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.
"Never condemn the young people; they will rise up and build.” Here rests a great soul (Mahatma) in the form of Brother Roger, who always spoke like this.
It was surprising to see the amount of enthusiasm of the newly formed Cooperation Circles of URI when the first year celebrations of the Badulla CC was celebrated on the 8th June 2014 at Hali-Ela Divisional Secretariat auditorium.
On September 21, 2013, Twekolere Women’s Development Association CC, along with other Great Lakes region CCs, gathered hundreds of students on International Day of Peace at Seguku Hill College.
From June 1-6, 2014, Dr. Emmanuel Ande Ivorgba, URI West Africa Sub-regional Coordinator, participated in a workshop to develop guidelines for young peoples' participation in peacebuilding in New York City.
Members of URI’s Global Council and Global Staff will gather in San Francisco at the end of this month to begin the work of co-creating the second chapter of the United Religions Initiative.
In mid-May, nearly 1,500 participants gathered at Seidenweberhaus conference center in Krefeld, Germany, for “Dialogue Day 2014,” an event full of Christian-Muslim dialogue.
Inspired by the call of Pope Francis and his friend, Rabbi Avraham Skorka, to unite in peace, Julio Avruj of Buenos Aires, Argentina helped to organize one of URI’s newest Cooperation Circles.
