URI Stories

Dr. David W. Randle, co facilitator for the Global Healing initiative, interviews Don Mellman M.D. on his recent return from his eleven days in Gaza.

This year's theme is  'Many Species. One Planet. One Future', to celebrate the incredible diversity of life on Earth as part of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity. 

Here is some topic I was speaking on as URI Youth embassador, which deals more with URI growth in India and some historical context as well thoughts about URI potentially fostering democratization.

I am happy to receibe some feedback and develop thoughts further with you.

Read more...

After the Parliament of World Religions took place in Melbourne 2009, which also had a good URI presence, I was asked to participate in a publishing project by the Monash University of Melbourne to write a short reflection and on the role of Youth in interfaith peacebuilding.

As I write this opinion piece, it is still not clear how many people have died as a result of the Israeli commando raid on the Free Gaza flotilla carrying aid supplies for blockaded Palestinians.

The major objective of URI UK is to build bridges linking different faiths, in order to protect the most fragile and disadvantaged areas of our society from religious intolerance and bigotry.

The purpose of URI Aarhus is to promote deep dialogue and build bridges among different religions, traditions, and worldviews; to support a culture of peace, social justice and healing for all on the.