Sari Heidenreich

Love is stronger than hate — that was the message hundreds of people gathered to proclaim in a Phoenix, Ariz. mosque last week. The event was co-sponsored by The Arizona Interfaith Movement (AZIFM), a United Religions Initiative Cooperation Circle.

URI North America hosted a webinar to empower faith, interfaith and community leaders to take action against human trafficking -- the second largest illegal industry in the world. Our panelists shared educational material, program ideas, best practices and more. 

On May 27, URI North America will host "Vaccinating Our Communities Against Human Trafficking" a webinar to discuss interfaith approaches to human trafficking education. RSVP today!

Cooperation Circles and Affiliates across North America are celebrating Earth Day the week of April 20th.  Read more to learn about what they're doing and to access useful resources for celebrations in your community! 

Yezidis are facing genocide in Northern Iraq and four San Francisco Bay Area  Cooperation Circles are launching a campaign to raise awareness. And they're asking Cooperation Circles around the world to get on board too.

You don't often hear an event planner say they're thankful it rained the day of their outdoor event.  But the organizers at the Rothko Chapel Cooperation Circle were when people walked a labyrinth shaped from bent, broken and mended ceramic bones to commemorate International Women's Day. 

Since starting an interfaith Cooperation Circle, Lori Whittemore has met a rich array of people from groups she had no idea were even a part of her community.

The "Let's Eliminate Nuclear Weapons" webinar, hosted by URI North America on March 25, was a monumental moment for United Religions Initiative as we seek to more deeply engage the issue of nuclear abolition.

There are special moments in life when things just click, when something you thought you knew takes on new life. That happened for me yesterday with compassion.