United Religions Initiative North American - Briefings

On June 20, 2006, The Global Council Trustees, on behalf of the members of the UNITED RELIGIONS INITIATIVE (URI) throughout the world, issued a Peace Proclamation, joining with the United Nations in proclaiming September 21 as The International Day of Peace (IDP). We urge all our members to encourage all citizens of this world to work together to create peace, justice and healing for the Earth and for all living beings.

“Would you be interested?” A chance question in a phone call led nine CCs to take the initiative to gather a year later in a beautiful little valley in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia for a “family reunion.” URI CCs blossomed in the Carolinas and Tennessee with the inspiration and guidance of Mary Page and Bennett Simms, and had gotten to know each other through quarterly meetings. So when Mary Page said “let us gather and meet our northern brethren,” gather they did, joined by CCs from Virginia, Baltimore, Washington DC, and Margi Ness and Sally Mahe.

The latest issue of the URI North American Regional Update is now available at http://www.uri-na.org/wp/newsletters/regional-update-issue-10/. While all of the articles therein are already included in this website, the newsletter provides a beautiful and easily-downloadable way of reading and sharing regional URI news.