Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: Tomiko Duggan, UPF director of public affairs, Washington DC
Washington, D.C., United States - The coldest day of the winter couldn’t stop 29 internationally minded women from savoring a traditional Japanese tea ceremony.
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko
Okpoma, Nigeria - Two archrival Nigerian football clubs united into one as a demonstration of hope for upcoming national elections to be peaceful.
- Written by: Miguel Werner, Secretary General, UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina - “Sharing, Supporting and Celebrating” was the theme of UPF-Argentina’s year-end meeting.
- Written by: UPF-USA
New York, United States – UPF-USA, in partnership with UNESCO Center for Peace, New York Chapter, organized an American Leadership Conference on December 19, 2014 in New York City.
- Written by: Rev. Christian Lepelletier, Secretary General, UPF-Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil - A pictorial retrospective of the activit
ies of UPF-Brazil during 2014.
- Written by: Evgeny Skvortsov, Secretary General, UPF-Russia Urals Region
Kirov, Russia - An expert in volunteerism from UPF-Russia’s Ural chapter was the guest speaker at a forum to encourage youth to volunteer.
- Written by: UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Social activists and religious leaders attended the ceremonial planting of an olive tree in Buenos Aires on Dec. 14, 2014.
- Written by: Dmitri Oficerov, Secretary General, UPF-Russia, Siberian branch
Novosibirsk, Russia - The Siberian Peace Council celebrated Human Rights Day together with Russia’s Constitution Day at a special meeting.
- Written by: Peter Meszaros, Secretary General, UPF-Hungary
Budapest, Hungary - Representatives of UPF were officially invited to the Hungarian Parliament House to meet a major party leader.
- Written by: Michel Futila, Secretary General, UPF-DR Congo
Libreville, Gabon - "Africa at a Turning Point: The Need for Leadership" was the theme of a UPF conference at the Economic and Social Council in Libreville Dec. 6, 2014.
- Written by: Tatiana Krasnosumova, Secretary General, UPF-Northwest Russia
Hyvinkää, Finland - Russian and Finnish children took part in the sixth “Light of the Christmas Star” festival and competition on Dec. 4 to 7, 2014.
- Written by: Ursula McLackland, secretary general, UPF-Asia
Quezon, Philippines - The Asian Peace and Unity Corps-Philippines, an organization of active and retired military and police officers, government officials, media personalities and youth leaders, had its inauguration on Dec. 2, 2014.