PRESIDENT'S CORNER: JUNE, 2014

Dear Friends,

Just as America is experiencing quite a bit of hot weather in many places, it seems the whole world is going through some kind of "heat" or a fiery furnace of challenges on many levels. Iraq is boiling with sectarian strife. The slaughter continues in Syria. A war between Christians and Muslims threatens in the Central African Republic -- not to mention Nigeria. Ethnic hatred seethes in the Xinjiang and Tibet areas of China.

This is where women, mothers and Women's Federation, with our unique peace-building tool set, could come in like a cooling breeze to quell the heat by providing relief and care, love, healing, encouragement, inspiration, and hope, working and networking with other women from the local to the global level and beyond our own borders. Though this issue of our e-newsletter is a bit late -- and we apologize for that -- it is rich in content, as we witness the loving work of mothers and daughters from California to Chicago to the nation's capital, the UN and also Canada, the Schools of Africa, the Middle East, and Haiti, where our team is currently serving.

Our Co-Founders, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon and her husband, the late Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon, who was an ardent supporter of women, recognize that women and mothers have innate peacemaking qualities rooted in their role as nurturers and educators of the family and in their natural orientation toward faith. Dr. and Rev. Moon's vision is that all such women are called and needed to use their gifts and talents in all sectors of society to bring about peace, a culture of mutual respect, prosperity, and interdependence -- together with our husbands and in harmony with men.

At this time WFWP USA is also supporting a special God's Hope for America Tour in honor of Father Moon's effort to awaken this nation to return to its original, founding spirit. The Tour is retracing the stops Rev. Moon made back in 1965, when he established 55 Prayer Grounds (Holy Grounds), at least one in each state, where he urged people to gather to pray for America and for the world. Please visit GodsHopeForAmerica.com for more information.

We hope this edition of our e-news will inspire and uplift you -- and that it will stimulate you to be a woman, mother, or daughter "on the move" to heal this great nation.

May God bless you and may God bless the United States of America!

Happy 4th of July 2014!
With love, Angelika