URI Stories of Impact

The Hope in Life Foundation recently came together for a luncheon to discuss ways to end religiously motivated violence, and how to bring in the major faith traditions united under one roof to discuss ideas and strategies to end this violence.  

Please join the United Religions Initiative in welcoming five new Cooperation Circles to the United Religions Initiative. 

From May 22 – 25, 2015, I participated in the 27th annual Christian-Islamic conference at Pentecost. 

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The three featured URI Cooperation Circles bring women together across religious, ethnic, and traditional boundaries. Using common goals and shared values to cut across harmful stereotypes, their work benefits the community as a whole.

The report on the Meeting for Kaduna Peace Committee of Religious Leaders in Kaduna State, Nigeria.

Over five thousand people gathered in Guadalajara, Mexico for the “Dialogo Multi-cultural Universal II, Meet and Dialogue about Beliefs, Spiritualties, Religions and Cultures” conference last month.

URI Horn of Africa, in partnership with Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Ministry of Culture and Muslims Affairs of the Republic of Djibouti, organized a brainstorming workshop on diversity and inter-cultural dialogue.

On June 27, 2015, URI will celebrate its 15^th anniversary, as part of the 70^th anniversary of the United Nations celebration at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, California. During this exciting time, members of the URI community are reflecting on what it means to be a part of a growing peacebuilding organization.