Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: UPF-Mauritius
On the December 8, 2007, celebration in Mauritius of Sai Baba’s 82nd birthday, UPF was represented by Jessica Chung To, who offered a prayer and read a message of peace to the 300 participants.
- Written by: John D.S. Samura, UPF-Sierra Leone
UPF held a seminar on Good Governance and Leadership for Members of Parliament in the Parliament Building in Freetown on December 4.
- Written by: Nfamara Jawneh, The Point Newspaper
A four-member delegation from Universal Peace Federation paid a visit to The Gambia as part of efforts to introduce the federation to the country. The delegation, which arrived on August 31, hosted by. Ebrima Jadama of the Family Federation for World Peace, included Kue Youl-Lee, Mina Takakusaki, Louice Miyake, and Nana Toril.
- Written by: Paterne Sosie Lin Zinsou
A peace festival in Benin took place on October 26 - 29, 2007, in the coastal cities of Ouidah, the historic slave-trade port, and Cotonou, Benin's economic capital and main city.
- Written by: UPF-Nigeria
| "I am particularly impressed with UPF for its focus on the family as the textbook of peace," Justice Minister and Attorney General of Nigeria, Hon. Michael Aondoakaa, stated upon his return to Nigeria, Oct. 25, after participating in UPF's International Leadership Conference in New York. | |
- Written by: UPF International
Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., appealed to more 400 leaders of the Universal Peace Federation gathered in New York City to make a new commitment to fulfilling the dream of peace.
- Written by: Dr. Robert Kittel, Secretary General, UPF-South Asia
UPF-India organized a program in Chennai on August 10, 2007, on the theme: "Innovative Approaches to Peace in a Changing Global Environment." The special focus was on youth and human security.
- Written by: Raul Kamal, Sant Nirankari Mission, UK
An enlightening conference at the September 2007 Global Peace Festival in London aimed to provide some answers to questions such as “how can communities hand down traditions and values from old to young?” Sudhir Kundi Ji inaugurated this conference by introducing himself and the ethos of the Sant Nirankari Mission by stating that through spiritual awakening, or the knowledge of God, man could become closer to his fellow men and this Almighty God.
- Written by: Christopher Davies
A peace festival was held in Offenbach City Hall, near Frankfurt, Germany, on September 7, 2007. Participants included some 1,000 activists from the Netherlands, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Norway as well as the host nation.
- Written by: Jean-François Moulinet
To honor the Millennium Development Goals, UPF-France organized a dinner at the restaurant of UNESCO, hosted by one delegation. To celebrate the universal values common to our religions, it organized an interreligious colloquium at the Great Mosque of Paris. To celebrate family values and "One Family under God" it organized an event in a major hotel in Paris.
- Written by: Deanna Cooper, Kodiak Daily Mirror
More than 120 people from 26 nations visited Kodiak to hear presentations on world peace and participate in the Peace King Cup fishing tournament
- Written by: Jonathan F. Pratt, Director of Communications and Technology, Human Relief Org.
As a new Ambassador for Peace I was honored and excited to be invited to my first International Leadership Conference.