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.
The co-founders of the Interfaith Mediation Centre, a URI Cooperation Circle from Kaduna Nigeria, West Africa, receive the first Commonwealth Peace Prize.
Meet URI's new Executive Director, Karen Volker - As I step into my new role as URI’s first woman Executive Director, I want to acknowledge and highlight that I have joined a movement filled with remarkable individuals and organizations that harness collective strength to create meaningful impact—from local communities to the global stage.
What do you do with a group of 25 young people from 6 countries and 8 religious, spiritual and indigenous backgrounds? How do you go about building good interfaith relationships that lead to genuine...
I have been told repeatedly by large foundations that even though they fund peacebuilding and security initiatives, they will not fund anything to do with religion. For these folks, religion is a taboo subject, no matter what its relationship to peace and security. Each time I hear this, a faint echo from my past arises.
Children's home of my town is in a very bad state. Situation those children are in is hard itself, and bad financial state of the children's home isn't making their situation any easier.
In honor of the International Day of Peace, we gathered with women of different faiths - Jewish, Christian, Buddhist - to do a Walking Meditation in Muir Woods National Park in Marin County, CA on...
Anando CC along with Flower Exchange Initiative CC in CHT observed its 4th International Peace Day ’11 on 21st September in Anando-Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) at Khagrachari campus focusing the main theme ‘make our voice heard’ as declared by UNESCO. It is not so easy to observe this day here in CHT,
On the evening of January 12, DePaul (DePaul University, Chicago) students braved the frigid winter winds and set aside the mounting heap of assignments and tasks in order to not only show our...
Twenty Bulgarian teens came together on September 12-14 to learn about volunteering and citizenship—both EU and national—in a training organized by URI Youth Ambassador Rosen Dimov.
Dear CC Contact Persons, The materials for the Trustee Selection Process and Proposed Bylaw Amendments are close to being completed for you. By this time next week (Friday, October 28), you will...