United Religions Initiative

2005 Year in Review

interfAith

cooperAtion

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Dear Friends:

Welcome to the United Religions Initiative (URI) Year in Review—2005.

As 2005 began, the world and URI were launching a massive response to a devastating tsunami. By year’s end, we were delivering blankets to earthquake victims on the mountaintops of Pakistan and giving comfort to hurricane survivors in America’s south.

In between, thousands died in Iraq in what many fear has now become a sectarian civil war. We lost a hugely popular pope and a newly centrist Israeli prime minister. And we debated the meaning of “genocide” while thousands died in Darfur.

It was in many ways a tough year for the Earth and all who live here.

Looking beyond the news coverage, however, we saw glimmers of hope and signs of progress toward a more peaceful and just world. A great deal of that light—far more than you might realize—emanated from URI.

Members of URI’s interfaith Cooperation Circles brought medicine and dignity to thousands of AIDS patients in southern Africa. They organized school exchanges where Israeli and Palestinian kids became friends. They helped negotiate a cease fire between rival religious sects in Manila and took guns off the streets of Rio de Janeiro.

Through thousands of projects like these, URI engaged more than one million people from 120 faith traditions last year to promote interfaith cooperation and to create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings. In a difficult year, we held fast to our faith in the power of interfaith part-nership to transform our common future.

Standing in solidarity with us were hundreds of financial supporters. With gifts ranging from one dol-lar to several hundred thousand dollars, they secured the network that links the people of URI across 60 nations and six continents.

Supporting Interfaith Action: URI Donors and Volunteers

URI is a vital community of people around the world who give their time, their hard work and their resources to create a more peaceful, just and healthy world. Volunteers contributed hundreds of thousands of hours to URI in 2005, and we are deeply grateful. We also acknowledge those who made financial gifts to URI through the Global Support Office in San Francisco in 2005. For your generosity and commitment, we thank you all.

Officers

Ms. Yoland Trevino, Chair, USA

Mr. Mussie Hailu, Vice Chair, Ethiopia

Ms. Perri Kathryn McCary, Secretary, USA

Rev. Heng Sure, Assistant Secretary, USA

Rabbi Doug Khan, Treasurer, USA

Dr. Ratnam Alagiah, Assistant Treasurer – Australia

The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing, President, USA

The Rev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs, Executive Director, USA

