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.
The search is on for the most innovative, groundbreaking and sustainable grassroots environmental initiatives in emerging and developing countries! Nominations for the UNEP Sasakawa Prize 2011 are now...
My oldest son came to me one night 16 years ago and said, “Dad, I’m going to Japan.” He was 16 years old at the time. And I said, “Oh, are you? And who’s paying for it?” He said, “The American Friends Service Committee. I’m going with a group of American teenagers and we’re going to interview survivors.” So he went, and spent the summer in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
This detailed article is written by Sidney D. Drell, a member of the Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons. The article was published in a magazine titled Physics Today. Dr. Drell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and professor of theoretical physics (emeritus) at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Stanford University.
Sherfi Rizk of Egypt’s Tolerance CC spoke about tolerance and co-existence in an interview with the on-line Canadian news site, Worldwide Good News. The video can be viewed at..
URI has partnered with Interfaith Power and Light (a Cooperation Circle) to provide support for tree planting and reforestation projects in four parts of the developing world.
In this newsletter, read updates about the creation of an Abrahamic Youth Alliance by one of our Youth Ambassadors, youth participation in an interfaith conference in Ammerdown, updates on the Nepali Rose Movement, Indigenous youth contributions at the URI Latin American Regional Assembly in Argentina, and more news from Ambassadors from Germany, Australia and Pakistan.
The following article is written by Dr. Jonathan Granoff. He is president of the Global Security Institute and a founding member of the Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons Cooperation Circle. He is also an attorney, author and international advocate emphasizing the legal, ethical and spiritual dimensions of human development and security, with a specific focus on advancing the rule of law to address the threats posed by nuclear weapons.
If you live in a city which is a nuclear weapons target, if you live in a country which aims nuclear weapons at other regions, if you live in a world which would be devastated by nuclear weapons, you probably don’t have the opportunity to vote on the use of nuclear weapons. Until now. Now a voice vote by grassroots people is being called, and your voice will be counted.
