Education Domain

Peace Building

EDR believes that attainable and sustainable peace is built through global citizenship education from individual groups of people of differing generations, beliefs, and backgrounds. Particularly in a context of war and chaos, peace for the future of all is constructed through reconciling these groups to mutually understand one another and agree to pursue a different world than one of the past.

EDR Mission for Bridging Generations Heros of the Forgotten War

Social Mobility / Social Inclusion 50%
Global Leadership / Cultural Competence 50%

Bridging Generations With Heroes of the Forgotten War

Human-Centric History Education of Defense for Democracy and Freedom

The vision of the Bridging Generations program is to reconcile the generational gap in understanding of the Korean War. Through the global citizenship education of young students from South Korea and a event finale at the end of the students’ stay in America, there is a mutual understanding between the veterans, students, teachers, and parents of the students to instill a sense of global fellowship and belonging.

This project fosters the dialogue between different generations (War Veterans, students, teachers and parents in American society), facilitates inter-cultural compatibility, and highlights the older generation’s sacrifice to defend democracy and freedom under the flag of the United Nations during the Korean War. Since the launch of the program in 2014, more than 1,000 community members attended the annual event and the State of Massachusetts has publicly recognized EDR.