Transformation through Mentorship: Empowering Women and Families
Daughters are more likely to care for their elderly parents and siblings. Numerous studies have found that, because of their warm emotional support and frequent communication, sisters develop really harmonious relationships with their siblings. -Dr. Junsook...
Celebrating U.S.A. Independence Day
"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 essential rights. America is meant to be a living demonstration that all people of the...
3 Ways IYLA Makes Better Leaders
We are all striving to leave our mark on the world. Young people have the passion, energy and vision to make a widespread positive impact. However, it is not enough to hold a title or position in society. Today’s world requires leaders with both moral and innovative...
Building Comprehensive Strategies: The Family as the Key to Peace
The dire warnings about the state of society and all its problems usually start from the level of individuals or society in general. Naturally, the solutions to these problems also tend to focus on individuals or society. Yet this fails to acknowledge the critical...
March 1, 1919 Korean Declaration of Independence Illuminates a Dream for a United and Flourishing Korean People
In a time of rising tensions on the Korean peninsula that is feeding the threat of nuclear conflict, the Korean Declaration of Independence may serve as a point of unity and way forward. The dream elucidated in the declaration issued on March 1, 1919 gave exigency and...
Collaboration Brings a Community to Life
In a single neighborhood, children laugh as they sit side-by-side in drawing class; teens test their mental and physical strength through taekwondo; and students are hard at work studying a foreign language. Their mothers are sure to be talking about how quickly they...
U.S. House of Representatives Remembers “We are one family”
It was a rare moment of bi-partisan unity in the U.S. House of Representatives when Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called on their colleagues to remember that “we are one family". The remarks honored the service of law enforcement in...
Reuniting the Korean Family through a United Vision to Serve the World
The chorus of the “One Dream, One Korea” song written during the launch of the One Korea Campaign in 2015 sings “we want to be a family again.” This theme is not a new one and has always been a part of the push for Korean reunification throughout the last 70 years of...
3 Reasons to Eat Dinner as a Family
There are many reasons quality family time around the dinner table is a good idea. As social beings, the opportunity to bond with our parents, children, brothers or sisters and other family members has been scientifically proven to lead to greater happiness, higher...
The Transforming Power of the Wilderness
For centuries, poets, authors, religious leaders, scientists and great minds from around the world have acknowledged the irreplaceable lessons on...
4 Lessons on Leadership from Mother Nature
Nature is one of humankind’s greatest classrooms. In nature, we are tested physically and mentally. We learn who we really are as leaders and spiritual beings, and how we are connected and responsible for each other as part of one human family. We face our true selves...
Modeling One Family under God through Youth Mentorship
“Moral leadership requires a vision of peace and justice for the entire human family. This vision goes beyond our national borders to see the benefits of global peace and justice for ourselves and all people. It is directed by respect for ethical beliefs and values...