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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Posting #1 from the UK

Greetings of love and peace from the Alhambra Hotel next to the King’s Crossing / St. Pancras Station in London, where I can hear the Piccadilly Line rumbling by in the depths below my second...

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Harmony week celebration: Dialogue with youth on “Culture of Peace”

A meeting with youth on the concept of “Culture of Peace" was held by BETHAK-Pakistan in collaboration with Christian Study Centre, Rawalpindi under the chair of Mr. Francis Jacob, Director.

If A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words ...

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Interfaith Photo Contest

"I Spy With My Little Eye" is an initiative of the Think Peace Media and Communications and NaYA Cooperation Circles of United Religions Initiative.

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World Interfaith Harmony Week breakfast at the UN

URI's UN representatives helped organize an interfaith breakfast for NGOs at the UN.

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Harmony: West meets East concert in West Bengal

Paul Livingstone from California played Indian Sitar with a local Santoor player here in Asansol West Bengal through the celebration of Interfaith Harmony Week.

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Reflections on Multiregion Leadership Team Meeting

It is Friday February 4 in the afternoon here in the village of Tepoztlan  in the state of  Morelos in  Mexico.

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URI Great Lakes working for peaceful elections in Uganda

As Ugandans prepare to go the polls on the 18th of February to elect a new government, URI-Great Lakes is stepping up a national campaign for non-violent elections. In the past years, election-related...

URI youth program announces 2011 ambassadors

Fifteen young leaders from around the world have been selected to participate in the year-long Youth Ambassadors program.

Call to Conscience: A Ban on Nuclear Weapons

Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons CC, a group of scientists, clergy, diplomats and grassroots activists, appeals for a moral stand against the nuclear threat.