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.
For IDP 2016, our interfaith network in Kampot Province, Cambodia, planted 650 mangrove trees. We brought together 95 participants who were Buddhists, Christians, Muslims, students, and community members.
Youth for Peace organized a Peace Summer School, which brought together 25 participants from Italy and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as 10 trainers from the Cooperation Circle.
The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki took place 71 years ago, but their terrible legacy still hovers over all of humanity. In an effort to prevent future nuclear tragedies, every year on September 26, the world observes the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
Today, on this year's International Day of Peace, I walked along a dusty road in a long line of children and teachers from the Karickam School, a URI Cooperation Circle in Kerala, India.
