Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: UPF - Zambia
Lusaka, Zambia - Sixty-five people attended an Ambassadors for Peace Seminar on March 24 at the Peace Embassy. In his opening speech, the chairman of UPF-Zambia focused on the mission and the role of UPF and invited participants to listen deeply and discuss issues freely.
- Written by: UPF-International
International Leadership Conference schedule, Seoul, Korea, February 2010
- Written by: UPF International
Seoul, Korea - The UPF's International Leadership Conference in February featured global leaders calling for dialogue and partnership. Participants attended the World Peace Blessing and the 90th birthday celebration of UPF founder, Rev. Sun Myung Moon.
- Written by: Michael Balcomb
Las Vegas, USA – There’s no place on earth quite like Las Vegas, a city devoted to the pursuit of pleasure, but proving for some a gateway instead to unhappiness and even despair. The city that promises much but often delivers little proved a fitting location for Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon’s first public speech in Las Vegas for almost ten years.
- Written by: Timothy J Miller, Vice-Chairman, UPF-Europe
Bergen aan Zee, Netherlands - Glory House and our Dutch UPF staff were very welcoming to the 50 Ambassadors for Peace and staff from the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Malta, Norway, Denmark, Bosnia, Greece, and the Netherlands who attended the December European Leadership Conference.
- Written by: Christopher Davies, UPF-Netherlands
Bergen aan Zee, Netherlands - The story of a man from Malta who died in the Netherlands while negotiating in the aftermath of a terrorist attack was one highlight of the last European Leadership Conference of 2009. It took place at UPF-Netherlands’ Glory House conference center.
- Written by: Christopher Davies, UPF - Netherlands
Amsterdam, Netherlands - We need to see, respect, and relate to people first of all as individuals, not as persons of a particular race, religion, culture, social standing, or any other group, according to human rights educator Dr. Eva Latham.
- Written by: Helen M. Osei, Secretary General, UPF-Ghana
Kumasi, Ghana - The headmaster of a senior high school in Kumasi, capital of the Ashanti region in central Ghana, read the UPF quarterly journals for three years and contacted headquarters expressing interest in starting a chapter of the Universal Peace Federation in his region. In consultation with the new national Secretary General, he organized a peace rally chaired by the president of the Ashanti Council of Chiefs.
- Written by: UPF - Canada
Montreal, Canada - Ambassadors for Peace in Montreal have formed a strong attachment to the core values and principles promoted by UPF. A spirit of solidarity was evident at a November 19 seminar, especially on issues of religious freedom.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
Moscow, Russia - A workshop on the theme of values as the foundation of peace building and dialogue of cultures took place at the Moscow Peace Embassy. Participants discussed the role of values in Russian literature, culture, art and science as well as the importance of charitable work in civil society.
- Written by: Yerofeeva Natalya Yurievna, UPF-Urals
Yekaterinburg, Russia - I’m one of many who dream about relief from all sorrows and misfortunes, both for myself and for my relatives. But if everyone is craving peace, why is it that the world has constantly been overburdened with manifold crises: ecological, economic, and social? Why is it that so soon after reconciliations take place, armed clashes break out again? Is there any possible way to overcome existing antagonisms?
- Written by: UPF-Washington DC
Washington DC, United States - The "Way of Tea" encourages people to reach the highest ideasl of internal character and is meant to also be a guide in human affairs.