The URI Resource Library is a collection of downloadable materials and links to a variety of resources that support interfaith peacebuilding work.
Featured Resources
Appreciative Inquiry and URI
Appreciative Inquiry is a philosophy for positive change that was developed by Professor David Cooperrider and associates at Case University in Cleveland, Ohio. This document provides a brief summary of the Appreciative Interview process.
URI for Kids
A beautifully designed curriculum for children (and learners of all ages) that introduces URI's Preamble, Purpose and Principles, and provides excellent information and activities about different world religions and spiritual traditions.
Interfaith Peacebuilding Guide
The URI Interfaith Peacebuilding Guide is a resource for interfaith groups — those “everyday gandhis” who are making a difference one meeting at a time in their local communities.
This film is about a URI Cooperation Circle. Living in the lingering wake of the Idi Amin regime of terror and intolerance, Their mission was to build harmonious relationships and economic development, and they are succeeding.
This film was produced by The Everest Peace Project, a URI Cooperation Circle. Everest: A Climb for Peace is not just a typical Everest film, but a socially relevant documentary about peace, war, and the human spirit, and was hailed as a "tremendous achievement" by the Dalai Lama.
Victims and perpetrators of Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war come together for the first time in an unprecedented program of tradition-based truth-telling and forgiveness ceremonies.
Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet tells the story of a seventh century prophet who changed world history in 23 years, and continues to shape the lives of more than 1.2 billion people.
In September of 2005, 140 Jews, Muslims, and Christians of all ages from North America and the Middle East lived together in a resident camp in California-Oseh Shalom~Sanea al-Salam Palestinian-Jewish Family Peacemakers Camp. With community and staff support, they exchanged stories and values and confronted difficult issues.
In 1958, a group of students in Sri Lanka led by their teacher A.T. Ariyaratne went to a small, rural village of untouchables. They worked with villagers, shared meals, sang and danced. They called their program shramadana (gift of labor). Today, Sarvodaya's non-violent and spiritually based community development program is considered one of the best development models in the world.