URI Stories of Impact

Youth from Jordan, Algeria and the United States talk about their struggles with identity.

With Ramadan upon us, Muslims across the world prepare for a month of fasting from sunrise to sunset. 

The search is on for the most innovative, groundbreaking and sustainable grassroots environmental initiatives in emerging and developing countries! Nominations for the UNEP Sasakawa Prize 2011 are now...

My oldest son came to me one night 16 years ago and said, “Dad, I’m going to Japan.” He was 16 years old at the time. And I said, “Oh, are you? And who’s paying for it?” He said, “The American Friends Service Committee. I’m going with a group of American teenagers and we’re going to interview survivors.” So he went, and spent the summer in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

This detailed article is written by Sidney D. Drell, a member of the Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons. The article was published in a magazine titled Physics Today. Dr. Drell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and professor of theoretical physics (emeritus) at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Stanford University.

Sherfi Rizk of Egypt’s Tolerance CC spoke about tolerance and co-existence in an interview with the on-line Canadian news site, Worldwide Good News. The video can be viewed at..

Charles Gibbs responds to a Florida church’s plan to burn the Holy Quran on 9/11.

URI has partnered with Interfaith Power and Light (a Cooperation Circle)  to provide support for tree planting and reforestation projects in four parts of the developing world.