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.
Supporting one another is key to URI CCs' pursuit of interfaith, intercultural solutions to needs in the community. Step backstage to see what goes on at a Zonal Conference!
For many, peacebuilding and interfaith work takes on very practical forms: food, water, health. One of the newest CCs to the URI community shares their experience as they get started.
Today, Barack Obama stands in Hiroshima, Japan, honoring the residents of the city and all who were affected by the tragic nuclear bombing of WWII. He is the first sitting United States president to visit the city.
Central to URI's work is the idea of individual CCs identifying and working on community-specific issues. Every year, Kashi Ashram supports the US Postal Service's Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, now in its 24th year.
United Religions Initiative (URI)-Africa presented its Africa Peace Award to H.E. Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, the first female president of the Republic of Mauritius and the third on the African continent.