URI Stories of Impact

In early October I traveled from Bonn to Lienz in East-Tirol. After a drive of nine hours – the last three hours crossing the Alps with the mountains of the Hohe Tauern – I came into a real paradise! Lienz (population: 11,600) is situated in a valley surrounded by mountains of about 2,000 m in height at the small river Isel, which flows into the Drau right along the city.

For Dr. Kazi Nurul Islam, URI Global Council Trustee from Bangladesh, interfaith peacebuilding has been an inevitable part of his life’s path.

Living is a ‘give and take’ experience.

URI Executive Director Victor Kazanjian celebrated Arti with H.H. Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, URI Global Council Chair Kiran Bali, and URI UN representative Patrick Nickisch in Rishikesh, India.

United Religions Initiative (URI) Africa presented its 2014 Africa Peace Award to Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) October 25.

On Sept. 6th, as part of YLP for youth we coordinated for a three hour outreach from 10 am to 1pm at ISKCON, Juhu. The outreach included darshan, visiting Srila Prabhupada's museum, interacting with a Muslim Tailor, attending seminar and finally seeing aarthi of the Lord. 

It’s been three months since I attended the URI youth camp as a youth representative from Africa.

Dias De Los Muertos focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.