Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: Robert Bentele, secretary general, UPF-Munich
Munich, Germany—An Austrian peace activist who oversaw violence-free zones in Colombia was the speaker at an afternoon event presented by UPF-Munich.
- Written by: Maria Gabriella Mieli, vice president, WFWP-Italy
Carini, Italy—UPF was one of several organizations that held an event at a Sicilian high school to celebrate the International Day for Tolerance.
- Written by: Barbara Grabner, UPF-Slovakia
Bratislava, Slovakia—On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, UPF-Slovakia prepared an exciting lecture about that event’s ideological aspects.
- Written by: Anja Brina, UPF- Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany—The individuals who gave the greatest support to Martin Luther were the focus of the UPF-Düsseldorf interreligious prayer circle.
- Written by: UPF-Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand—Twenty-one guests, including several parliamentarians and presidential assistants, from four nations attended the most recent Asian Leadership Conference (ALC).
- Written by: UPF-Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia—Around 130 walkers and cyclists participated in the “Peace Road” 2017 event in Indonesia.
- Written by: Natalia Chigrina, secretary general, UPF-Northwest Russia
St. Petersburg, Russia—A bicyclist who promotes peace through an ultra-distance trip joined other peace cycling proponents at a press conference in St. Petersburg.
- Written by: Dejan Perhat, secretary general, UPF-Croatia
Zagreb, Croatia—Croatia has become part of the international Peace Road initiative with the occurrence of the first Peace March.
- Written by: Robert Bentele, secretary general, UPF-Munich
Munich, Germany—The creator of 92 Arabic calligraphies inspired by the life of UPF founder Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon gave a presentation about his new book.
- Written by: Gregor Sattler, secretary general, UPF-Bonn
Bonn, Germany—Friends of the Bonn chapter of UPF were invited to a fascinating encounter with the Spanish region of Andalusia.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, secretary general, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria—Young Nigerians who are studying peace and conflict resolution have visited the UPF office to discuss cooperation in peace education.
- Written by: UPF-Australia
Melbourne, Australia—Thirty leaders and Ambassadors for Peace attended a peacebuilding leadership seminar co-organized by the Australia chapters of UPF and the Women’s Federation for World Peace (WFWP).