2018: Year in Review: Korean Reunification
Korea was on the global centerstage in 2018. Starting with the 2018 Winter Olympics, the world watched as signs of reunification began to emerge out of what could have been a global nuclear stand-off between North Korea and the United States. Instead,...
2018 Year in Review: Education and Entrepreneurship
The Character and Creativity Initiative of the Global Peace Foundation is not just promoting academic excellence, but also cultivating peace and community-building skills for schools in Uganda, Paraguay, Malaysia, and other countries around the world....
2018 Year in Review: Moral and Innovative Leadership
Moral and Innovative Leadership in 2018 Moral and Innovative Leadership has been the deciding factor in addressing the most challenging issues of our time. Based on a common vision and shared values, leaders were able to come together from around the...
Remembering George H.W. Bush: “A Steady, Diplomatic Hand”
The prevailing view was that [German] reunification was a distant dream, and key leaders in Europe did not support a unified Germany. Despite these obstacles, President Bush worked behind the scenes in support of a grassroots movement that led to...
Africa to Korea: Interfaith Cooperation for Social Transformation
"Religious people must work together within their communities to solve common social problems. The issue of the divided Korean peninsula should be viewed in this light. When you reach out and help those who suffer, they will meet God through you. This is...
5 Reasons to Dream Big
We need people who can dream, and who are bold enough to take that dream and make it into something real and profound. We need people of enterprise that can be creative and move issues forward. We need people who can offer new paradigms, new frameworks...
International Forum on One Korea 2018 Keynote Address by Dr. Hyun Jin P. Moon
The following address was delivered by Dr. Hyun Jin P. Moon at the 2018 International Forum on One Korea held at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington DC on December 12, 2018. Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: It’s an honor to address this...
Securing Peace in Local Communities: One Step at a Time
The following story from Global Peace Foundation illustrates the power of community engagement in grassroots projects to create peace on a local and national level. The One Family under God Campaign in Nigeria’s Kaduna State brings together religious...
Quotes from President George H.W. Bush to Inspire You
“Bush was not only a good leader, but a good father and husband, demonstrating the finest qualities of our nation and of humankind." —U.S. Senator Paul Ryan at the Memorial for George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States. George Herbert Walker...
A Path to Economic Stability for North Korean Defectors
Simple but effective grassroots projects are helping bring people together from both North and South Korea. The South Korean Entrepreneurs for the development of North Korean Defector Entrepreneurs is one such group that is providing opportunities for...
One World Family
https://animoto.com/play/ezG1kNJW0vF8yXU18uFb1w Swami Shantatmananda, Secretary of the Ramakrishna Mission in New Delhi, spoke on “Global Ethics and Volunteerism” in Tokyo, Japan on September 29, 2018. There, he shared stories that animated India’s age-old...
Korean Service Wave
At the end of the 20th century in Korea, volunteering was not considered desirable. At the time, the country was just coming out of the Asian financial crisis and, before that, the people were busy. So busy, in fact, that the nation was able to...