URI Stories

Inspirational URI peacebuilders across India, Uganda, the United States, and around the world are featured in an episode of The Visionaries.

Inspirational URI peacebuilders across India, Uganda, the United States, and around the world are featured in an episode of The Visionaries.

Led by URI Malawi Country Coordinator, Geoffrey Manasseh, 20 young peace leaders in Malawi are experiencing a three session training on Interfaith and Interreligious Dialogue, at an important moment where religious tolerance is a hot topic in the country.

Last Wednesday, October 21, the second session of the Círculos de Luz 2020 gala was held, an annual event held by URI in San Francisco and which, in this atypical year, due to the global pandemic, was held online through a virtual platform called ROWING.

Last Saturday, October 17, the first session of the Círculos de Luz 2020 gala was held, an annual event held by URI in San Francisco and which, in this atypical year, due to the global pandemic, was held online through a virtual platform called ROWING.

the ATAPAPO Program in partnership with the Araçatuba Cooperation Circle promotes the Human Spirituality farms and on October 15th, invited Rabbi Rubi, Mônica (lawyer), Isabel (Shaman) and Liliana (Therapist) for a reflection on Women in religious traditions and politics.

A URI member group in Durres, Albania, distributed interfaith coloring books to children in underserved Roma and Egyptian communities.

Alliance India, URI, eminent faith-based institutions, and The Global Fund are launching the training module for sensitizing faith-based communities on health and rights-based approaches to drug use. See more about the #Faith4HarmReduction approach, a unique initiative to build bridges between harm reduction services, the community perspectives of people who use drugs, and faith-based communities.