Trustees

Mr. Sabapathy Alagiah, Mozambique

Mr. Shlomo Alon, Israel

Dr. Raschid Bockemuehl, Germany

Fr. James Channan, Pakistan

Sr. Sandra Clemente, Philippines

Shaikh Bashir Dultz, Germany

Elder Donald Frew, USA

Dr. Amir Farid Isahak, Malaysia

Ven. Dr. Jinwol Lee, Korea

Mr. Raul Angel Mamani, Argentina

Rev. Deborah Moldow, USA

Ms. Despina Namwembe, Uganda

Rev. Elias de Andrade Pinto, Brazil

Ms. Heidi Rautionmaa, Finland

Dr. Susi Reich, Argentina

Mr. Jonathan Rose, Mexico

Mrs. Elana Rozenman, Israel

Ms. Atefeh Sadeghi, Dubai and Iran

Ms. Kathy Sandoval, USA

Mrs. Rita Semel, USA

Ms. Hanan Salem Shahatit, Jordan

Dr. Mohinder Singh, India

Dr. Thoudam D. Singh, India

Mr. Sam Srinivasan, USA

URI Global Council Trustees

InDIVIDUAl DonoRS

Mrs. Corinne W. Abel and the late Mr. Brent M. Abel

Ms. Maria S. Adams

Dr. Ratnam Alagiah

Mrs. Marjorie K. Alexander

Mr. and Mrs. Claude Alexander

Mr. and Mrs. Saeed and Samira Amidi

The Rt. Rev. Robert M. Anderson

Mr. Paul Andrews and Ms. Libby Windsor

Anonymous

Rev. and Mrs. George Armstrong

Gordon and Gayla Armstrong

Dr. Lauren Artress

Ms. Fae R. Asher

Ms. Ellen Aucoin-Unruhe

The Rev. and Mrs. William and Anne Aulenbach

Mr. and Mrs. Earl and Jean Bailey

Rev. and Mrs. David and Gloria Baker

Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Marilynn Balch

Douglas and Leslie Ballinger

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Barksdale

Mr. and Mrs. Bailey S. Barnard

Ms. Lynn Bauer

Norman Beachy and Rena Cusma Beachy

Ms. Florence R. Beeler

Ms. Llewellyn W. Bell

Dr. Kathleen Bemis and Mr. John W. Gregory

R.L. and N.L. Bennett

Mr. and Mrs. Jay and Laurel Bergman

Mr. David Berry

Ms. Virginia Bertelsen

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bertges

Ms. Judy Berti

Rev. and Mrs. Robert Beveridge

Mr. James Birdwell

Mr. Cox B. Birkholm

Mr. William W. Bivins, Jr. and Ms. Lynn Fuller

John and Virginia Blacklidge

Ms. Eileen Blaker-Raynolds

John and Patricia Blessington

Ms. Diane L. Bloom

Ms. Judy Bloom

Mrs. Doris Blum

Dr. Raschid Bockemuehl

Ms. Rebecca Booher

Dr. Sylvia Boorstein and Mr. Seymour Boorstein

Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. Bowles

Cabell and Shirley Brand Charitable Lead Trust

Rev. John Pairman Brown and Mrs. D. Emily Brown

The Rt. Rev. Joseph Bruno

Charles and Joanne Bryan

Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Burnham

Mrs. Betty Burnham

Ms. Gloria T. Burress

Mr. Lewis H. Butler

Rev. and Mrs. Griffin C. Callahan

Jeffrey Callanan and Alison L. Huff

Dr. and Mrs. John Callander

Rev. David W. Cammack

Don Goodman and Susy Camp-Goodman

Rev. Elizabeth Canham

Stacey B. Case Living Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Marsden and Roxanne Cason

Ms. Kathryn H. Cavalier

Ms. Jill M. Chadek

Rev. and Mrs. Paul and Jan Chaffee

Dr. and Mrs. James Chamness

Dinesh Chandra and Indira Dandavati

Ms. Amy C.N. Chang Chien

Father James Channan

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Chaskelson

Mr. and Mrs. J. Mabon and Sally Childs

Geoffrey and Patricia Chin

Janardhan Chodagam

Mrs. Kay Y. Choi

Mr. and Mrs. George and Emma Christopher

Sr. Sandra G. Clemente

Mr. Paul Cleveland and Ms. Deborah Lawson Cleveland

Professor John B. Cobb, Jr.

Rev. and Mrs. Milo and Lois Coerper

Thomas and Miggie Collins

Jeffery and Kathy Congdon

Mr. Mike Anderson and Ms. Cristen Conley

Mr. and Mrs. J.J. and Cindy Connolly

Mrs. Fran Cooperrider

Mrs. Marjorie N. Cope

Ms. Diana D. Cornelius

Ms. Adele Corvin

The Rev. and Mrs. Norman L. Cram, Jr.

Ms. Mary C. Crary

Mr. Kenneth C. Crater and Ms. Peg Ferraro

Mr. Bradley C. Crawford

Mr. Melville C. Creusere

Mrs. Susan Crosier

Dr. Quita Cruciger and Dr. Marc. Cruciger

Ms. Mary Culp

Mr. Bradley Currey, Jr.

