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.
URI Global Council Chair Yoland Trevino represented URI's Global Indigenous Initiative at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York in May.
On the occasion of the 112th Birth Day of Kazi Nazrul Islam, the National Poet of Bangladesh, the Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue of the Department of World Religions and Culture of Dhaka University held a seminar on “Kazi Nazrul Islam and Interfaith Harmony” on May 25, 2011.
Daily news tells us about the darkness of human behavior infesting Pakistan at this time. Like a member of our family who is hurting, let us send special love, blessings and caring thoughts to the beautiful land and its people.
In a land where, because of what you believe about God you might be blown to bits by a bomb or beaten to death by a mob, "peace, tolerance, harmony" are muscular, risky and dangerous words. This is the kind of life that URI's Father James Channan lives, and this is at the core of URI's agenda in Pakistan.
Although I'm in India, home of yoga, I live in a Christian and Muslim dominant area, not to mention a (so-called) hi-tech haven, where young people flock to for jobs in the IT sector.
URI Global Council Chair Yoland Trevino joined 300 other women of spirit and faith in San Francisco for a conference on “The Alchemy of Our Spiritual Leadership: Women Redefining Power.”
