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The United Religions Initiative (URI) is a global grassroots interfaith network that cultivates peace and justice by engaging people to bridge religious and cultural differences and work together for the good of their communities and the world. The purpose of the United Religions Initiative is to promote enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, to end religiously motivated violence and to create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings. This mission is carried out through local and global initiatives that build the capacity of more than 600 member groups and organizations, called Cooperation Circles,〔(Cooperation Circles ), United Religions Initiative〕 to engage in community action such as conflict resolution and reconciliation, environmental sustainability, education, women’s and youth programs, and advocacy for human rights. Guided by the vision of founder William E. Swing the URI Charter was developed through a series of international conferences and consultation with transformative organizational design practitioners David Cooperrider and Diana Whitney.〔Cooperrider, David L. and Diana Kaplin Whitney, ''Appreciative inquiry: a positive revolution in change'', page 31, Berret-Koehler Publishers Inc., 2005〕 The URI Charter was signed by more than two-hundred people present, and hundreds more joining over the Internet, at a ceremony in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on June 26, 2000.〔''Pittsburgh Post Gazette'', June 28, 2000, Ervin Dyer, Charter Signed for Religious Coalitions 〕 ==Organizational structure== The URI is composed of 640 Cooperation Circles (CCs) in 84 countries worldwide as of July 2014. CCs are groups of seven or more individuals representing three or more different faiths or spiritual expressions. CC members are located in one of eight regions; some span across multiple regions:〔(Cooperation Circles ), United Religions Initiative〕 * Africa * Asia * Europe * Latin America & the Caribbean * Middle East & North Africa * Multiregion * North America * Southeast Asia & the Pacific 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United Religions Initiative」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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