Global Peace Festival set in Clark

By The Manila Times

THE Global Peace Foundation will host the Global Peace Festival 2022 on December 1 to 3 at Clark Global City in Pampanga with the theme "One Family Under God: A Vision for a World of Freedom and Peace."

The event, which was launched on Wednesday at the Marriott Hotel in Clark, Pampanga, will gather thousands of global peace advocates from all over the world. It will provide them with a platform to exchange best practices and build multisector collaborations to promote long-term peace and development.

The Philippine national motto will be highlighted at the event — Maka-Diyos, Maka-tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa (For God, People, Nature and Country). The phrase expresses a collection of four essential Filipino principles, each of which is linked to the others.

"It is exactly in times of uncertainty that a clear vision is needed to provide solutions to the many vexing problems of our age," Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon, chairman of the Global Peace Foundation, said in his speech.

The three-day event will feature three major programs — the Service Learning Program, Global Peace Leadership Conference and the Global Peace Festival.

The Service-Learning Program focuses primarily on young people and addresses local issues in celebration of International Volunteers' Day through simultaneous service project missions by women and the youth.

The Global Peace Leadership Conference is a high-level strategic event that aims to build networks of key leaders and address critical issues on education, women, corporate social responsibility, religious freedom, peace and security, and the media.

The Global Peace Festival, meanwhile, will be the highlight of the event. It aims to inspire, motivate and activate a global network of people to work together to realize the dream of One Family Under God.

The famous KPop co-ed group K.A.R.D, PPop Girl Group BINI and the Filipino Autotelic will perform live and free of charge during the peace concert.

The main organizer, Global Peace Foundation, is an international nonsectarian, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization established in 2009. It aims to promote an innovative, values-based approach for peace motivated by the idea of One Family Under God.

The Global Peace Festival was first launched in the Philippines in 2007.