Ms. Diane Curtis

Mohan Dadlani

Mr. William Dalsimer

Ms. Stella Daniels

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Danielson

Susan H. D’Aoust

Ms. Ann C. Darling

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Iris Dart

Ms. Leonie Darwin

Ms. Nadine Davida

Mr. Gordon Davidson and Ms. Corinne McLaughlin

Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Judith Davis

Joanne Daykin

George and Marcia De Garmo

Ms. Jane E. de Jarnette in memory of The Very Rev. Canon William C. Raingotf II

Robert and Barbara Deasy

Ms. Joan P. Dedo

Raj and Helen Desai

Ms. Betty Devalcourt

Ronald and Ruth Dexter

Ms. C.S. Diehl

Ms. Lou D. Diekemper

Mrs. Frances Dillingham

Carl and Meredith Ditmore

Mr. and Mrs. Mark and Janet Dodge

Dr. Dodi Donnelly

Mr. and Mrs. Stan and Mary Donnelly

Mr. and Mrs. Ed and Linda Dougherty

Ms. Jeanne C. Dowell

Ms. Eileen H. Drath

Ms. Betty Dreifuss

Mr. and Mrs. John Duff

Sheikh Bashir Ahmad Dultz

John and Mary Dunn

Mr. Michael C. Durst

The Rev. and Mrs. Doug Earle

Shane Easter

Ms. Francesca Eastman and Mr. Edward Goodstein

Alex and Simone Echeguren

Mr. Richard King and Ms. Carol Edgar

The Rev. and Mrs. Tilden Edwards

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edwards

Hamed and Faranak Ehsani

Dr. Linda B. Elder

Mr. and Mrs. Noak and Monica Eldh

Donald and Janice Elliott

David M. and Erin I. Elliott

Rev. James G. Emerson

Mr. Clayton Englar

Sr. Dianne Fagan

Ms. Nahid F. Farazian

Mr. and Mrs. Mark and Jean Farmer

Mr. and Mrs. Ahmad Faruqui

Mr. and Mrs. G. Nicholas Farwell

Mr. Jeffrey B. Faust

Dr. and Mrs. Elliott M. Feigenbaum

Dr. and Mrs. Laurence Feigenbaum

Mr. Donald Feurzeig and Ms. Mary E. Roberts

Dr. Steve Fitzgerald

Mr. John H. Flagg

Dr. Herbert Franklin and Rev. Mary P. Franklin

Rabbi Stacy Friedman

Jay and Joyce Friedrichs

Mr. Stephen Fuqua and Ms. Tania Homayoun

Mr. and Mrs. Mike and Donna Gabehart

Mr. and Mrs. William and Barbara Gaffield

Father Charles Gagan, S.J.

