URI Stories of Impact

A vision camp is taking place in the West Bank amidst a war, with participants from Tamera & Grace CC. This is their common statement to the current situation.

The Abrahamic Reunion CC hosted a powerful event of unity in this difficult time in the Holy Land, Tuesday night, July 22, in Nazareth.

Eid al-Fitr (“festival of breaking of the fast"), also called Feast of Breaking the Fast, the Sugar Feast, Bayram (Bajram), the Sweet Festival and the Lesser Eid, is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month offasting (sawm).

In the face of a world seemingly addicted to violence, we at the United Religions Initiative are committed to creating alternative spaces of peacebuilding and reconciliation.

Jorge Michael is a 21 year-old university student of Economics in Caracas, Venezuela who never dreamed he’d find himself in South Korea.

Energized by our annual URI Global Council & Global Staff meeting at Santa Clara University last month, URI's Cooperation Circle Approval Committee met recently to review two membership applications.

“Mother Earth is shaking us up now. People with roots can make the difference and hold us together."

In late June, more than 30 Indigenous representatives of the United Religions Initiative traveled from six continents to sit in circle.