The Weekly Shot

Naw-Rúz is the first day of the Bahá'í calendar, which takes place on the vernal equinox each year. Beginning in Iran, Naw-Rúz is now celebrated by those of the Bahá'í faith throughout the world. The beginning of the new year signifies a close to the preceding month of fasting, which is often celebrated with dinner, music, prayer, and dancing.

On March 22nd, 2014, more than 300 attendees, including interfaith community leaders and key local philanthropists, gathered at the URI annual Circles of Light gala.

Musaique grew out of a URI Assembly in 2008 in Jordan, when Arab Jordanian Jamil Sarraj and Jewish Israeli Lee Ziv, along with Amir, an Iranian musician, met and played music together for the first time. 

Participants join hands in a marvelous showcase of diversity at the 2005 North America Interfaith Network (NAIN) gathering in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Blantyre Cooperation Circle gathered 50 young people to help remove waste throughout a neighboring township during a 2012 clean-up event funded by URI environmental seed grants. 

One of the areas in which URI Cooperation Circles work is around issues of women – positioning them as leaders in their communities. 

Representatives of 11 indigenous Cooperation Circles from Latin America and the Caribbean took part in “Honoring the Spirit of Grandfather Fire," a forum on native spirituality.

Cooperation Circle Trail of Dreams, led by Audri Scott Williams, celebrates World Interfaith Harmony Week in 2011 with URI’s representative at the UN, Monica Willard. 

The TRUST WIN CC in Israel celebrated with 60 Israeli and Palestinian women - Christian, Jewish, and Muslim - in the Old City of Jerusalem.