Character Education
Cultivating good character is an important part of a child's education at home, at school and in the community. Many UPF chapters offer lessons in classrooms or train teachers and administrators in character education or peace education.
- Written by: Sérgio Vieira, president, UPF-Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal—UPF concluded a training program for prospective character education teachers.
- Written by: Robert Duffy, Secretary-General, UPF-Canada
Canada—The UPF Quebec team held a followup webinar with presentations by two experts in the field of family counselling and sexual education.
- Written by: Tomiko Duggan, Senior Vice President, UPF-USA
Washington, DC, USA—The UPF DC office regularly hosts a monthly Japanese tea ceremony. The ancient ceremony is in line with UPF's core principle: “Living for the Sake of Others.”
- Written by: Robert Duffy, Secretary-General, UPF-Canada
Canada—An event hosted by UPF-Canada addressed the impact of the sexual revolution under the theme “60 Years after the Sexual Revolution, Where Are We?”
- Written by: Lynn Walsh, Director, Office of the Family, UPF
UPF-International—The NGO Committee on the Family, NY and UPF held a webinar titled “Civic Responsibility: What Your Children Need to Know.”
- Written by: Lynn Walsh, Director, Office of the Family, UPF
UPF-International—The NGO Committee on the Family, NY and UPF hosted a program to help parents teach their children financial literacy.
- Written by: Dr. John Bellavance, vice president, UPF-Australia
Melbourne, Australia—UPF in Australia held its second Values Education Summit of 2022, which featured speakers from the Australian Parents Council.
- Written by: UPF-Australia
Melbourne, Australia—UPF-Australia’s Values Education Summit series continued in 2022 with a summit held in February.
- Written by: Robert Duffy, Secretary-General, UPF-Canada
Canada—More than fifty people took part in a Zoom webinar organized by UPF on the subject: An Insidious Virus: Pornography’s Impact on Young People, Couples and Society.
- Written by: Dr. Sérgio Vieira, president, UPF-Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal—Brazilian officials invited UPF to an online discussion about anti-corruption education.
- Written by: UPF-Australia
Melbourne, Australia—The third Values Education Summit in Australia was sponsored by UPF and the IAAP.
- Written by: UPF-Australia
Melbourne, Australia—UPF-Australia held the “Educating with Values Summit” featuring presenters from Greece, Somalia and Australia and the IAAP-Oceania.