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.

URI Story Spotlight

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.

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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Tools for Building Peace Among Religions

Our latest live chat for young leaders featured guest speaker, Vanessa Gomez Brake, from Pace e Bene, an organization dedicated to transforming lives and the world througn nonviolence education, resources and action. Read on to learn more about resources for peacebuilding and nonviolence that were shared, and for ways to engage in peacebuilding work that were discussed by leaders from URI's global youth network.

Swapping Cultures

Day 21: Should “Dr. Who” be a heart or a diamond? British and Saudi youth designed a set of playing cards to share each others' cultures.

Highlights from the URI Youth Training

Dear All, The young people from the steering committee will be giving you a comprehensive report on the event of the youth training here.  However, I wanted to shared with you a few things from..