Our community is working tirelessly to bring peace and justice in all areas of the world regardless of religion. Read stories straight from the organizers.
The co-founders of the Interfaith Mediation Centre, a URI Cooperation Circle from Kaduna Nigeria, West Africa, receive the first Commonwealth Peace Prize.
Meet URI's new Executive Director, Karen Volker - As I step into my new role as URI’s first woman Executive Director, I want to acknowledge and highlight that I have joined a movement filled with remarkable individuals and organizations that harness collective strength to create meaningful impact—from local communities to the global stage.
It was a meeting of organizations related to the art of clowning in hospitals, focusing on the professional training necessary to develop this artistic task in hospital institutions.
Together with a hundred entities and approximately fifty parliamentarians, on February 18, 2020, URI honored the “25 Years of the Human Rights and Minorities Commission of the Chamber of Deputies” in Brasilia.
All of these women are HIV-positive and have been outcast by their community or family. They are not invited for any pious occasions or festivals, and they themselves hesitate to enter their own worship places. URI members invited them on an interfaith tour.
Praveena Tharmathas and Yasmin Valiallah are founders of Student Aid Drop, a URI member group in Bulgaria that organizes collections for refugees in local camps.
In honoring World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW), URI MENA Cultural Café organized a two-hour workshop on the 22nd of February on "The Religions' Contribution to Society."
Interview with Praveena Tharmathas and Yasmin Valiallah, founders of Student Aid Drop (a URI Cooperation Circle in Sofia, Bulgaria), and Sally Mahé, Senior Consultant URI.
A team of young URI members from France shares some observations and experiences from New Zealand, which they visited as part of their ongoing 8-month interfaith tour of the world.