by Main | May 25, 2021 | Service and Volunteerism, Universal Principles and Values
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....
by Main | Jan 27, 2019 | Korean Dream
Originally posted on February 5, 2015. Updated on January 27, 2019. The following story is shared by a student from the United States who traveled to South Korea for a leadership exchange program. In it, she discloses an intimate look at the division of Korean...
by Main | Mar 11, 2016 | Universal Principles and Values
The rise of great civilizations requires a foundation of universal principles and shared values that form the foundation of an ethic that holds the people to a shared identity and destiny. A civilizations’ rise is attributed to the people’s resonance to enduring...
by Main | Feb 29, 2016 | Korean Dream, Universal Principles and Values
Tribalism describes the way human societies have operated for nearly the whole of human history. As an organizing principle based on the notion of shared kinship ties, tribalism makes distinctions between those of the tribe and those who are not. The danger of this...
by Main | Dec 15, 2015 | One Family Under God, Peacebuilding
The traditional approach to problem-solving has very often been focused on mitigating the symptoms of a larger problem. We might hear the term “band-aid solutions” to connote a remedy that covers over only the visible signs of a problem. In geopolitics today, we can...
