Community Building

Fostering strong, healthy communities is at the core of URI’s work.
Youth for Peace CC's summer school in Bosnia and Herzegovina

URI encourages people to help each other by reaching across religious, ethnic, and cultural lines, creating a culture of respect and safety that fosters peace even during difficult times.

Examples of our work in this Action Area:

  • In Pakistan, the URI MCC Islamabad office works for inter-religious peace by addressing local Muslims' and Christians' joint need for necessities like roads, sewage systems, gas and water
  • In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Youth for Peace CC's summer school brought together young people from different backgrounds to serve their community through volunteering efforts like helping disadvantaged families, painting houses, and repairing old cemeteries
  • After a Helsinki mosque was vandalized, URI members from the URI Multiregion formed an interfaith group to clean it, sending a strong message that they would not allow their community to be divided
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Prayer, Nature, and Joy

Community Building

This week we receive a prayer “with the earth” by John Philip Newell and a perspective on the place of joy in renewing a relationship with nature by Michael McCarthy.

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Spiritual Reflection for the Day of Indigenous Peoples

Latin America and the Caribbean
Community Building
Environment
Indigenous Peoples
Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue

Last Monday, April 19, the members of the Indigenous Peoples CCs of Argentina and the Cosmic Community participated in a spiritual reflection meeting for Indigenous Peoples Day. This activity took place at 4 pm, Argentine time in the Plaza de Mayo, in front of the Government House.Last Monday, April 19, the members of the Indigenous Peoples CCs of Argentina and the Cosmic Community participated in a spiritual reflection meeting for Indigenous Peoples Day. This activity took place at 4 pm, Argentine time in the Plaza de Mayo, in front of the Government House.