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.
Each year, URI Cooperation Circles and friends across the globe join in solidarity to commemorate the International Day of Peace. Following is a list of planned events for IDP 2010.
On the 4th of September, Peace and Development Foundation (PDF) distributed food packages among survivors of the recent floods in the Khoshab area of the District of Sargodha, Pakistan. Food and other...
Dear Friends & Respected Members, It is our pleasure to announce that 21st September is declared as the"International Day of Peace" (IDP) observed by the United Nations all over the world. This...
Day 8: When Ambassador Mussie Hailu, URI Regional Director for Africa, started doing interfaith work in his home country of Ethiopia, there were no interfaith organizations in the country. Through his Interfaith Peacebuilding Initiative Cooperation Circle, he set out to change that.
Dear friends in the URI, I am very pleased to announce that I am co-organizing EarthDance Manila happening this Sept 18-19. Earthdance is an annual Global Festival for Peace and Unity celebrated in...
Day 7: Francisco Morales Ventosa found his indigenous identity at 18; at 28, he found it again. After years of rejecting religion as the mark of colonization, he gained a newfound respect for faith of all kinds at a URI youth assembly in Mayapur, India.
Day 6: In Badalona, a large suburb of Barcelona, the Associació UNESCO per al Diàleg Interreligiós Cooperation Circle (UNESCO Center of Catalonia) defused a simmering conflict between two groups of Gypsies.
Day 5: In Kauswagan, a village in the Philippine province of Lanao del Norte, Muslim worshippers leaving evening prayers on the final day of Ramadan were met by what in most places would be considered an unusual crowd: Christian villagers bearing flowers.
Dear friends, CC Approval Committee met on September 8th, reviewed applications and accepted five groups as members of URI.These new CCs belong to Africa and South East Asia and the Pacific URI...