GlobeNewswire: United Religions Initiative Contains the last 10 of 15 releaseshttp://www.globenewswire.com/External?Length=42024-03-29T01:03:53ZGlobeNewswirehttp://www.globenewswire.com/External?Length=4newsdesk@globenewswire.com (NewsDesk)https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/01/08/2155778/0/en/URI-Condemns-Violence-at-US-Capitol.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=48873URI Condemns Violence at US Capitol2021-01-08T20:21:08Z<![CDATA[May we extinguish the flames of anger and hatred with revolutionary love. May we extinguish the flames of anger and hatred with revolutionary love.]]>PHOTO CREDIT: Tyler Merbler, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons - The storming of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6th, 2021https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/10/08/2105870/0/en/URI-to-Appear-in-The-Visionaries-Series-on-PBS.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=48873URI to Appear in The Visionaries Series on PBS2020-10-08T18:16:34Z<![CDATA[URI, the world's largest grassroots interfaith peacebuilding network, will be profiled in the upcoming season of The Visionaries, the award-winning public television series hosted by acclaimed actor Sam Waterston. URI, the world's largest grassroots interfaith peacebuilding network, will be profiled in the upcoming season of The Visionaries, the award-winning public television series hosted by acclaimed actor Sam Waterston.]]>(Background) Golden Women Vision is a URI member group in Uganda featured in this episode. It is comprised of women who were former sex slaves kidnapped during the conflict in Northern Uganda, and who are now providing psychological, social, and economic support to women returning to their communities. (Foreground) Actor Sam Waterston hosts the documentary series.Nyombi Tazan Jaffar is Co-Founder of AFFCAD, a URI member group featured in the Visionaries episode that improves the lives of youth and families in economically underserved communities in Uganda.https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/08/04/2072086/0/en/75-Years-Later-The-Hiroshima-Nagasaki-Accord-Online-Event.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=4887375 Years Later: The Hiroshima/Nagasaki Accord (Online Event)2020-08-04T00:20:48Z<![CDATA[On August 6 & 9, join four of the world’s leading interfaith/intercultural organizations in the call to abolish nuclear weapons. On August 6 & 9, join four of the world’s leading interfaith/intercultural organizations in the call to abolish nuclear weapons.]]>Credit: gettyimages.com / RonaldReaganLibrary / Stringer
This photo shows the 1986 Summit in Reykjavik where Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, US President Ronald Reagan, and Secretary of State George Shultz discussed possible nuclear disarmament.
For their efforts in this meeting, which brought the world tantalizingly close to the total elimination of nuclear weapons, both former President Gorbachev and Secretary Shultz will be honored at the August 6 and 9 online event commemorating the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. An award to young people pursuing nuclear disarmament will be established in perpetuity in their names.Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons is composed of dynamic voices from across the political, professional, spiritual, and geographical spectrums who have united in a single purpose to eliminate nuclear weapons once and for all. Learn more at https://www.voices-uri.orghttps://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/06/25/2053078/0/en/Two-Decades-of-Peacebuilding.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=48873Two Decades of Peacebuilding:2020-06-25T00:22:36Z<![CDATA[World’s Largest Grassroots Interfaith Peacebuilding Network Turns Twenty World’s Largest Grassroots Interfaith Peacebuilding Network Turns Twenty]]>A URI member group distributes pandemic relief supplies in this screenshot from the URI 20th Anniversary Broadcast, available online in full starting June 25, 2020 at: https://youtu.be/Bssre86Dk_8 A screenshot from the URI 20th Anniversary Broadcast, available online in full starting June 25, 2020 at: https://youtu.be/Bssre86Dk_8 https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/04/23/2021390/0/en/Love-Thy-Neighbor.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=48873Love Thy Neighbor:2020-04-23T22:20:36Z<![CDATA[People of All Beliefs, Including Christians, Muslims, Jews, Agnostics, Helping Each Other Through COVID-19 Crisis People of All Beliefs, Including Christians, Muslims, Jews, Agnostics, Helping Each Other Through COVID-19 Crisis]]>Members of the URI Global Youth Cooperation Circle, a URI member group comprised of young leaders who are at the heart of interfaith-led social transformation across the world, are connecting virtually during the COVID-19 crisis. In this picture, they hold up the word "Hope" in the languages they speak.Global Compassion, a URI member group in Cameroon, produces face masks locally to donate to villagers in underprivileged areas who are unable to avoid crowded markets. This group also supplies portable handwashing stations for villages without running water.https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/10/21/1932805/0/en/Envisioning-Peace-URI-at-The-Commonwealth-Club.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=48873Envisioning Peace: URI at The Commonwealth Club2019-10-21T18:29:01Z<![CDATA[URI is the largest grassroots interfaith peacebuilding organization in the world, with more than 1,000,000 volunteers in 108 countries. URI is the largest grassroots interfaith peacebuilding organization in the world, with more than 1,000,000 volunteers in 108 countries.]]>Left to right: The Rev. Victor H. Kazanjian Jr., Executive Director, URI; Rita Semel, First Global Chair, URI; and The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing, Founder and President of URI.https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/10/14/1929364/0/en/Preeta-D-Bansal-Appointed-to-URI-s-President-s-Council.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=48873Preeta D. Bansal Appointed to URI’s President’s Council2019-10-14T21:00:00Z<![CDATA[URI is the largest grassroots interfaith peacebuilding organization in the world, with more than 1,000,000 volunteers in 108 countries. URI is the largest grassroots interfaith peacebuilding organization in the world, with more than 1,000,000 volunteers in 108 countries.]]>Preeta D. Bansal is an American lawyer who has spent more than 30 years in senior roles in government, global business, and corporate law practice.https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/09/11/1914389/0/en/Since-9-11-Terror-Attacks-International-Peacebuilding-Community-Is-Gaining-Momentum.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=48873Since 9/11 Terror Attacks, International Peacebuilding Community Is Gaining Momentum2019-09-11T18:49:44Z<![CDATA[In the nearly two decades since the September 11 terror attacks in the United States, international and interfaith peacebuilding work has grown increasingly important as humanitarian groups try to create cohesion in a fractured world. In the nearly two decades since the September 11 terror attacks in the United States, international and interfaith peacebuilding work has grown increasingly important as humanitarian groups try to create cohesion in a fractured world.]]>International attendees at the Accelerate Peace conference, Stanford, CA, USA, June 26 & 27, 2019.URI members from many countries gather in a circle to hear perspectives from one another's cultures and faith traditions.https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/09/09/1913037/0/en/Worldwide-Groups-Join-Voices-in-Calling-for-Peace.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=48873Worldwide Groups Join Voices in Calling for Peace2019-09-09T19:44:57Z<![CDATA[URI International Peacebuilding Network Joins with Worldwide Groups Calling for Peace in Troubled Times URI International Peacebuilding Network Joins with Worldwide Groups Calling for Peace in Troubled Times]]>Children in Sri Lanka celebrate Peace Day with "Understanding Cultural and Religious Values," a URI grassroots member group.The Silkroad Ensemble celebrates Peace Day with Rothko Chapel, a URI grassroots member group in Houston, Texas.https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/06/03/1863507/0/en/Beyond-Partisanship.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=48873Beyond Partisanship2019-06-03T18:35:55Z<![CDATA[URI Convenes Unprecedented Accelerate Peace Int’l Conference June 26 & 27 URI Convenes Unprecedented Accelerate Peace Int’l Conference June 26 & 27]]>Accelerate Peace: Interfaith Action in Global Peacebuilding
An international conference on the Stanford University campus
Wednesday, June 26 & Thursday, June 27
https://uri.org/acceleratepeace