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.
Religious leaders, Cooperation Circle members and other peacebuilders from throughout Asia and the Pacific came together in India this week for URI’s Traveling Peace Academy.
Members of the Blantyre Cooperation Circle will take to the airwaves as participants in one of Malawi’s most popular radio magazine programs for young people.
Kiran Bali, chair of URI’s Global Council, celebrated the 66th Independence Day of India with an interfaith event at the Sita Rama Hindu Temple in the British city of Huddersfield.
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Culture has agreed to work with the Interfaith Peace-Building Initiative CC to promote peace, intercultural cooperation and interfaith harmony.
"Hariyali" - A tribal movement to save nature, initiated by Ranchi Peace Circle and supported by the Environmental Seed Grants of URI. We started our action to form the network among the members and various tribal community leaders with the help of Birsa Munda Jan Vikash Kendra CC. Specially focusing on very challenging and affected district of Khunti by environmental degradation.
We don’t have a manifesto from Wade Michael Page, so we will never know his exact motives. But terrorism against worshippers is religiously motivated violence nonetheless.
I write on behalf of the United Religions Initiative's global community to offer our profound condolences and solidarity at this time of unimaginable tragedy in your community.