Approach to Peacebuilding
Advancing a Movement for Peace based on the
Vision of One Family under God
A peace-building vision rooted in universal principles and values is an essential foundation for peace. Such a framework for peace can advance new avenues for track-two diplomacy that fully engages the value-generating institutions of civil society.
2017 Year in Review: Advancing the Korean Dream
“Now is the time for far-reaching vision and bold action. Korea’s historical quest for one free, independent sovereign nation is within reach. As a nation established on the ideal of benefitting all of humanity, Korea can stand as an example to the world.” -Dr. Hyun...
2017 Year in Review: Moral and Innovative Leadership: New Models for Peace and Development
“Moral and innovative leadership can tap the wellspring of innate human creativity because as self-governing, responsible and ethical citizens, such leaders are best prepared to address even the most intractable social problems… A moral leader is guided by a common...
A Third Way to Resolve the North Korean Nuclear Threat
“When have [Koreans] ever backs away from a challenge?... Koreans have always met their vision, no matter how hard the task.” Hon. Donald Manzullo The Korean peninsula has been in the news and on the minds of the world recently for the growing threat of nuclear...
Thanksgiving in Times of Crisis: A President’s Resolve for Unification
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his...
Origins of the United States Veterans’ Day
On November 11th every year, the United States honors the men and women who are serving and have served in its armed forces on Veterans Day. The day was originally Armistice Day, created at the end of World War I by President Woodrow Wilson, to commemorate the end of...
Faith Communities in Renewing the Social Fabric
Introduction A recent report for the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Senate, The Social Capital Project, documents and details an unraveling of the American “social fabric.” This loss of “social capital” is, put simply, the loss of a basic trust among neighbors,...
Uniting Under a Global Vision: Celebrating United Nations Day
The American dream led the United States to prosper and inspire other nations throughout its short history. After the end of the Second World War, this dream was the inspiration behind the US effort to create the United Nations. –Dr. Hyun Jin Preston...
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 17 marks the United Nation's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The world demands moral and innovative leaders with a capacity for economic principles that benefit the greater society. In his 2017 keynote address at the Global Peace Economic...
Interfaith Assembly in Indonesia Unites Youth Beyond Barriers of Religion
“I, as one of many young people in the world, see the hope for world peace under this vision of One Family under God. It is so empowering. I’ve had firsthand experiences that every single person wants a world full of love because in the end, differences between people...