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Appreciative Inquiry Workshop - Young Leaders Program

This Appreciative Inquiry questionnaire was used to initiate the URI Young Leaders Program in the Philippines, April 2010. The questions were inspired by the Living Values Education approach and focus on a time of deep connection and inner peace, as well as what message of peace each person has for the world.

Evaluation Survey - Young Leaders Program

This is a useful survey for assessing the effectiveness of an interfaith youth leadership program and the long-term benefits of youth participation in interfaith work. It was used first at URI - Young Leaders Program, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Region in April 2010.

Golden Rule Curriculum

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. Titled “A Rule Made of Gold” and geared to an international audience, it's available in Word and pdf format.

Headliners Activity

This is a fun, hands-on workshop that was offered at the URI youth leadership programme in the Philippines, April 2010. The activity gets participants into small groups to envision what URI will be in the future, and to craft a cover story out of their vision for a magazine or other media outlet. It promotes creativity and team-building, and builds shared vision.

Interfaith Café: An Adaptation of the World Café

This workshop was shared and shaped by Kay Lindhal, a URI CC contact person who also runs her own non-profit, the Sacred Art of Listening. She adapted the model of the World Café for an interfaith setting and provides sample interfaith questions for café dialogue. This workshop was offered at the Religious Diversity Forum 2004 in Southern California, USA.

Interfaith Dialogue and Action on the College Campus: An Inquiry

AI questions for pairs and small groups, for college students who wish to enrich their interfaith experience on campus.

Intra-Faith Peacebuilding Dialogue Workshop

Presented during the Young Leaders Program in Mayapur, India in November 2008, this workshop was adapted from the URI Interfaith Peacebuilding Guide. Participants got into groups of the same tradition (Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Indigenous traditions, etc.) and looked at both what practices in their tradition contribute to peaceful interfaith relations as well as what practices or teachings of their tradition might present a challenge to interfaith understanding and harmony.

Kindness Insights: Making a Difference in People's Lives

These insights from the book Kindness: Making a Difference in People's Lives by Rabbi Zelig Pliskin, were shared with the URI community through email discussion by URI Global Council Trustee, Rebecca Tobias, from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Ethics.

Taking the Environmental Initiative

URI's Young Leader Program Steering Committee members worked collaboratively to develop this list of ideas for what URI members can do both individually and in their community, on the topic of the environment. It also has links to other interfaith organizations and partner groups.

Taking the Initiative on Social Justice

URI's Young Leader Program Steering Committee members worked collaboratively to develop this list of ideas for what URI members can do both individually and in their community, on the topic of social justice. It also has links to other interfaith organizations and partner groups.

Ways of Peace! URI Youth 4 Unity Brochure

This delightful, illustrated brochure was created by the youth wing of the Peacemakers' Circle CC in the Philippines - Youth 4 Unity - as a way to share expressions of the Golden Rule in different religions, spiritual expressions and indigenous traditions. It also shares simple ways to practice inner peace, harmony with others and healing of the Earth.

World Café Workshop

The model of World Café was adapted for this workshop at the URI youth leadership training program in the Philippines in April 2010. Participants chose one of three kinship circles on: Building Safe Spaces for Conflict Resolution, Healing and Reconciliation; Caring for the Earth; and Social Well-Being for all Humanity. In each café conversation, they looked at how their traditions contribute healthy and useful practices to the three topics, as well as identifying potential barriers or obstacles in each of their traditions.