Peace Partnership

The Global Peace Festival is a partnership for peace.

Our projects are most effective when we join with others to encourage and celebrate the achievements of individuals and organizations that benefit the community.

The Global Peace Festival brings together all sectors of society as one family under God, and our goal is to connect an increasing number of new partners, who contribute different resources to uplift society.

Each Global Peace Festival across the world has a selected area of focus, and partners are encouraged to develop solutions to local challenges that can be shared throughout the world.

We invite partners to take an active role in the overall advancement of GPF, through the contribution of human, organizational and financial resources.

Be Envolve in the Peace process

Peace Building
Peace, Conflict & Governance

We can all contribute to creating a culture of peace. Building peace requires following through on the principles of good communication: be clear when stating your position; aim to resolve differences by treating others with respect; listen, don’t argue angrily or fight; be open to different viewpoints and alternatives; and finally be optimistic that good will come out of a non-violent approach. Peacebuilding happens at the international level but also at the grassroots level.

At an international level, peace-building refers to both nonviolent conflict resolution and the process of creating and sustaining peace after violent conflict, by providing an alternative to violence and conflict through communication, problem-solving and preventative measures. It is the work... (more)

about the founder

Hyun Jin Moon

(Born April 10, 1969), is the third son of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han. He is married to Jun Sook Kwak (Born December 24, 1967), daughter of Unification Church leader Chung Hwan Kwak, through an arranged marriage on March 31, 1987. They have eight children.

After Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han Moon's oldest son Hyo Jin Moon manifested long-term problems with substance abuse, infidelity, and violence,^[1] and after Heung Jin Moon (the second oldest son) died in 1984,^[2] Hyun Jin Moon - the next oldest living son - became widely expected to become Rev. Moon's next-generation successor.^[3] He has already assumed a number of top leadership positions.

Education

He is a graduate of Columbia University, and holds Masters degrees from Harvard Business School (1998) and the Unification Theological Seminary. Church publications refer to him as "Dr. Hyun Jin Moon"; this honorary title was bestowed on him by Sun Moon University in Korea.

Olympic participant

He participated in the Seoul and Barcelona Olympics as a member of the Korean equestrian team (1988 and 1992).

Leadership positions

He has been the leader of various businesses founded by Rev. Moon. He became the Vice-President of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU) in 1998, and President of World CARP in March 2000. In 2006, he became President of the Youth Federation for World Peace, and that same year he was named President of Unification Church International by its board.

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History

The first two Global Peace Festivals were held in 2007 in the Philippines and in Paraguay. At that time, the GPF Co-Chair^[11], Hyun Jin Moon (the son of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon), announced the launch of a series of Global Peace Festivals worldwide.

The United States is one of 18-countries in 2008 to host a Global Peace Festival and Rally to launch the movement with faith leaders of all denominations, community, civic and political leaders, cultural artists, and youth. Yolanda Adams and David Phelps, along with the Global Peace Interfaith Choir, performed at the festival in Washington, DC^[12]. The festival had about 10,000 people attending.

In 2008 20 festivals were held; in North America, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.^[13] Ida Odinga, the wife of Kenya’s Prime Minister, spoke at the festival in London that year and praised an earlier festival held in her country.^[14]

In the Solomon Islands Christian church leaders urged a boycott of the festival by Christians and compared Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon to the devil and the Antichrist. ^[15][16][17] The festival was defended by Nathaniel Waena, the Governor-General of the Solomon Islands who addressed the opening session of the Global Peace Festival conference, saying peace-building is a community responsibility and a social obligation on the part of all Christians and non-Christians alike. He also said, in reference to the volunteer service component of the festival, the more our youths interact socially and economically, the stronger our nation grows to full maturity.^[18]

A November 2008 festival in Roxas City in the Philippines was criticized by the Roman Catholic Church but supported by local business people.^[19][20][21] Bishop Pedro Maglaya of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, spoke at an International Leadership Conference in the Philippines (conducted as part of the Global Peace Festival), calling on religious leaders to put more emphasis on humility as a way to solve conflicts and public corruption. This was interpreted by the local media as criticism of the Catholic clergy in the Phillipines.^[22]

The GPF theme song, "Where Peace Begins," was written by Trina Belamide of the Phillipines.^[23]

Global Peace Festival

The Global Peace Festival is much more than just a festival.

Founded in 2006, it is quickly spreading around the globe uniting people as one family under God.

This revolutionary way of approaching socially relevant issues in partnership with all sectors of society is quickly transforming traditional approaches to problems.

Programs have already developed in many nations including the Philippines, the United Kingdom, Benin, Germany and France.

GPF promotes and celebrates people and programs that contribute to reconciliation, mutual respect, harmony and cooperation among the members of the whole human family.

In partnership with faith-based organizations, non-governmental organizations, government agencies, educational institutions, and the private sector, GPF encourages programs that strengthen God-centered marriages and families, facilitate intercultural and interreligious cooperation, and foster a culture of peace and service.

Ongoing programs culminate in the Global Peace Festival that consists of three main components: an international leadership conference, a social impact program, and a public celebration.

We are:

• Building a movement involving all sectors of society.
• Strengthening and raising God-centered marriages and families.
• Facilitating intercultural and interreligious cooperation.
• Fostering a global culture of peace and service.
• Advocating and contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
• Celebrating and demonstrating achievements of ongoing efforts for peace and human development.
• Inspiring innovative approaches to peacebuilding.
• Bringing together the human family on every level of society.

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