URI Stories

In these days of connecting via the internet, host a gathering for heart-to-heart conversations to explore peace using Appreciative Interviews.

Rapid urbanisation has led to the growth of numerous slums and squatter settlements in many Third World cities. 

On September 5, the world celebrated the International Day of Indigenous Women, here in Brazil it was no different. Isabel Medeiros, first contact of the CC Caminhos da Terra, also recorded her tribute for this very significant date, just as in the rest of Latin America Brazil had a lot of different native peoples.

How will you celebrate Peace Day 2020! Will you plant a tree? Host a Zoom call? Draw a sidewalk chalk message? Let us know here!

Reach out to and appreciate other Cooperation Circles (URI member groups). Send notes of appreciation to Cooperation Circles you admire.

On June 25, 2020, URI launched its 20-year celebration with a video, including “Memorable Moments from URI’s 20 Year History.”

Religion, spirituality and community building are terms that are seldom spoken of in the same sentence.  

Swami Agnivesh passed away this week. Members of the URI community remember his great peacebuilding contributions.

On Thursday, September 10, 2020, the Regional Coordination of Latin America & the Caribbean invited all the Cooperation Circles of the region to a meeting via zoom to bid farewell to the 2016-2020 management of the Global Trustees: Sofía Painiqueo, member of the Aflaiai CC of Chile, Salette Aquino member of the CC Brasilia of Brazil and David Limo member of the CC URI Lima of Peru, whose these four years represented all CCs before the Global Council of URI and in turn welcomed the new elected Trustees for the 2020 period -2024: Salette Aquino, CC Brasilia Francisco Morales, CC Comunidad Cósmica and Rosadelia Quizhpe, CC Samay who assume the post to represent the CCs.

On, Saturday, 21 August 2020, the URI Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region gathered virtually for the 19th session of the URI Cultural Café.