URI Stories of Impact

The 4th URI Brazil MCC Meeting was held together with the 1st International Meeting “The Planet is Sacred and Wants Peace”.

During the lunch, we used many languages to understand each other and to enjoy conversations and storytelling.

The hall was full of participants despite adverse circumstances, as there were sectarian rallies on the roads so all roads to Islamabad were blocked by the police.

The event was aimed at understanding the active role of faith-based organisations in the achievement of the UN sustainability agenda 2030.

Read about the Multiregion Leadership Council gathering at Kashi Ashram in Florida. It represents a pivotal moment for the Multiregion as we launch into a new phase of significantly-expanded leadership capacity with our Baraza team. 

In October, I participated in the Salish Sea Bioregional Gathering in Vancouver, which was co-sponsored by the Interspiritual Centre of Vancouver Society, a Cooperation Circle member of the United Religions Initiative.

This group runs an orphanage for 150 children of different religions, providing the children with shelter, education, medical attention, clothing, food, and all the basic necessities of life.

Earlier this year, URI members in eastern India helped to host a music festival as an opportunity to spotlight emerging artists.

The target group was rural women with limited or no access to financial resources, some illiterate, 19 to 60 years old.