Good Leaders Know Emotional Control
Why does a leader need to have control over his or her emotions? Leadership is about serving others and a greater purpose beyond your own desires or ego. Control over one’s emotions is essential to seeing from a perspective beyond your own and responding...
Nigerian Interfaith Leaders Share Lessons on Community Peacebuilding at East African Peace Conference
In its earliest stages, the One Family Under God Campaign in Nigeria started out as somewhat of a puzzle. The campaign initially started out of an initiative following the 2013 Global Peace Leadership Conference (GPLC) in Abuja. “We had the pieces, that...
Global Peace Foundation Malaysia and Building One Family Under God
Realizing the vision of one family under God may seem like a lofty goal, but it begins in each of us, with a change of heart. One young woman experienced this change and saw the vision make a very real impact on her life in her home country of Malaysia....
Empowering Women Leadership in Tanzania from the Home to Community
“Peace begins in the home because it is where we learn to trust, respect, and work together with members of our human family. The warm and nurturing family environment that women create is the model for the peaceful world of One Family under God.” - Dr....
A Lesson from Nelson Mandela’s Contribution to Peace
"Our human compassion binds us one to the other as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future." - Nelson Mandela The 2018 Nelson Mandela International Day on July 18 marks the 100th year anniversary of Nelson...
Innovation is a Feature of Will and Heart
“Every culture has examples of extraordinary men and women who propelled humanity forward in the fields of philosophy, ethics, the sciences, athletics and the cultural arts. They have challenged existing paradigms by exercising their God-given talents.”...
Children of the Divided Homeland
As North and South Korea have tentatively renewed relations, discussions on family reunions have resurfaced. It was announced on June 22 that the two Koreas agreed to an initial reunion at the Diamond Mountain Resort in North Korea on August 20-26. North...
The Mongol-Korea Connection and Its Role in Securing Northeast Asian Peace
At first glance, the Mongol-Korea connection is not immediately obvious. But, the two nations have had relations that can be traced back through millennia and, with this, it carries a promise for the future of Northeast Asia. Their ancient histories...
What Makes America Great? Celebrating July 4th
"I firmly believe that God has blessed America not for itself, but for the sake of the world. America is to be a place where people of all races and backgrounds can discover the deeper basis of human value, that 'under God' all have been endowed equally with the same...
What Do We Really Want From Korea?
Find out more about the Korean Dream and Korean reunification.
“It is Only Through Challenge that We Grow.”
The following story is about a high school graduate from Washington state in the U.S. who attended Family Peace Association’s youth program called Junior Leadership Task Force. His experience demonstrates how universal values cultivated in the family take...
4 Good Reasons to Volunteer
Taking time to volunteer is not just beneficial for the people being served. Research and interviewing volunteers themselves proves that there is a myriad of benefits to prioritizing charitable service consistently in one’s daily life. Volunteering is not...