Youth

URI celebrates the work and leadership of young people. Cooperation Circles work towards equity and fair age representation in all aspects of their work.

Examples of our work in this Action Area:

The URI Youth Connection Cafe is a monthly virtual meeting space for young people across the URI network to connect, learn together, and share their experiences as young interfaith peacebuilders. Each Cafe is hosted by a different youth Cooperation Circle who chooses the topic and facilitates the session. Read more here. Please contact URI if you would like to join these gatherings!
In MENA, Desert Bloom CC regularly hosts youth exchange programs offering young people the experience of meeting across cultures and participating in cultural activities together. Most recently, Desert Bloom participated in the Creating the Way Youth Exchange program in Romania.
In South India, Ecopeace Teen Cafe runs a transformative educational experience for 30 young high school learners. This five-month program covers four modules: community building, environment conservation, social justice, and peace. The learners engage weekly with different guest speakers and participate in activities together, facilitated by a team of youth volunteers. Read more here.

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Gathering of CCs and other NGOs in Los Angeles in August

URI Youth Take Action for International Year of Youth!

See what URI youth around the world are doing for the International Day of Youth, and learn more about how you can participate.

Radio program explores religion and Arab youth identity

Youth from Jordan, Algeria and the United States talk about their struggles with identity.

URI Voice of Youth July 2010

In this newsletter, read updates about the creation of an Abrahamic Youth Alliance by one of our Youth Ambassadors, youth participation in an interfaith conference in Ammerdown, updates on the Nepali Rose Movement, Indigenous youth contributions at the URI Latin American Regional Assembly in Argentina, and more news from Ambassadors from Germany, Australia and Pakistan.

URI 10th Anniversary Celebrations: Nepal

To celebrate URI's 10th Anniversary, URI Youth Ambassador Sushil Koirala and CCs in the Nepal area held two events. On the eve of the celebration, June 25th, the group assembled lit several hundred..

URI 10th Anniversary Focus: Mugna Kabataan CC-Cebu

The purpose of Mugna Kabataan CC-Cebu is to lead the youth in promoting peace and interfaith dialogue through creative thinking on mutual respect and understanding and to support young adults.

URI 10th Anniversary Event: SIRF CC

The purpose of the Society for Intercultural Research and Friendship (SIRF) CC is to train young people on tolerance and to develop their capabilities in social and cultural dimensions and to support.

Indigenous Youth Participation in URI Latin American Assembly

This is a post that was sent in by one of our URI Youth Ambassadors, Francisco Morales Ventosa, Indigenous Aymara, who currently resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He had the opportunity to participate in the URI Latin American Regional Assembly and to present about his new Cooperation Circle, "Comunidad Cosmica" - Cosmic Community.

Towards Intergenerational peacebuilding

After the Parliament of World Religions took place in Melbourne 2009, which also had a good URI presence, I was asked to participate in a publishing project by the Monash University of Melbourne to write a short reflection and on the role of Youth in interfaith peacebuilding.

URI Youth Ambassador 2010 from MENA will paticipate in FIKR gathering, organized by Arab Thought Foundation

On Wednesday May 19th 2010 and in Phoenicia Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon, Three of URI Youth Ambassadors for 2010: Miss Rowaida Mroue, Miss A.O., and Mr. Nawfal El Hammoumi will particpate each...

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