URI Stories of Impact

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.

Prestigious Guru Nanak Prize awarded to URI and its Founder the Rt. Rev. William E. Swing

URI Receives the 2024 Hofstra's Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize

URI CC Receives the Common Wealth Peace Prize

The co-founders of the Interfaith Mediation Centre, a URI Cooperation Circle from Kaduna Nigeria, West Africa, receive the first Commonwealth Peace Prize.

The Power to Change the World

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.

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The Weekly Shot: The Women of WAKE CC

One of the areas in which URI Cooperation Circles work is around issues of women – positioning them as leaders in their communities.

Memoriam for Joyce Ng’oma

Joyce Ng’oma, tenderly called by Mama Joyce by many in URI, recently passed away in her home country, Malawi.

Celebrating WIHW: Compassion in a New Light

There are special moments in life when things just click, when something you thought you knew takes on new life. That happened for me yesterday with compassion.

Audri Scott Williams: CC members attend Building Creative Communities Conference

The Building Creative Communities Conference mission is to motivate, encourage, empower and inspire community advocates by sharing ideas, learning new skills, and fostering positive change.

Abraham Karickam: Success at the 2015 Holy Books Conference

Twelve years ago when we started the Holy Books Conference series, we never expected it to become so important an international interfaith event.

Bishop Swing: Responding to George Shultz's Testimony

As Founder and President of URI, I would like to build on former Secretary of State George Shultz's testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services to say a little more about our mission.

CC Starts off the New Year with Interfaith Retreat

As we begin a new calendar year, it’s always good to pause, reflect and savor what we know and what we don’t know.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Former Secretary of State praises URI in testimony before US Congress

“There is a man in San Francisco named Bill Swing, the retired Episcopal Bishop of California, and he started something called the United Religions Initiative,” said Dr. Shultz.

Building bridges through the Arts between the creeds and cultures of the East and West

In the wake of the recent terrorist tragedy in Paris, France, CARAVAN'S interfaith peace-building art exhibition titled THE BRIDGE will open in Paris.

Fourth African Union Summit: Report

A report from the 4th African Union Summit, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the theme of “2015 Year of Women’s Empowerment and Development towards Africa’s Agenda 2063.”

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