Our community is working tirelessly to bring peace and justice in all areas of the world regardless of religion. Read stories straight from the organizers.
Last Sunday, Bishop William Swing, Founding Trustee and President Emeritus, delivered a sermon at Grace Cathedral, in San Francisco.
In his words: "Next week, we will elect a president of the United States. Among the myriad responsibilities that go with the office, none is of greater magnitude than the use of nuclear weapons."
Between August and September 2021, the URI AL&C Online Youth Training organized by the URI Global Program for the participation of youth was developed with the intervention of 15 young people from the CCs: Aflaiai, Constructores de Puentes, Teusaquillo, Mukua, Quinaroes , COEMATI, The Descendants of Guatemaya, Samay, ACRE from the countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama and Venezuela.
URI AL&C is made up of 64 Cooperation Circles in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Paraguay, Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The work includes cultural, social and religious diversity and the great teachings of indigenous worldviews.
Arizona Faith Network Cooperation Center has launched an initiative to help establish faith-based hydration, cooling, and heat relief centers during the summer.
URI is working together with over 600 Cooperation Circles worldwide focusing on interfaith and intercultural dialogue. On the occasion of World Interfaith Harmony Week, Quinaroa Cooperation Circle in Venezuela organized an interfaith La Virgen de La Paz.
April 5 is Golden Rule Day - and as we are celebrating the Golden Rule Day, I pray for peace, harmony, social justice, mutual respect, human dignity, unconditional love, compassion, understanding, healing, and forgiveness to prevail throughout the world.
Miss Wejda is a self-taught artist using local resources, such as wood trunks and coffee powder in addition to other common tools to portray the old Beduin culture. she also uses art to call attention to changes that need to happen in her culture, specifically addressing the different kinds of violence.