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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.
Alarmed by the rising tide of Islamophobia and resulting backlash against the Muslim community that we have seen taking place across the United States as well as in other parts of the world, we here...
Hear from one of our youth Ambassadors, Francisco Morales Ventosa, an Aymara youth from Argentina, speak about his Indigenous cosmovision, as well contributions from ten other young leaders from different parts of the world on the topic of "Celebrating Indigenous Cosmovisions." This chat is part of our series of monthly live chats for young global leaders. To learn more, contact Sarah Talcott Blair, [email protected].
The Krishnanagar Aikyo Sammilani Cooperation Circle of West Bengal observed "Raksha Bandhan," a festival known by the tying of a sacred thread of protection. Embellished with the love and...
4th International Intertextuality conference on Holy Books will be held at Kottarakkara, Kerala, India during August,2011. The theme will be "HOLY BOOKS AND PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITHS"
Roots CC members are actively distributing aid to the displaced victims of the Pakistan floods in the Internally Displaced People's camps in Quetta, Balochistan.
Green Prophet is a Cooperation Circle of URI. It is an environment news site reporting on the Middle East. They've been featured on the world’s most popular blogs and newspapers as a..
65 years ago the first atomic bomb was dropped on a mostly civilian population on Hiroshima. August 6, 1945. Two days later, August 8, the second atomic bomb was dropped.
On 29 August 1991 the President of Kazakhastan closed the nuclear test site at Semipalatinsk where 456 nuclear tests were conducted during the Cold War era. These tests devastated the landscape and...