URI Stories of Impact

Our community is working tirelessly to bring peace and justice in all areas of the world regardless of religion. Read stories straight from the organizers.

Bill Swing

Reflections on the Elections and Nuclear Weapons

Last Sunday, Bishop William Swing, Founding Trustee and President Emeritus, delivered a sermon at Grace Cathedral, in San Francisco.

In his words: "Next week, we will elect a president of the United States. Among the myriad responsibilities that go with the office, none is of greater magnitude than the use of nuclear weapons."

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URI AL&C Online Youth Training

Between August and September 2021, the URI AL&C Online Youth Training organized by the URI Global Program for the participation of youth was developed with the intervention of 15 young people from the CCs: Aflaiai, Constructores de Puentes, Teusaquillo, Mukua, Quinaroes , COEMATI, The Descendants of Guatemaya, Samay, ACRE from the countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama and Venezuela.

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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.

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Youth in Trouble: Support, Don’t Punish

Our Cooperation Circle, in partnership with Women Coalition Against Cancer, held a “Support, Don’t Punish” campaign to urge a more supportive approach to solving the youth drug abuse problem in Malawi.

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Role of Art in Peace-building--------- Art Compitition in School

Art compitition was organized within school to promote peace-building thoughts in student through art and drawing

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G20 Interfaith Summit of 2017

URI took part at the G20 Interfaith Summit of 2017 which was held at University of Potsdam, Germany from June 15 to 17, 2017.

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The Weekly Shot: Preventing Youth Crime in Africa

African Youths Initiative on Crime Prevention, a URI Cooperation Circle in Lagos, Nigeria, co-hosted the 2017 National Youth Summit on Crime Prevention last May, in partnership with the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos.

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News from URI Africa Great Lakes Region

We wish to share our end-of-quarter newsletter (Apr-June 2017) for the URI Africa Great Lakes Region.

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Women’s Group Fosters Future Collaborations During Ramadan Season

As five panelists of different religious backgrounds discussed their traditions, women around the room at an iftar held in Syracuse, NY, began to latch onto the thread of commonality that brought them together.

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East India Music Festival Promotes Young Artists

More than 1,000 musicians performed during the two days of the festival, covering almost 12 hours a day.

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Second Quarter Newsletter is here!

Jul 11, 2017. Greetings of peace to the Multiregion community across the globe! Our resurrected newsletter continues with its second issue of 2017, highlighting inspiring news and updates from Cooperation Circles throughout URI's Multiregion. 

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Sharing URI Europe's July Proverb

When one has to make an effort to relax, one is overstressed.

Solving the climate crisis together

350.org is an international campaign that's building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis--the solutions that science and justice demand.