The Weekly Shot

AYEPO, a URI member group, hosted a student art competition to help heal the wounds of living with violence and to promote peace among students of different backgrounds in Afghanistan.

The Israeli and Palestinian Women's Peace Quilt was created in Jerusalem by 72 Israeli and Palestinian women designing and creating a symbol of their interfaith sisterhood in the midst of violent conflict.

Pictured: An Eid al-Adha celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo by 世書 名付 via Wikicommons.

In this photo, three URI peacebuilders convene.

On June 25, during an international URI gathering in the San Francisco Bay Area (CA, USA), members of URI North America member groups (called Cooperation Circles) gathered at the Mercy Center in Burlingame.

Lejla Hasandedic-Dapo visited Moscow, where she met with the interfaith leaders and members of several URI member groups.

At the Accelerate Peace conference on June 27, interfaith leaders from around the world met on the Stanford University Campus (California, USA) to deliver a stirring call to action.

Although the gala is sold out, you are invited to join us virtually for the livestreaming events on URI’s Facebook page June 26 and June 27.

The “Volunteers as Agents for Peace” training, which took place in Vienna, Austria, brought together 50 participants from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East & North Africa.

Sabina Rifat, a longtime URI member in Pakistan, shares a story from attending and speaking at a program for women in rural Mangla.