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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Rev. Charles P. Gibbs Announces Plans to Retire as Director of URI

After leading the world’s largest grassroots interfaith organization for nearly two decades, the Rev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs has announced his decision to retire in June of 2013.

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Confronting Religious Prejudice in Europe

URI Associate Executive Director Debra Bernstein offered these thoughts during a recent journey to Europe to meet with URI members, civic and religious leaders in an effort to start some local programming on addressing religious prejudice

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Workshop Celebrates Faith, Diversity in Copenhagen

Members of URI’s Scandinavian Cooperation Circles took part in “Faiths United in Scandinavia,” a training workshop in the Danish capital of Copenhagen

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Euro-Asia CC Coopearation with Faiths Without Borders in Finland

We are glad to share with all the URI World Community our great experience of cooperation in the name of Peace and Friendship between two URI Cooperation Circles.

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Scholar Takes Interfaith Road Trip Through Arctic Circle

Activist, journalist and Hindi scholar Acharya S.P. Dwivedi of the Global Clergy Association of Canada CC ventured above the Arctic circle to take part in a series of interfaith conferences.

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The Road from Rio+20 to the International Day of Peace

In June 2012, Brazil welcomed members of the world community for both the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and the Peoples Summit at Kari-Oka.

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Young Leaders Program Selects Four New Youth Ambassadors

Kathryn Hale and Fathima Begum of the United Kingdom and Vedrana Damjanovic and Lejla Hasandedic of Bosnia have become URI’s newest Youth Ambassadors.

URI Announces Theory of Change

In the spirit of organizational learning and adaptation and to help guide and assess the success of URI’s growth in the future, we have developed URI’s Theory of Change (TOC).

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URI Germany Hosts Conference in Grügelborn

Members of URI Germany introduced URI, its principles and mission to participants at a recent conference in Grügelborn, Saarland.

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Shrine Visit Demonstrates Commitment to Peace

Members of the Roots CC visited the home of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the “Father of Pakistan,” as part of an interfaith journey that demonstrated a commitment to peace.