by Main | May 7, 2014 | 2014, Africa, Interfaith Leadership
Since last year, the Global Peace Foundation has been working in Nigeria to counter the effects of religious extremism through promoting interfaith cooperation for peace and development. In November, a pivotal conference was held in Abuja where Christian and Muslim...
by Main | Feb 4, 2014 | Interfaith Leadership, Video
The first week of February is World Interfaith Harmony Week, established by UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/65/5. In his statement this year, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon wrote, “For billions of people around the world, faith is an essential foundation...
by Main | Nov 11, 2013 | 2013, Africa, Global Peace Leadership Conference
At the close of the Global Peace Leadership Conference Abuja 2013, political leaders, media professionals, community and regional leaders as well as religious and tribal leaders from more than 20 nations signed the Abuja Peace Declaration for Peace and Development in...
by Main | Nov 11, 2013 | 2013, Africa, Global Peace Leadership Conference
The Abuja Declaration was signed at the close of the Global Peace Leadership Conference 2013 held in Abuja, Nigeria by political, media, academic, religious, community, business and civic leaders from over 20 nations. The Declaration formally launched the African...
by Main | Sep 7, 2013 | Americas, Global Peace Foundation, Local Conferences, Service and Volunteerism, Service for Peace
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...