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Last Sunday, Bishop William Swing, Founding Trustee and President Emeritus, delivered a sermon at Grace Cathedral, in San Francisco.
In his words: "Next week, we will elect a president of the United States. Among the myriad responsibilities that go with the office, none is of greater magnitude than the use of nuclear weapons."
Between August and September 2021, the URI AL&C Online Youth Training organized by the URI Global Program for the participation of youth was developed with the intervention of 15 young people from the CCs: Aflaiai, Constructores de Puentes, Teusaquillo, Mukua, Quinaroes , COEMATI, The Descendants of Guatemaya, Samay, ACRE from the countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama and Venezuela.
The Justice Desk Cooperation Circle in South Africa through the iNtsika yeThemba project organized a session with youth and guided them to increase their self-awareness by recognizing their emotions, thoughts, and how certain behaviors impacted their feelings.
The URI Southern Africa Assembly, held in Johannesburg from November 7th to 10th, 2023, brought together diverse Cooperation Circles spanning Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.
On the 25th and 30th of October 2023, young members of the URI Network gathered for the monthly URI Youth Connection Cafe to share their perspectives and experiences on the topic of interrupting harm and hate speech in an online context.
Until we start to equip our children with a connected view of The Other and a clear understanding that hating another is an act of self-hate...this will sadly continue.
930 adolescent girls and young women have been able to access these safe spaces, an initiative implemented by AFFCAD Cooperation Circle in the Great Lakes region.