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.

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Endorses Nuclear Prayer Day

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew endorses Nuclear Prayer Day

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.

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Moderate Palestinian Movement Wasatia CC Receives Press Attention in Israel

Wasatia CC and its founder, Dr. Mohammed Dajani, were recently featured in Haaretz, a widely-read Israeli newspaper.

Interfaith Harmony Over Lunch

Recently, the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations hosted their 3rd annual networking lunch on interfaith cooperation for peace.

URI Youth Ambassador in Europe Promotes Peace and Unity Amongst Youths

Lejla Hasandedic, URI Youth Ambassador, helps design a project to bring together a young population divided by a violent past and differences.

URI Global Indigenous Initiative Interim Coordinator Appointed Co-Chair of IDP Sub-Committee

Global Indigenous Initiative Interim Coordinator and head of Trail of Dreams CC Audri Scott Williams was appointed co-chair for the "GMPU Peace Team."

Euro-Asia CC Finds Intergenerational Solidarity In Novosibirsk

Three members of the URI Cooperation Circle Euro-Asia travelled to Novosibirsk, Russia, to participate in a regional conference to honor the UN’s International Family Day.

URI Africa Moves Forward in Promoting Peace Education in Africa

URI Africa’s continuous advocacy for peace education in Africa finally makes headway with URI Africa’s participation at the International Expert Meeting.

The U.N. and the Environment

This year, on April 22nd, I attended an Interactive Dialogue of the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly on 'Harmony with Nature' to commemorate Mother Earth Day.

Dr. David Randle Lessons from Climate Change: Past & Present

David Randle shares spiritual wisdom and theological reflections regarding environmental concerns to provide a context for Dr. Reese Halter's following talk on Lessons from Climate Change Past & Present.

A Tribute to URI's Founding Executive Director, Charles Gibbs, on the Occasion of his Retirement

With self-effacing humor Charles Gibbs laughs about his singing voice. We, his friends, go along and beg him not to sing Happy Birthday or the National Anthem.

A Journey of a Lifetime

In 1996, Rev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs was asked to lead URI as its Founding Executive Director. Retiring now after 17 years, Charles leaves behind a lasting legacy of servant leadership and an ever-growing global foundation for building cultures of peace, justice and healing.

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