New York – Homeland News – From-HWPL
On August 13th, over 150 people gathered at the CUNY School of Law for the
pre-commemoration event for the 9th Anniversary of the September 18th
HWPL World Peace Summit. Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of
Light (HWPL) is an international peace NGO afliated with the United Nations
Economic and Social Council and the Department of Global Communications.
The organization is working actively around the world to promote peace and
cessation of war.
For the rst time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, HWPL’s annual
commemoration ceremony will take place near its headquarters in South Korea.
Delegates from the United Nations, religious leaders and other peace
ambassadors are expected to attend the World Peace Summit, where various
sessions are scheduled to take place September 18th – 20th under the theme of
the Implementation of Multidimensional Strategies for Institutional Peace.
The pre-commemoration event highlighted the New York HWPL Branch’s
efforts and progress made within the past year, including the debut of the
Religious Peace Academy with the input of all 12 branches of HWPL
worldwide and the hosting of a total of 33 interfaith dialogues with leaders
from seven different religions. Interfaith harmony, in addition to peace
education and working toward an end to all war and conict, are among the
key initiatives of HWPL. Other works and projects were highlighted during the
event, which featured speeches from journalists on the role of media in
achieving sustainable peace and a special dance performance conveying the way
in which music and dance can transcend language and culture.