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.
Dr. Harold Saunders, former Assistant Secretary of State in collaboration with former Russian diplomat Gennady Chufrin, delineated these interconnected Five Stages of a Dialogue Process leading to reconciliation and collaboration.
The Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group developed this presentation in Hebrew, Arabic and English to explore and encourage the process of successfully creating a world beyond war. It discusses dialogue, social change and national change.
According to Ury, it takes two sides to fight, but a third to stop. Distilling the lessons of two decades of experience in family struggles, labor strikes, and wars, he presents a bold new strategy for stopping fights.