The URI Resource Library is a collection of downloadable materials and links to a variety of resources that support interfaith peacebuilding work.
Featured Resources
Appreciative Inquiry and URI
Appreciative Inquiry is a philosophy for positive change that was developed by Professor David Cooperrider and associates at Case University in Cleveland, Ohio. This document provides a brief summary of the Appreciative Interview process.
URI for Kids
A beautifully designed curriculum for children (and learners of all ages) that introduces URI's Preamble, Purpose and Principles, and provides excellent information and activities about different world religions and spiritual traditions.
Interfaith Peacebuilding Guide
The URI Interfaith Peacebuilding Guide is a resource for interfaith groups — those “everyday gandhis” who are making a difference one meeting at a time in their local communities.
This film was produced by The Everest Peace Project, a URI Cooperation Circle. Everest: A Climb for Peace is not just a typical Everest film, but a socially relevant documentary about peace, war, and the human spirit, and was hailed as a "tremendous achievement" by the Dalai Lama.
By words and actions, people all over the world give voice to URI. In this "Every Voice" series, Sally Mahé shares inspirational quotes from members of the URI community.
Victims and perpetrators of Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war come together for the first time in an unprecedented program of tradition-based truth-telling and forgiveness ceremonies.
The Global Fund for Women is a publicly supported, nonprofit grantmaking foundation that advances women's human rights by funding women-led organizations in nearly 200 countries.
This curriculum, published by Scarboro Mission, uses the logic of circles, rules, moral modeling and the Golden Rule to inspire and support young people to become global citizens rooted in the Golden Rule.
Selected from many of the world’s great religious texts and spiritual teachings, the Green Rules were chosen to demonstrate that each religion and spiritual philosophy has a long-standing tradition of ecological stewardship. Each Green Rule was chosen to acknowledge the natural world as an essential phenomenon through which we may better come to know the divine and our oneness with it.
This animated film is a story of prophecy - the story of man going down the wrong path with the possibility of finding the path of peace and love. Hope happens as people choose path to care for one another and the Earth.
When you send photos of your work to be featured on URI’s website, you allow your story to come alive for people all over the world. Photos catch people’s attention far better than words alone.
