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URI Statement on Escalating Violence in the Israel-Hamas War

URI remains alarmed by the escalation of violence between Israel and Hamas & expresses grave concern for the civilians on the ground. 

Photo: Member of the CC National Network of Agrarian Educators of Paraguay receiving certification.

National Network of Agrarian Educators of Paraguay!

Members of the Circle of Cooperation National Network of Agrarian Educators of Paraguay participated in the formation of a group together with members of the Armed Forces of Paraguay in Beekeeping.
 

Peace for dalits

Peace4Dalits Foundation forms a Parent’s Association

Parents' mindset and engagement in the education of their children are paramount. Peace4Dalits Foundation CC has formed a parent's association to promote education among the Musahar community in Nepal. 

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Women of Spirit and Faith

North America
Women

URI Global Council Chair Yoland Trevino joined 300 other women of spirit and faith in San Francisco for a conference on “The Alchemy of Our Spiritual Leadership: Women Redefining Power.”

World Environment Day demands actions, not words

Asia
Community Building
Environment
Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation

By URI Peace Group of Journalists (URI Kashmir) CC

Muzaffarbad, 5th June 2011

Peace Group of Journalists (URI Kashmir) has called upon all stakeholders, including the government to make a collective effort towards implementing the UN 1997 Kyoto Protocol on the environment. The UN has declared 2011 the World Year of the Forests. At the time of independence, Pakistan had 25% forest cover, but according to statistics this has fallen below 2.5% landmass with forest cover. The 2010 historic flood that devastated Pakistan and the State of Kashmir, leaving behind a trail of destruction affecting 21 million, is largely attributed to deforestation by the timber mafia. It is therefore critical for Pakistan and State of Kashmir to protect the forests before they disappear altogether with serious consequences.

Boroondara Interfaith Network, in partnership with Greenfaith Australia CC, hosts Religion and Ecology Forum

Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Environment

[Source: the Boroondara Interfaith Network website]

The Boroondara Interfaith Network marked World Environment Day, Sunday 5 June 2011, with a forum on the theme of Religion and Ecology hosted at the Leo Baeck Centre for Progressive Judaism. The event supported by a climate change awareness project of the City Of Boroondara’s Health, Aging and Disability Department and was held in partnership with locally based interfaith organisation focusing on environmental themes and awareness raising, GreenFaith Australia.

DEVELOPING MODERN SPRITUAL PRACTICES

North America
Community Building
Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue
Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation

There are many kinds of spiritual practice.  Most of them are derived from one of the major religions.  Spiritual practices of this kind tend to be based on teachings from one of the earlier civilizations.  Some of these practices are very profound and deserving of our attention.  On the other hand, we live in the beginnings of a global age, one which has teachings coming from different civilizations of the past and, at the same time, needing to be relevant to this age.  Each new civilization will be a combination of older teachings and teachings born of the age now coming into being.  It is in the integration of past, present, and future that a civilization gains its completeness.