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.
Listening happens for 30% with our ears and for 70% with our heart. The correct words at the right moment can do wonders, because they can comfort, heal and help liberate.
Founded in 2006, the Euphrates Institute works to promote sustainability and peace in the Middle East by uniting cultures that would otherwise be divided by lack of understanding each other.
Musaique grew out of a URI Assembly in 2008 in Jordan, when Arab Jordanian Jamil Sarraj and Jewish Israeli Lee Ziv, along with Amir, an Iranian musician, met and played music together for the first time.
Last month marked the fourth African Union Summit, where leaders and visionaries from around the African Union collaborated on the best methods of achieving economic and political growth in harmony with fostering peace and understanding between cultures and religions.
Please enjoy reading the following reports, sent in by URI Cooperation Circles around the world, of celebrations for World Interfaith Harmony Week 2015.
Like a green tree, ANT-Hiroshima has grown from the sprout of an idea to a far-branching global relief and peacebuilding NGO in Hiroshima, Japan today.
We are at a crossroads where it has become apparent that the "old" ways of doing things are no longer working. An open willingness to learn new tricks is imperative for a peaceful, sustainable future.
