Fourth Esquipulas Regional Forum Calls for Integration and Cooperation in Central America Based on Universal Principles
On September 11, the 4th Esquipulas Regional Forum was hosted in Guatemala City. The forum entitled, “The Central American Dream: A Reality in Construction” was an in-depth discussion of challenges facing Central America. The Esquipulas Foundation together with the...
International Day of Peace 2013 Calls for Investment in Education Not War
September 21 is International Day of Peace. Citizens of the world are encouraged to observe a moment of silence at noon to pray for peace. The International Day of Peace was established as a day of cease-fire and non-violence in 2001 with a unanimous vote at the...
Global Peace Foundation-Uganda Country Director Says Character and Creativity Initiative Will Cultivate Africa’s Most Precious Asset: Its Youth
The Character and Creativity Initiative (CCI) has expanded to Uganda and Nigeria. CCI was first adopted in Kenya at the close of the Global Peace Convention (GPC) 2010 in Nairobi. During the Convention, then President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. Mwai Kibaki charged...
Lasting Peace is Built on Spiritual Principles
Dr. Moon has emphasized that the framework for lasting peace is rooted in universal aspirations and spiritual principles and values. However, conflict resolution has often been viewed as a political or diplomatic process. Such approaches are confining, rooted in...
City-Wide Clean-up Day May Mean A New Generation of African Leaders
There’s a new Saturday trend in Nairobi. On June 29th, the Nairobi City Government announced that ever last Saturday of the month is a city-wide Clean-up Day. Residents are encouraged to clean their neighborhoods together. This is the most recent effort to improve the...
Dr. Moon Calls for Interreligious Cooperation Based on Shared Principles and Values
Interreligious cooperation is one of the three pillars of the Global Peace Foundation’s work. Dr. Moon has emphasized that real inter-religious cooperation is based on common principles and values. Religious leaders hold the key to resolving the root problems of...
Awakening the National Destiny of Service
Even as the dust was still settling from the twin towers in Manhattan and the Pentagon in Arlington, Dr. Moon went on a 12 city campus tour to urge American young leaders to respond to the incidents of 9/11 not with violence, but with service, with love in action. “I...
GPF-Korea Calls for Student Engagement in Korean Reunification
North and South Korean reunification has been fraught on both sides with political divisions, ideological differences, and diplomatic and academic jargon. The issue has been left to higher level negotiations and scholarly debate. However, a recent movement has...
Latin American Presidential Mission Working Together to Strengthen the American Hemisphere
Since its inception in 2012, the members of the Latin American Presidential Mission have pledged their experience, leadership and action in service to the development, stability and growth of the American Hemisphere. Recently the Latin American Presidential Mission...
Forum asks: Are we realizing the beloved community?
The forum on Global Leadership held on Capitol Hill in lieu of the 5oth Anniversary of Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech concluded that to be realizing the dream, true leadership that builds inter-cultural, inter-religious relationships based on common principles and...
President of Global Peace Foundation Tells Young Leaders at the United Nations, “Leadership in the 21st Century must begin as moral leadership.”
In his address at the International Young Leaders Assembly at the United Nations, hosted by the Permanent Mission of Paraguay, Global Peace Foundation President, Mr. Jim Flynn told the young leaders, “Leadership in the 21st Century must begin as moral leadership.”...
50 Years Still Realizing the Dream
On August 28, 2013, the nation and world will gather around the Washington Monument’s reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate a momentous day in history. 50 years ago, a young, relatively unknown, southern Baptist preacher from Atlanta, Georgia...