URI Stories of Impact

Thanks to Deborah Moldow for this report on the URI-UN CC’s meeting following a presentation for the UN Commission on the Status of Women that URI co-sponsored.

Naw-Rúz is the first day of the Bahá'í calendar, which takes place on the vernal equinox each year. Beginning in Iran, Naw-Rúz is now celebrated by those of the Bahá'í faith throughout the world. The beginning of the new year signifies a close to the preceding month of fasting, which is often celebrated with dinner, music, prayer, and dancing.

March clearly marks a growth tendency in URI. Having approved the largest group of CCs since conception, we can find the wish to make a difference in society as the common thread.

Prayers go out to our brothers and sisters in Pakistan after Sunday’s tragic church bombings.

Learn more about these three featured Cooperation Circles, who are working with youth in Malawi, India, and Cambodia to improve life for young people and their communities.

The Environmental Resource Cooperation Circle is a resource that makes itself available to further URI’s mission of healing for the Earth and all living beings upon it. 

Join URI North America for a webinar on how YOU can help eliminate nuclear weapons!

Cooperation Circles around the world organized conferences and educational activities in honor of World Interfaith Harmony Week 2015.

Drawing members from a mixture of diverse cultures, nationalities, and spiritual practices, Maia Earth Village helps people work alongside each other as earth stewards in order to bridge cultural differences.