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Get ready for UN Peace Day on Sept. 21, 2015. Here are some ways you can participate.

Sheikh Mohey El Din Afifi from Al Azhar, Cairo, Egypt, greets Father Shenouda of the Coptic Orthodox Church at CARAVAN Cooperation Circle's exhibition "The Bridge" in London. 

Ever since UN announced June 21st, as the International Yoga day, several yoga enthusiasts around the world from different countries were gearing up and preparing to celebrate for the first time a special day dedicated to purify one's Body, mind and spirit. So in a way, this was the day to practice 'You become the change to see the change around you' echoed by Mahatma Gandhi. India being the seat of sages and saints who propounded and promoted yoga systems for ages for the welfare of whole world, took the lead and it is noticed that yoga is practiced daily by all those who are convinced of its holistic benefit for self and as part of social welfare. 

The URI community joins together in wishing our Muslim brothers and sisters a blessed Eid al-Fitr, a feast marking the end of Ramadan fasting.

By strengthening the links, both spiritual and logistical, that allow people of different groups to come together in dialogue, these Cooperation Circles are laying the foundations for more well-connected communities that find strength in their diversity.

Once again we awake to the news of horrific violence in our world with the brutal attacks in France, Kuwait and Tunisia. 

Please join the United Religions Initiative in welcoming five new Cooperation Circles to the United Religions Initiative. 

The three featured URI Cooperation Circles bring women together across religious, ethnic, and traditional boundaries. Using common goals and shared values to cut across harmful stereotypes, their work benefits the community as a whole.

On June 27, 2015, URI will celebrate its 15^th anniversary, as part of the 70^th anniversary of the United Nations celebration at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, California. During this exciting time, members of the URI community are reflecting on what it means to be a part of a growing peacebuilding organization.