Latin America and the Caribbean

The United Religions Initiative global network celebrates World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW) around the planet!

What are some of the negative assumptions that are made about young people? And how can your actions change these? What is tokenism and why is it damaging for meaningful inclusivity? What makes intergenerational dialogue work well? Find out all this and more!

January 27th marks the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. Therefore, the Youth Connection Café for this month focused on the importance of this day, why it is important to remember the Holocaust and what the experiences of anti-Semitism look like in our world today.

On January 20, CC Brasilia commemorates the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the day to fight religious intolerance.

On Saturday, January 15, the members of the CC CREE of Chile met in the town of Paine. 

Vilma Palax, first representative of the CC Los Descendientes de Guatemaya, shared the photos of the activity in which the 2021 Solidarity Contribution Project (PAS) was carried out in Guatemala.

Watch this video highlighting the work done by young people in URI around the world during 2021!

URI Latin America and the Caribbean Cooperation Circles celebrated this year's International Day of Peace with the theme: "Recover to Improve and Create a World of Fairness and Sustainability."

Members of the CC Haiti Interfaith Peace Initiative developed a camp between July 15 and September 1, 2021 for 300 children from the community.

Circles of Light 2021 took place on October 5. This annual, unique virtual gala for the benefit of URI brings together our global community to participate and celebrate URI’s network around the world.