The Rev. Mary Moore Gaines and Mr. George Gaines

Mr. Walt Galloway

Dr. Donald S. Gann

Ms. Sandra Gary

Rev. and Mrs. Francis Geddes

Ms. Mary T. Geeslin

Fred and Annette Gellert

Judge Ronald M. George and Mrs. Barbara George

Ms. Ruth L. Gibbs and Mr. Robert Margoshes

Mrs. Ruth W. Gibbs

The Rev. Canon Charles P. and Mrs. Debbie Gibbs

Mr. George C. Giles

Mr. Ray and Dr. Nancy Glock-Grueneich

John and Ann Glover

Mr. and Mrs. John and Marcia Goldman

Ms. Margaret Gooch

Dr. Robert E.L. Gotcher

Mr. and Mrs. Dandridge and Joan Gray

Mr. and Mrs. William Green

Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Susan Green

Ms. Daphne D. Greene and Mr. Henry Wilkins

Ms. Flora Greenshoot

Peter and Patty Gregg

Mr. Lewis Griggs

Kurt and Barbara Gronowski

Ms. Lois Gundlack

Mr. Martin Gurvich

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Gutstadt

Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Hagey

Mr. and Mrs. Iftekhar Hai

Rev. Pixie Hammond

Rev. Patrick Hanjoul

Ms. Martha Harper

Rev. and Mrs. John Harper

Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Carol Harrison

Ms. Dabney A. Hart

Mr. and Mrs. A.S. and Margaret Hart

Ms. Barbara H. Hartford and Mr. James C. Strong

Mr. and Mrs. Sherman and Sarah Hasbrouck

Mr. and Mrs. Will and JoAnn Haymaker

Ms. Nora Healy

Mr. and Mrs. Jim and Cecilia Herbert

Louise D. Heyneman

Mr. and Mrs. John Hickman

Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Ann Hofflund

Jeff and Alison Holland

Mr. Ronald E. Holm

Mr. and Mrs. Frank K. Hoover

Mr. Richard Hoskins and Ms. Lynn Frame

Rev. Carol M. Hovis

Mrs. Embry Howell

Dr. and Mrs. William and Sara Hoyt

Dr. Marshall Stoller and Dr. Mikiko Huang

Robert and Helen Huber

Mr. E.C. Hubert

Ms. Victoria Hudson

Charles and Donna Huggins

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hughes

Mr and Mrs Sheldon B. Hughes

Mr. and Mrs. Donald and Virginia Humphreys

Amir Farid bin Isahak

Ms. Rowena Jackson

Ms. Karen L. Jackson

Ms. Jane M. Jacobs

Mr. and Mrs. Jinendra and Katherine Jain

Mr. F.G. Jameson

Rev. and Mrs. Tally H. Jarrett

Mrs. Helen Jenks

Ms. Elizabeth Johnson

Dennis and Marsha Johnson

Tim and Kie Johnson

Mr. and Mrs. Ward and Jean Johnson

Mrs. Margaret Jones

Robert V. and Arlene Jones

The Very Rev. Alan Jones and Mrs. Cricket Jones

Mrs. Margaret Jones

Dr. and Mrs. Albert and Mary Jonsen

Rabbi and Mrs. Doug Kahn

Karen Kai and Bob Rusky

Sushila and Ramesh Kansara

Sudarshan and Veena Kapoor

Dr. Abraham Karickam

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey and Andrea Karlin

Rev. and Mrs. Masato and Alice Kawahatsu

Mr. and Mrs. Oliver and Joan D. Keller

Rev. Brian S. Kelley

Mrs. Rosemary Kelley

Mary Kathleen Kelley

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kennedy

Ms. Margaret L. Keon

Mr. and Mrs. Willard P. Kerr

Mr. Michael Kieschnick and The Rev. Frannie Kieschnick

Mr. Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo and Ms. Nancy Wang

Daniel and Meeta King

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard E. Kingsley

Rev. and Mrs. Doug Kinney

Mrs. Margaret Kirk

Mrs. Gorham B. Knowles

The Rev. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Knox

Mr. and Mrs. Albin Koch

Marla Kolman

Mr. Georgios Kostakos

Mr. David Kaplan and Ms. Louise A. LaMothe

Rev. Paul Langston-Daly

John and Judy Lansill

Kathleen N. Lechner

Ven. Jinwol Young H. Lee

Dr. Robert E. Lee

Ms. Alberta M. Lesko

Keith and Gail Lester

Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Letendre

Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Sally Levie

Mrs. Robert Levy

Professor Kevin and Ms. Phebe Ann Lewis

Mark and Sandy Lewis

Timothy and Joy Light

Rev. Deborah A. Light

John G. and June R. Lilienthal

Ms. Sally Lilienthal

Mr. and Mrs. Tom and Margaret Lillard

Rev. Kay Lindahl

Ms. Sheila Lippman and Mr. Zev Hymowitz

Dr. Robert J. Livingston

Mrs. Fay Loomis

Ms. Jill Royce Loomis

Ms. Nancy J. Lown

Charles and Mary Lowrey

Mr. and Mrs. W.T. and Carolyn Lundell

Rev. and Mrs. Jack and Martha Lundin

Robert and Connie Lurie

The Rev. and Mrs. Vincent and Barbara Lyon

Carol E. MacDonald

Ms. Charity S. MacDonald

Donald and Kathleen MacDonald

Mr. and Mrs. Edmund MacDonald

Piers and Bonner MacDonald

Mr. Samuel G. Macfarlane

Harold and Mary MacKinney

Mr. and Mrs. Cameron F. MacRae III

Ms. Sally Mahé

Mr. Thomas Mahon

Mr. Robert Manning

The Ven. Rev. and Mrs. Malcolm Manson

Mr. and Mrs. George M. Marcus

Mr. Milt Markewitz

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Masonek

Mr. and Mrs. William and Karen Mastin

Sister Lydia Mathews

Ms. Avon Mattison

Ms. Charlotte Maynard

