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Website: http://www.urinorthamerica.org
URI’s North American Cooperation Circles in the United States and Canada provide support for the poor and homeless; mobilize an interfaith communities to engage in environmental issues like climate change, energy conservation, and renewable energy; address gang violence and the need for safe after school programs in low income communities; and build interfaith understanding and cooperation in communities with growing numbers of religious minorities.
URI North America is forming a nonprofit entity to create a strong core message, develop strategic initiatives and fundraise for its work.
May peace prevail in the North America Region.
February 3, 2012 4:27 PM
WIHW Around the World (Part 1)
URI Cooperation Circles around the planet celebrate World Interfaith Harmony Week
December 12, 2011 2:20 PM
2nd annual Southern California BioRegional Gathering
On November 20th, CC's and Affiliates gathered in Southern California for the 2nd Annual URI BioRegional event. Members of SARAH and OCICE joined members of the Spiritual Salon in Los Angeles to co-chair the West Coast Premiere of the film How to Boil a Frog at Chapman University.
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December 11, 2011 11:54 AM
The Festival of Faiths
One of the most important purposes of the Festival of Faiths is to broaden the scope of the Holy Day Season to include all faiths and to celebrate the birth of the global civilization.
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December 9, 2011 8:23 PM
Occupy URI
We extend our support to ‘Occupy Wall Street’ and the ‘Occupy Together’ movement by standing in solidarity with our sister and brother protestors in calling for a government that is responsive to the needs of its citizenry, the establishment of a society based on economic justice and freedom of expression including public assembly.
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November 29, 2011 3:40 PM
7th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Day Service
The Konko Church in Japantown (San Francisco) was the site of the San Francisco Interfaith Council’s (SFIC) 7th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Day Service. The service included readings,... Read more...
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November 29, 2011 9:26 AM
Honoring Rita Semel
URI pioneer and "Matriarch of Interfaith Work" in San Francisco turns 90.
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November 17, 2011 5:37 PM
Awakening the heart of America
The Trail of Dreams World Peace Walk CC walked through sixty communities before completing its cross-country journey on Nov. 11.
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November 14, 2011 9:44 AM
Sharing URI with the Ta'leef Collective
I attended Ta'leef Collective's weekly Sunday Night Class held in Fremont from 7:30 to 9 pm. The class is taught by Founding Director, Usama Canon, and attracts a mixed-aged (but mostly young) crowd... Read more...
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November 13, 2011 9:42 AM
Veggie boxes for the poor
The Bay Area IYAN (Interfaith Young Adult Network) hosted our first community service project on Saturday, November 12, at the Excelsior Community Food Pantry, located at the Mission Bay Community... Read more...
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November 11, 2011 9:40 AM
Occupy Oakland Wake-up
November 10 was supposed to be a celebratory day for those involved in the Occupy movement in Oakland's Frank Ogawa Plaza (unoficially dubbed the Oscar Grant Plaza, honoring the young man who was... Read more...
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