy - A few of the many wonderful comments people gave at the end of the UPF's Founder's speech in Rome on April 29.
- Written by: Giuseppe Calì, UPF-Italy
Rome Italy - The beautiful conference room of the Marriott Rome Park Hotel was filled with around a thousand people who came from all over Italy on April 29 for the the UPF Founder's third major address on his most recent world tour.
- Written by: Armando Lozano, UPF-Spain
Madrid, Spain - The more than 700 people who attended the opening program of the UPF Founder’s tour in Europe are unlikely to soon forget the compelling sight of a man giving all he had despite being well into his tenth decade of life. His vitality, his parental love expressed through his caring words, profound insights, joyful stories, sad reflections, thrilling moments, facial expressions—all this drama brought the audience to an intimate closeness.
- Written by: F. Aristides Rondán M., UPF-Paraguay
Asunción, Paraguay - Members of the Governing Board of UPF-Paraguay convened a National Leadership Conference at the Hotel Villa Morra Suites of Asuncion on April 7. The theme was "Universal Principles for Peace."
- Written by: Patrick Jouan
Brazzaville, Congo - During my two-week stay in the Congo, local UPF leaders and I met with Ambassadors for Peace and government officials to make plans to give one-day seminars about UPF's peace principles to local leaders and educators throughout the nation. I also gave an overview of UPF's peace principles to 150 legislators.
- Written by: Raimondas Urbonas, UPF - Lithuania
Panevezys, Lithuania - UPF-Lithuania held a meeting on March 23 with the “Brotherhood of January 13th” — an NGO from Panevezys, one of the larger cities in Lithuania. The purpose of the meeting was to strengthen connections with that organization that began when its members participated in the World Peace Tours in Lithuania.
- Written by: UPF - Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia - A presentation about the UPF and Ambassadors for Peace activities for members of the Pushkin Society “Orion,” an association of Russian-speaking writers in Georgia, took place on March 12. The event was initiated with the support of the chair of the Russian-speaking Journalists Association, Ambassador for Peace Mikhail Aidinov.
- Written by: Alan Wilding, UPF-Canada
Vancouver, Canada - Bill Chu, founder of Canadians for Reconciliation, spoke to the Vancouver chapter of UPF on February 28 about his many years of work to redress present and historical injustices between Canadian society, First Nation natives, and Chinese.
- Written by: Sajmir Hoxha, UPF-Albania
Librazhd, Albania - At the high school where I used to teach, we held a celebration of the "Day of Love" on February 14 and gave a presentation on "The Family as the School of Love."
- Written by: Joy Pople, Assistant Communications Director, UPF
Seoul, Korea - “Bishop Alaban is going to give a different speech this afternoon,” Amala McLackland announced as the final day of the UPF International Leadership Conference in Seoul, Korea, got underway on February 9. Secretary General of UPF-Asia, she was diligently tracking down bios and texts of the speakers at the session she would be moderating.
- Written by: UPF-India
UPF-India's annual report for 2010 highlights the United Nations International Day of Peace, Day of Families, and Women's Day.
- Written by: UPF - Hungary
Budapest, Hungary - Selected photos of UPF-Hungary activities in 2010