a global awareness

URI Young Leaders Program

The Young Leaders Program aims to connect religiously and spiritually diverse young people from around the world, and to develop their capacity to be servant leaders in the areas of interfaith cooperation, peacebuilding, ecological imperatives, human rights, and sustainable just economics. Supporting this is an online community for interfaith young leaders, spread over a variety of networks and accessible through a community hub.

Here you will find: a community portal for social networking, dialogue forums and live chat discussions, a community calendar that shares important events of our youth members and the action themes for each month, a media gallery that highlights youth projects and video clips of URI youth in action, a newsdesk that shares update developments of the Young Leaders Program, and a resources section that contains helpful resources developed by youth participants for the URI Young Leaders Program. Connect with us online and help to build this vibrant interfaith youth movement together!

Bridge Builders Network

The Bridge-builders’ Network is a gathering place for leaders of the interfaith youth movement online. Bridge-builders’ is an initiative of the Interfaith Youth Core. You are welcome here.

World Spirit Youth Council

Spiritual transformation is essential to effective peacemaking in the world. Václav Havel expressed the same awareness with these words: Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness, nothing will change for the better, and the catastrophe towards which this world is headed, whether it be ecological, social, demographic or a general breakdown of civilization, will be inevitable. Because we share a passionate belief in the need for an organized movement of youth who live inner peace, the World Spirit Youth Council was organized to meet that need.

Challenge Day

Challenge Day is a day-long interactive workshop where teens, teachers, and community members experience for themselves that compassion and connection are indeed possible in our schools. Through thought-provoking games, activities, and discussions, Challenge Day provides participants with tools to break down the walls of separation and isolation and build new levels of respect and communication. Trained Challenge Day Leaders expertly create a program environment of safety, trust, and full expression.