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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.
Last Saturday, October 17, the first session of the Círculos de Luz 2020 gala was held, an annual event held by URI in San Francisco and which, in this atypical year, due to the global pandemic, was held online through a virtual platform called ROWING.
the ATAPAPO Program in partnership with the Araçatuba Cooperation Circle promotes the Human Spirituality farms and on October 15th, invited Rabbi Rubi, Mônica (lawyer), Isabel (Shaman) and Liliana (Therapist) for a reflection on Women in religious traditions and politics.
Alliance India, URI, eminent faith-based institutions, and The Global Fund are launching the training module for sensitizing faith-based communities on health and rights-based approaches to drug use. See more about the #Faith4HarmReduction approach, a unique initiative to build bridges between harm reduction services, the community perspectives of people who use drugs, and faith-based communities.
URI Europe Coordinator Ms. Karimah Stauch gave an interview to the British radio station “Voice of Islam” on 2nd October for the UN International Day of Non-violence.
URI expresses its congratulations to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on being awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas, and for acting as a driving force to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict.
Peace Center and United Religions Initiative (URI) Pakistan organized the celebration of International Day of Peace on 20th September, 2020 at Peace Center, in Lahore, Pakistan.
