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.
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.
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.
The World Bank Institute 2nd Annual Voices Against Corruption forum, A Global Youth Anti-Corruption Network Event provided young leaders from around the world the soace to interact and exchange lessons about new and innovative ways to tackle corruption and improve accountability in governance.
I couldn’t resist. URI’s newest Cooperation Circle resides in Siberia. And here are its members forming a circle. Striking, isn’t it? How did we ever go from a dream to Siberia? I..
When Rowaida Mroue, 2010 URI Youth Ambassador from Lebanon, took an internship at Radio Horytna in Cairo, she had no idea she would soon find herself in the middle of a revolution. But there she was on January 25th, watching as radio staff defied police security to take photos and videos of protesters facing down tanks—images that helped mobilize hundreds of thousands to take to the streets...
A new Cooperation Circle from rural Western Kenya was welcomed into the URI community in February 2011. Indigenous, Seventh Day Adventists, Catholics, Muslims and Protestants, the members of Prolife Interfaith Kenya CC are working together “to socially and economically empower the youth and the whole of society” regardless of religion, race or creed. They came together in 2008...
Since the beginning of 2011, 15 new Cooperation Circles have joined the URI network, bringing our total to 511 grassroots interfaith groups in 78 countries working for peace, justice and healing in...
The United Religions Initiative at the United Nations joined with the Sacred and Transcendental Arts Working Group of the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns-NY to celebrate...
Jonathan Granoff reflects on the power of nonviolence, and extends an invitation to all to attend the Newark Peace Education Summit, May 13 - 15, Newark, New Jersey, USA.