Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: UPF - Germany
Frankfurt, Germany - After arriving from Paris at Frankfurt airport in the afternoon of August 27, UPF Chairman Hyung Jin Moon and his party went to Gruneburg Park to pray at the Holy Ground established on July 29, 1965 by UPF Founder, Rev. Sun Myung Moon, when he first visited Europe.
- Written by: Jean-Francois Moulinet, UPF-France
Paris, France - Rev. and Mrs. Hyung Jin Moon and their party arrived in Paris from Italy on August 26. The UPF Chairman went first to visit the family of Tony Yuen, who died in a bus accident while returning home with a group of young people from a spiritual training program the Netherlands.
- Written by: Miguel Werner, Secretario General, UPF-Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina - A message of true spiritual revival was delivered by In Jin Moon during a moving event held at the Peace Embassy of Buenos Aires on August 26, on occasion of her visit to Argentina.
- Written by: Giuseppi Cali, UPF-Italy
Rome, Italy - During their time in the Eternal City, UPF International Chair Rev. Hyung Jin Moon and his wife Yeon Ah visited the churches of St. Peter, St. Paul, and St. John to connect with the 2,000-year legacy of Christianity.
- Written by: UPF-Uruguay
Montevideo, Uruguay - Rev. In Jin Moon brought the music and spirit of her New York-based Lovin' Life Ministries to Montevideo for the August 24 "Assembly to Proclaim the Word," expanding a series of assemblies that began in Korea and the US in July.
- Written by: Dr. Robert S. Kittel, Director of Education, UPF-Asia
Manila, Philippines - One their visit to the Philippines UPF Chairman Rev. Hyung Jin Moon and his wife Yeon Ah touched the hearts of people with their insights about prayer, meditation, and dimensions of family love.
- Written by: UPF - Portugal
Photos of activities at the Peace Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Written by: UPF - International
New York, USA - It was a day of song, prophecy, and proclamation, as the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, surrounded by thousands of people from around the world, made bold predictions at a festive gathering in New York on July 24.
- Written by: UPF - Sudan
Khartoum, Sudan - The International Centre for Peace Culture was founded at a critical time in Sudan's history to promote unity and harmony within the diverse human family. On January 9, 2011 a referendum in southern Sudan will decide whether Sudan will remain a unified nation or whether the South will separate from the North.
- Written by: Alexander Feodorov, UPF-Tajikistan
Dushanbe, Tajikistan - After the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, many former republics, including Tajikistan, faced an ideological vacuum. A philosopher, Mr. Abdulvohid Shamolov was looking for foundational concepts the foundation for this newly independent nation of central Asia.
- Written by: Qamrul A. Khanson, UPF-Canada
Toronto, Canada - At its first monthly meeting after the annual UPF-Canada conference in Ottawa on June 3, the central district established a committee to provide added support to UPF leadership for the establishment of an interreligious council.
- Written by: Mihai Calestru, UPF-Moldova
Chisinau, Moldova - UPF-Moldova's July 3 conference in Chisinau on "A New Paradigm for Leadership and Good Governance for Peace and Development" concluded with a Legacy of Peace ceremony.