Mr. James Grachek and Ms. Joni McAnany-Grachek

Jon and Mimi McBride

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick

Ms. Susan D. McClean

Mr. and Mrs. Archibald McClure

John and Jeanne McCoy

Mr. and Mrs. Jim McDonald

Susanna McIlwaine

Ms. Barbara J. Meislin

Mr. and Mrs. Allen and Virginia Menke

Ms. Ann T. Metcalfe

Mr. and Mrs. Claude G. Metzler

Rev. Guy W. Meyer

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond and Nancy Miailovich

Stanley and Eleanor Mieth

Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Ruth Milch

Mrs. Lynn Miller

Mr. Mort Miller

William and Barbara Mills

Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Lynne Minard

Ms. Virginia Mitchell and Mr. George Brown

Brian and Jamie Moffett

Mrs. Herbert C. Moffitt

Rev. Deborah Moldow

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mondavi

Ms. Elizabeth Moody

Ms. Lynda F. Moore

Mr. John K. Moore, Sr. and Mrs. Pat Moore

Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Maura Morey

The Very Rev. James P. Morton

Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Elizabeth Morton

Ms. Jocelyn A. Moss

Ms. Nancy D. Murray

Ms. Eleanor Myers

Rev. and Mrs. Ron Nakasone

Ms. Despina Namwembe

Mr. Mohammed Naseem

Dr. Raquel Newman

Mr. and Mrs. Walter and Ellen Newman

Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Marilynn Nissen

Ms. Tomiko Nojima

Mr. and Mrs. Walter and Vera Obermeyer

Mr. and Mrs. William Oberndorf

Mr. and Mrs. Max Oliphant

Mrs. Peggy Olsen

Thomas and Olivia Orr

Mrs. William Orrick, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Ouyang

Michael and Susan Painter

Pat Palmer

The Rev. Dr. John Avery Palmer

Mr. and Mrs. William and Julie Parish

Mr. Mark Parnes

Ms. Anne E. Parrott

Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey R. Paul

Ms. Margaret M. Paul

Mr. David Perkins

William A. and Anna Brita Perkins

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Perkins

Ms. Lee M. Petty

Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Phleger

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Pickering

Bill and Mary Poland

The Hon. and Mrs. Stewart Pollak in honor of Rita Semel

Mrs. Evelyn Pope

Mr. and Mrs. Jason and Abigail Porth

Mr. James N. Pratt

Timothy B. and Sheila Pratt

Mr. Nathaniel Preston and Mrs. Ravida Preston

Mrs. Elizabeth Prothro

The Rev. Sharon Rader and Mr. Blane Rader

Ms. Helen H. Raiser

Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon and Nonie Ramsay

Mr. and Mrs. Craig and Maja Ramsey

Rev. William W. Rankin and Dr. Sally Rankin

Hubert and Joan Reber

Mr. Bruce Reeves

Dr. Gene Reeves

Mr. and Mrs. Clint Reilly

Mrs. Louise Renne and Mr. Paul Renne

Ms. Sharon Reynolds and Mr. Joseph G. Wilcox

Mr. Robert Reynolds and Rev. Dr. Carol C. Saysette

The Rev. and Mrs. Robert and Elizabeth Rible

Mr. and Mrs. Edward and Marcella Riegel

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ripma

Mr. Robert N. Ristad

Dr. and Mrs. James and Tracy Ritchie

Dr. Ana-Maria Rizzuto

Wayne and Lynn Robbins

John and Ann Roberts

Dr. Steven C. Rockefeller

Jonathan and Margarita Rose

Rev. Anne Roth and Mr. Bill Roth

Alan and Susan Rothenberg

David and Susan Rounds

Mr. and Mrs. James and Libby Rouse

Mrs. Elana Rozenman

Ms. Cynthia Sampson

Ms. Kathy Sandoval

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph and Norma Satten

Mr. Frederic Sawyer in memory of Diane Sawyer

Mr. Jack Sawyer

David and Daly Schreck

Dr. Karl V. Schultz

Mr. Michael Derby and Ms. Nancy Searby

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Seavey

Mr. and Mrs. P. Kempton Segerhammar

Mrs. Dore Selix-Gabby

Mrs. Betty Sellars

Rita R. Semel

James Thomson and Elisabeth Semel

Stephen and Molly Sestanovich

Barton and Charlaine Shackelford

John and Lois Shelly

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Shields

Dr. Jane Pratt and Mr. John D. Shilling

Rev. Hallam Shorrock, Jr.

Mr. Ray Signer

The Rt. Rev. Bennett Sims and Mrs. Mary Page Sims

Dr. David Singer and The Rev. Susan Singer

Dr. Mohinder Singh

Dr. Thoudam D. Singh

Dr. Meji Singh

Dr. Wilfred T. Small

Mr. and Mrs. Mathew B. Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon H. Smith

Mr. and Mrs. John and Jane Sorbi

Mr. David J. Sparrow

Mr. Sam Srinivasan and Dr. Padma Srinivasan

Rev. Betsy G. Stang and Rev. Jim Davis

The Rev. Richard Stazesky

Ms. Joelle Steefel

Dr. and Mrs. Stuart and Elizabeth Stephens

The Rev. Connie Sternberg

Ms. Elizabeth A. Stewart

Norman and Ann Stewart

Pablo and Jenean Stone

Mr. and Ms. Robert Stone

Ms. Nicole Stott

John W. and Jane Straub

Ms. Edna L. Street

Mr. Jay Strickwerda

Mr. Robert D. Stuart, Jr.

