Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: Indira Brenes J.
San Jose, Costa Rica - UPF Chairman Dr. Charles S. Yang visited San José Dec. 2-3, 2014, to meet government officials and brief them about the work of UPF.
- Written by: UPF - Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal - The significance of education to society was the theme of three programs held for Nepal’s school principals in November 2014.
- Written by: Tomiko Duggan, Director of Public Affairs, UPF Washington DC Office
Washington DC, USA - A UPF educational program for Ambassadors for Peace was held Nov. 22, 2014, at the Peace Embassy in Washington, DC.
- Written by: Eugenia Kagawa, UPF International
New York, USA - UPF organized a seminar for 30 Korean Ambassadors for Peace visiting the UN on Nov. 20, 2014.
- Written by: Sokol Rexhepi, Secretary General, UPF-Albania
Ulcinj, Montenegro - A seminar on the theme “Love God, Love People, Love the Nation” was held for about 40 Albanian Ambassadors for Peace Nov. 13-16, 2014, in the tourist city of Ulcinj, Montenegro.
- Written by: Tomiko Duggan, Director of Public Affairs, UPF International, Washington, DC
Washington D
C, USA - More than 40 diplomats, guests and friends of UPF attended a Japanese Tea Ceremony in Washington DC on Nov. 13, 2014.
- Written by: UPF - Slovakia
Bratislava, Slovakia - UPF Slovakia organized a forum in Bratislava on Nov. 10, 2014 on “The cultural differences between Korea and the West.“
- Written by: Dr. Raphael Oko, Secretary General, UPF-Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria - UPF-Nigeria's prototype Peace Club at a secondary school in Abuja featured a peace education workshop for teachers on Oct. 22.
- Written by: Miguel Werner, Secretary General, UPF - Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina - At an Oct. 9 meeting at the Peace Embassy in Buenos Aires, Dr. Alicia Berini shared her experiences in an interreligious meeting in September on the theme “Peace is the future” in Antwerp, Belgium.
- Written by: UPF - Chile
Santiago, Chile - Ambassadors of Peace met in Santiago Oct. 3, 2014 with Dr. Charles S. Yang, chair of UPF international; Rev. Dong Mo Shin, chair of UPF-South America; and Dr. Simao Ferabolli, secretary general of UPF-South America, who were visiting UPF chapters in various parts of South America.
- Written by: Mrs. Tomiko Duggan, Director of Public Affairs, UPF-International
Kona, Hawaii - Members of the Malaysian parliament and their spouses attended a conference on "Building a Nation and World of Peace" in Kona, Hawaii Sept. 25-Oct. 2, 2014.
- Written by: UPF - Australia
Melbourne, Australia - During the morning of the AFL Grand Final Day, Sept. 27, 2014, a seminar on Peace Studies took place at Monash University in Melbourne.