URI Stories of Impact

On a snowy evening in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Victor and Michelle were honored by the President’s Council of URI.

Meeting of Religions for Inclusion and Non-discrimination, initiative of the National Council to Prevent Discrimination (CONAPRED)
CONAPRED, is a State body created by the Federal Law to Prevent and Eliminate Discrimination (LFPED).

Pakigdait Inc. (a URI member group) distributed vital items in the Philippines, encouraging former fighters to peacefully rejoin society.

"To find the best lighting, angle and focus of a flower, to take its picture, is to co-create with God at that moment. It is an art-form full of spirituality for me."

May you have the grace and wisdom to act kindly, learning to distinguish between what is personal and what is not.

The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing, President and Founding Trustee of URI, shares his story about why he chose to get vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus on Ash Wednesday, 2021.

Last Wednesday, March 17, 2021, María Eva Cayú, member of the CC AFLAIAI of Chile shared the great news about the approval of the Declaration of social, cultural and community interest of the "Mapuche Cuisine, Southern Flavor".

To commemorate the importance of International Women's Day, Dora Pereira, member of the CC COEMATI, organized a talk for her group of students.

This year on Ash Wednesday, my wife, Mary, and I not only had ashes, from church, placed on our foreheads; we also went to a medical clinic and had the second doses of Moderna Covid vaccine injected in our arms.