URI Stories of Impact

Dear fellow members in the URI Multi Region, On Saturday, March 7th, the URI global office held its annual Circles of Light fundraising gala.

UNITED RELIGIONS INITIATIVEJANUARY 2009 URI Voice of Youth In This Issue: Reflections from Mayapur - Noteworthy Action Projects - Invitation to Collective Action - Launch of Young Leaders.

We had our first young leader live chat on March 1st, on the topic of social justice. With nine participants from eight countries, we had an informative and wide-ranging conversations.

Last night, 20 SARAH Sisters gathered to discuss the tension created in our world, our country, our community and especially our heart around the Gaza issue.We started our meeting with an opening.

When the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the preamble recognised the inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family as the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world. 

Monica Willard, URI's UN Representative, is a woman with a mission! She has embraced the 2009 International Year of Reconciliation in so many ways, and it has only just begun. 

Dear friends, I had to stop in awe this morning as a flock of seagulls cavorted in a zig-zagging mass overhead. As I focused on individual gulls, I noticed each one was purposeful and directed, you..

Dear friends, This article and summary of actions comes from: Eliyahu McLean,Jerusalem Peacemakers, co-directorwww.jerusalempeacemakers.org While most news you receive from the Holy Land in the..

Saturday’s Sweet SerendipityReflection by Sharon Danisha M. Vaswani Children naturally gravitate towards candies and will do almost anything to get hold of their favorite sweets.

The United Religions Initiative at the United Nations (URI-UN), a Cooperation Circle of the United Religions Initiative, has chosen the International Year of Reconciliation as the overarching theme for its 2009 events.