Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: Lisa Luke Siyame, UPF-Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic—A former prime minister and other distinguished guests took part in the discussion.
- Written by: Natalia Chigrina, secretary general, UPF-Northwest Russia
St. Petersburg, Russia—A well-known journalist discussed problems that journalism and society are facing.
- Written by: UPF International
Vienna, Austria—The Coalition of Faith Based Organizations, a partner organization of UPF, hosted a June 4th webinar on Faith for Earth: Climate Change and Environmental Justice.
- Written by: Yvo Bruffaerts, coordinator, UPF-Western Europe
Vienna, Austria—The second Europe/Middle East “Peace Talks” was inspired by the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- Written by: Robert Bentele, UPF-Munich
Munich, Germany—Almost 30 people attended the closing event of artist Uk-Je Kang’s exhibition at the UPF offices.
- Written by: Barbara Grabner, UPF-Slovakia
Bratislava, Slovakia—The 100th birthday of Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon was honored at a special program held by UPF-Slovakia.
- Written by: Dr. Sérgio Vieira, president, UPF-Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal—UPF-Portugal joined an international Lusophone organization in visiting the parliament of Portugal.
- Written by: Hildegard Piepenburg, UPF-Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany—Pastors and representatives of various religions and cultures attended a UPF celebration of the Lunar New Year.
- Written by: Karl-Christian Hausmann, UPF-Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany—On the occasion of the Chinese New Year, about 120 guests and friends of UPF celebrated at a musical benefit.
- Written by: Dr. David Earle, UPF-Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom—Forgiveness and its relevance to our lives were discussed at a meeting that drew an audience of 45.
- Written by: UPF Italy
Italy—The latest issue of Voices of Peace, produced jointly by the UPF chapters of Italy and San Marino, is attached.
- Written by: UPF-Asia Pacific
Bangkok, Thailand—An Asian Leadership Conference, having the theme “Providing Vision and Leadership for Nation Building and Peace,” was held in Bangkok, Thailand, from January 10 through 13, 2020.