UPDATE FROM Professor Liu Cheng, UNESCO Chair of Peace Studies in China, and Board Member of International Cities of Peace:
“The two Representatives from International Cities of Peace participated in the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of those held by the Japanese in the Weifang internment camp during WWII. What is particularly meaningful is that, together with two colleagues from the International Cities of Peace association (Ayo Ayoola Amale, from Lagos, Nigeria and Darlene Doiron, from Moncton Canada, both Cities of Peace), I participated in peace-related activities organized by Weifang International Peace City, and we planted a peace tree together… one must always hold onto hope. The tree of peace will flourish forever.”
Weifang in Shandong Province, China, now has a Peace Studies Institute, inspired by becoming an International City of Peace in 2020. Thank you Ayo and Darlene!
