Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
UPF activities in Moscow during October included cultural, educational, and youth programs.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
Several activities took place in the Urals region in October 2009 that promoted tolerance, brought people of different generations together, and explored cultural values that can be drawn upon for peacebuilding.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
Peace education was the focus in Ryazan and character education in Ivanovo.
- Written by: UPF - Latvia
Riga, Latvia - On October 23 at the Latvian Peace Embassy Ambassadors for Peace held a meeting of the Latvia Peace Council. The main topic was the report about the International Leadership Conference and marriage blessing that took place in Korea earlier that month.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
St. Petersburg, Russia - A lecture on “Shaping of international tolerance in education of young people and teenagers” explained internal and external causes of children’s intolerant behavior and offered ways of solving problems.
- Written by: UPF - Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand - Nearly 150 current and former Asian parliamentarians from ten nations attended the First Asian Parliamentarian Leadership Conference on Peace, October 8-11, 2009 held in Bangkok, organized by UPF-Asia.
- Written by: Michael Balcomb
Washington DC, United States - Celebrations of publication of Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s best-selling autobiography, As a Peace-Loving Global Citizen, are taking place around the world. In Washington DC, Dr. Moon told 1500 political, media, and community leaders that the book represented a small account of his life’s work, “still incomplete, to serve and honor God and bring about His ideal world of peace on the earth.”
- Written by: Christopher Davies, UPF - Netherlands
Bergen aan Zee, Netherlands - On the weekend of September 18-20, UPF-Europe held a UPF European Leadership Conference on the theme of "Innovative Approaches to World Peace in the 21st Century" in the UPF Conference center, Huize Glory, in North Holland.
- Written by: UPF-United Kingdom
London, UK - Lawrence Bloom and Murad Qureshi AM discussed the alternatives facing London as a city and the world as a whole due to climate change at a September 3 meeting at the UPF headquarters in London.
- Written by: Sun Myung Moon
Crown of Glory
A poem written by Sun Myung Moon when he was about 16
When I doubt people, I feel pain.
When I judge people, it is unbearable.
When I hate people, there is no value to my existence.
Yet if I believe, I am deceived.
If I love, I am betrayed.
Suffering and grieving tonight, my head in my hands
Am I wrong?
Yes, I am wrong.
Even though we are deceived, still believe.
Though we are betrayed, still forgive.
Love completely even those who hate you.
Wipe your tears away and welcome with a smile
Those who know nothing but deceit
And those who betray without regret.
Oh Master! The pain of loving!
Look at my hands.
Place your hand on my chest.
My heart is bursting, such agony!
But when I loved those who acted against me
I brought victory.
If you have done the same thing,
I will give you the crown of glory.
- Written by: UPF-Malta
UPF-Malta leaders will attend a half-day seminar on August 29, 2009, organized by the Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector, which disseminate information to all NGOs on issues related to the voluntary sector.