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.
I wrote about Pakistan’s blasphemy laws back in January, after Punjab governor Salman Taseer was killed for advocating their reform; but when Pakistan’s Minister of Minorities Shahbaz...
Members of Salaam Shalom Educational Foundation with other peace activists on December 2, 2010, the Los Angeles Day of Non-Violence. URI CC Salaam Shalom Educational Foundation was recognized by the...
An extraordinary and urgent Meeting of Executive Committee of Pakistan Council for Social Welfare & Human Rights held under the chair of Muhammad Ijaz Noori Chairman. In the meeting great concerns were shown over the murder of Mr. Shahbaz Bhatti Federal Minister for Minority Affairs Govt. of Pakistan and Chairman of Minority Alliance in Pakistan. While addressing the meeting Mr. Ijaz Noori said that murder of federal minister is purely security laps. He attributed the efforts of Shahbaz Bhatti for the promotion of Inter religious dialogues, harmony and human rights.
Father James Channan, URI Regional Coordinator for Pakistan, writes about Wednesday's assasination of Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, an outspoken voice for justice and interfaith peace.
We are living in a dramatic moment of history. Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Yemen, Jordan, Bahrain, Iran: hundreds of thousands of people in the streets demanding freedom; autocrats and royals...
Our advisor Bob Barrett has described how “the ten roles (outlined in this book) might be useful for us to think about as we envision what roles URI might play, and how the Conflict Resolution/Peacebuilding Satellite might describe such functions, for the future.”
On February 7, children of different faiths gathered in Tala Caloocan, Philippines to make flower and candle holders for a peace ritual to end the 40-year civil war in Mindanao province. Inspired by...
Volunteering for Peace CC in Palestine and as part of its Celebration of Global Harmony Week organized a visit to the Cave Dwellers village which its local inhabitants live in Caves.