URI Stories of Impact

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.

Bill Swing

Reflections on the Elections and Nuclear Weapons

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."

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URI AL&C Online Youth Training

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.

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URI Statement on Escalating Violence in the Israel-Hamas War

URI remains alarmed by the escalation of violence between Israel and Hamas & expresses grave concern for the civilians on the ground.

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URI - Africa to Establish Working Partnership with ECOWAS

As a bridge-building interfaith organization, URI-Africa also express its interest to establish a close working partnership between the grassroots organizations of URI Cooperation Circles and ECOWAS.

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A Testimony of URI's Powers of Reconciliation

In Sri Lanka, we heard a great testimony about the role of URI in creating peace.

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Interfaith News Roundup

Oct 15, 2016. On September 21 the world celebrated the UN International Day of Peace at hundreds of sites circling the globe.

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URI Cooperation Circles Come Together for Peace

The URI MENA Office, in cooperation with Naya CC, Mercy CC, and Quested Peace CC, organized a recitation of holy texts and prayers session for the International Day of Peace.

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Living Waters: Run-off, Rivers and Reefs

The Faith Ecology Network held an event to develop a better understanding of the connection between our inland and coastal waterways and our human agency in the health of these, now and for the future.

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The Weekly Shot: Standing with Standing Rock

Many URI Cooperation Circles are standing with their brothers and sisters at Standing Rock.

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Love Care Foundation Encourages Youth Peacebuilding

The URI network in action!

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Bearing Witness to and Responsibility for the Earth

Recently during a moment of meditation I returned to a place where I grew up: the meek woods of New England. I’m clothed in a dark night sky polluted only by the glow of the stars, where the...

URI-Africa Celebrates Peace

The URI network in action!

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Religions and Peace Meeting

Every year, the CC URI Goiás holds the “Religions and Peace” meeting to celebrate the International Day of Peace.