Stories from around the globe show how a united world is already in motion. This platform highlights experiences, initiatives, and projects from people and communities working for unity and peace. Explore what’s happening and get inspired.
<p><em>Some young peolple tell us about a special dinner campaign in Philippines. How sponsorize one (or more) family’s Noche Buena</em></p> <p><strong>“Christmas is a special season for the Filipinos,</strong> with celebrations lasting for several months. One of the traditions looked forward to is the Christmas dinner feast, called the Noche Buena. Unfortunately, not all families can afford this kind of luxury due to the widespread poverty in the country.
<p><em>50 years after his famous speech, some selected passages of Martin Luther King for "The Protagonists of the fraternity"</em></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>250 thousand people attended the 28 of August 1963</strong> for the "March for work and freedom" at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. There, Martin Luther King pronounced his famous speech "I Have a Dream" which still preserves its universal message of freedom and fraternity. <br />For "Protagosnists of fraternity" we selected some passages of this historical speech.
<p><em>At the conclusion of a workshop/meeting, 650 educators from around the world commit to an ‘educational pact.’ Their mission of teaching pathways to peace continues in hundreds of initiatives and projects already underway. During the live streaming: a new presentation for the United World Project</em></p> <p><strong>Education, the privileged pathway for seeking peace.</strong> This was the idea that brought together: families, schools, group animators, educational researchers and also some young and even very young people from many cultural backgrounds who are working daily to face the educational challenges of our times. They met at Castelgandolfo, Italy (September 6, 2013 – September 8, 2013) for a workshop entitled <a href="http://www.new-humanity.org/it/learning-fraternity.html" target="_blank">Learning Fraternity</a>.</p>
<p><em>How would you translate in practical terms: ‘do unto others as you would have them do unto you’?This is what the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Y4UW.JO?fref=ts" target="_blank">Youth for a United World (Y4UW) - Jordan</a> share on their Facebook page.</em></p> <p>Over 60 thousand persons have signed <a href="http://unitedworldproject.org/en/signatures/sign-up-online.html" target="_blank">their committed to live the Golden Rule</a> and endorse the United World Project: young people, adults and even personalities. There are, in fact, so many ways to put it into practice in our everyday situations or challenges as it entails going “beyond” our way of life and acquire a new lifestyle in which one puts the other person at the centre of attention.
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px;"><em>The 20th of August - humans consume more than planet can produce for the year</em></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px;">There are only so many natural resources the earth can supply and today we’ve gone over our annual limit. <strong>Earth Overshoot Day</strong> is the point in the year when humans have used as much nature, such as land, trees and fish, as the planet’s ecosystems can regenerate.</p>
<p><em>“A modern society needs fraternity in order to govern complex social relationships.” For “The protagonists of the fraternity,” ten years after his death we wish to introduce Sergio Vieira de Mello, UN official, promoter of peace in places of conflict alongside refugees and protector of human rights</em></p> <p><strong>16:40, 19th August 2003</strong>. A violent explosion blasts Canal Hotel, which was being used as UN headquarters in Baghdad. It was a serious attack that killed 22 people. Among these people, there was the Brazilian Sergio Vieira de Mello, Special Envoy to the United Nations. Three days of official mourning was later decreed by the then Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in remembrance of the UN Human Rights High Commissioner. In 2008 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 19th August as the World Humanitarian Day. It is a way to raise awareness on humanitarian issues because nowadays, we live conflicts on a globalized level. In Bologna (Italy), a square that leads to ‘Porta Europa’ is named in his honour.</p>
<p><em>A small group of youth makes a big impact on the Texas border — and keep going even in difficult times</em></p> <p><strong>“I come from a small city near El Paso, Texas</strong>, where there is not much recreational fun. It offered me, though, something more valuable. A huge activity our youth group got into was the broadcast from a local radio station called Chicos Por la Unidad (Young for Unity), 1110 AM Radio Guadalupana. Even though El Paso has been named the safest city in America for the last three years, because of its location on the border people are continually exposed to violence, injustice and poverty. We wanted to find some way to give the values of peace, brotherhood and love to the young people of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, our “sister city” right across the border and one of the most dangerous towns in Mexico. It took three months to get the approval, but in the end we created an hour-long program called “Teens for Unity — where only love can change the world.”</p>
Dialogue & Interculture
United World Week
Every year, from May 1st to 7th, the United World Project support, together with the Focolare Movement and Youth for a United World (Y4UW), the United World Week, a global action where many people promote events and initiatives worldwide to foster dialogue, unity, and peace.
Dialogue & Interculture
Dialogue & Interculture
Dialogue & Interculture
United World Week
Here’s the key: knowing that we do not know. No one possesses the absolute Truth, and by engaging in dialogue with everyone we can grasp aspects or fragments of truth that help us reassemble a shattered vase that we can restore only if we are “together”.
Economy & Work
Anna Granata, professor at the University of Milano-Bicocca, reminds us that teaching peace is not an abstract utopia. It is something that happens every day in Italian classrooms among children with diverse stories, languages, and backgrounds.
Art & Social Commitment
Celebrated Marvel and DC artist Gabriele Dell’Otto invites us to consider the people who are working to build peace as the real superheroes of our world. A profound discussion on responsibility, citizenship, and the challenge of doing the extraordinary in our everyday lives.
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