The American Legacy of Service to the World
The following are a compilation of excerpts from speeches from 2008 and 2012: I believe that America’s true strength lies in its moral authority as a nation rooted in spiritual principles and values, which has championed human rights and freedoms at home and abroad....
World Press Freedom Day 2021: On the Importance of Media
Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon has long spoken on the importance of the media in global affairs. His father, Rev. Sun Myung Moon, also worked to hold media conferences around the world for decades before many understood the influence that the media has over both global...
Action for Korea United (AKU): 2012-2021
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. Action for Korea United: 2012-2021 The impact of our work through Action for Korea United (AKU) and the One Korea Global Campaign has begun to gain traction, not only on...
Celebrating the International Day of Conscience
The 73rd UN General Assembly unanimously adopted resolution A/RES/73/329 declaring April 5th the International Day of Conscience. The resolution, sponsored by the Kingdom of Bahrain, called on members states of the United Nations to build a “Culture of Peace with Love...
Free and Unified Korea Framework: Options for the New U.S. Administration and the U.S.-ROK Alliance
“The time is ripe for fresh strategic thinking. A unified Korea, aligned with fundamental freedoms and human rights, should become the clearly stated and actively pursued policy of the U.S., South Korea, their allies and the U.N.” - Dr. Hyun Jin P. Moon (Read the full...
Special Remarks Speech at the International Forum on One Korea 2021
International Forum on One KoreaFree and Unified Korea: Options for the New U.S. Administration February 24, 2021 Special Remarks by Dr. Hyun Jin Preston MoonFounder & Chairman, Global Peace Foundation Thank you, Richard. And to my good friend Dr. Edwin Feulner,...
Re-envisioning a New Era for Education
In 2020, the global COVID-19 pandemic fast tracked “transformations” in education, something that Global Peace Foundation has been working on for nearly a decade. As nations shut down schools, the Global Peace Foundation responded swiftly, moving online to address...
Education for Life
In nature, a butterfly struggles to emerge from a cocoon. It is difficult and painful. Yet, were the butterfly cut out of its cocoon, without the vigorous physical exercise required to get out of the cocoon, the butterfly’s wings remain weak, brittle and it is...
International Forum on One Korea Explores the Challenges and Opportunities Amid the Dynamic U.S.-China Relations
“The global pandemic is disrupting not only the social and working lives of individuals and communities but also relationships between nations. Governments are stretched to meet their domestic challenges. Vulnerabilities in the global economy and supply chain have...
All Men Created Equal
It is said that the battleground was still dark with the blood of the 15,000 – soldiers from both sides - on that crisp autumn day in November 1863, when Lincoln delivered a speech to consecrate the dead. In his short speech, he emphasized the phrase that changed the...
Making the World an Inter-tribal House: A Native American Perspective
Two groups, Native and Non-native, are part of a unique project to build cohesion and a model of peaceful reconciliation in Montana, an American state that is home to seven Native American nations. The Cross-Community Reconciliation pilot program initiated by Global...
A Declaration of Thanksgiving
It was the fall of 1789. Washington was serving in his first year as the President of the newly formed United States of America. The wounds of the Revolutionary war were still fresh and many were reeling from the failures of the Articles of Confederation. Even so, the...