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URI AL&C Online Youth Training

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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In memoriam

URI mourns the loss of Pelecinnah Josiah-Pele, Global Council Trustee for the Africa region and member of the Nigerian United Religions CC

A great loss to URI

It is with great shock and sadness that we share the news of Global Council Trustee Pele Pele's passing.

Martin Luther King

North America
Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue

I write as the last light drains from the sky on this day commemorating the life and ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King.  I spent the morning in San Francisco participating in an event organized by the San Francisco Interfaith Council, which is a URI Cooperation Circle. Rita Semel, who many of you know as URI's founding board and Global Council Chair is Executive Vice Chair of SFIC; and Michael Pappas, who is a member of the leadership council for URI North America, is SFIC's executive director.

Five new Cooperation Circles

Dear friends, It is with joy that I announce that we started 2011 by welcoming five new CCs from three different regions and one new country, Bulgaria. We continue to be impressed by the quality of..