Mr. Robert Stutz

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Sullivan

Rev. Dr. Heng Sure

Ms. Elizabeth H. Sutro

Mr. and Mrs. Donald and Sara Sweet

Ms. Roselyne Swig

The Rt. Rev. and Mrs. William E. Swing

Mr. and Mrs. James Symons

Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Carol Taaffe

Sarah C. Talcott

Ms. Elaine Tan

Mr. Matthew A. Taylor

Ms. Jeanne Taylor

Mr. Daniel Tellep and the late Mrs. Patricia Tellep

Rev. and Mrs. Jaco ten Hove

Mr. and Mrs. James and Gladys S. Thacher

Ms. Susan E. Thomas

Peter and Eleanor Thorp

Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Tight

Mrs. Mary B. Tilghman

Ms. Louise T. Todd Cope

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Tomasello

Edgar and Mary Torrence

Dr. and Mrs. Len and Libby Traubman

Ms. Yoland Trevino

Ms. Marian W. Trotter

Ms. Seanna M. Tully

Mrs. Lynne Twist

Mr. Agus Indra Udayana

Dr. Margot B. Unkel

Ms. Carol Vankeeken

Mr. and Mrs. John D. Vanwagoner

Dr. Shakuntala M. Vaswani

James and Glenda Vincelette

Mr. Paul Vogelheim

Roger and Wendy Von Oech

Douglas and Nancy Sue Von Qualen

Robert C. Walker and Lynda R. Walker

Harry and Thea Walker

The Rev. Anne Wall and Mr. James C. Wall

Ms. Anne D. Wallace

Mr. Bob Walter and Ms. Nola Hague

Ms. Molly Walzer

Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Wanetick

Ms. Nancy Wang

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Waterman, Jr.

Mr. Edward E. Watson

Dr. Malcolm S.M. Watts

Ms. Julia Waxter

The Rev. John J. Weaver

Mr. and Mrs. Carl and Kim Weichel

Ms. Connie Weiss

Mr. Herbert West and The Rev. Jan West

Ms. Rebecca Westerfield

Ed and Patti White

Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Whitehouse

Ms. Jane Whitfield and Mr. Salvatore Abbate

Dr. Diana Whitney

The Very Rev. and Mrs. H.L. Whittemore

Ms. Marilyn Wilhelm

Dr. and Mrs. George and Gail Wilson

Mr. William M.A. Wilson

Dr. Charles Wilson and Ms. Frances Petrocelli

Milton and Barbara H. Wilson

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph and Mollie Wingerter

Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Lou Winston

Ms. Joan Seaton Winston

The Rev. and Mrs. Harry Woggon

Mr. Robert Wolcott, Jr. and Ms. Allyn W. Greeney

Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Margaret Wolcott

Mrs. Jane H. Wong

Mr. Michael Wood

Kenneth and Dorothy Woodcock

Rev. Bob Wooten and Mrs. Jackie Wooten

Ms. Dorothy S. Wylie

Mr. Alvin Yamashiro

Rev. Shari M. Young

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. and Jacqueline L. Young

Carl and Adele Zachrisson

FoUnDATIonS AnD oRGAnIzATIonS

Aebersold Charitable Lead Trust

Aetherius Society

Alben F. and Clara G. Bates Foundation

Aquarian Tabernacle Church International

C. Weichel and Associates LTD/DBA Covingtons

Caldwell Family Foundation

Center for Inner Peace

Center for Spiritual Enlightenment

Congregational Church of Huntington

Economic and Social Justice CC

Environmental Systems Research Institute

Fetzer Institute

Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA)

Interfaith Council of Central Orange County

Islamic Society of North America

James J. Ludwig and Eileen D. Ludwig Foundation

Jewish Community Relations Council

Joseph L. and Sarah S. Marcum Foundation

Judith McBean Foundation

Kalliopeia Foundation

Konko Church of San Francisco

Kramer Family Foundation

Lowenberg Family Supporting Foundation

McCown Family Foundation

New Vision United Methodist Church

Outrageous Foundation

Pathways to Peace

Perkins-Prothro Foundation

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund

Rothenberg Family Philanthropic Fund

Rupert H. Johnson, Jr. Foundation

Sam International Information Technology, Inc.

Sierra Health Foundation

Sisters of St. Francis Leadership Team

Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

TARA Foundation

The Archdiocese of Baltimore

The Community of St. Francis

The Episcopal Church in the Diocese of California

The George Hornstein Family Foundation

The James R. and Donna H. Simanton Foundation

The Justin Dart Family Foundation

The Menke Foundation

Tides Foundation

Trinity Parish

United Muslims of America

URI of Washington DC CC

Vedanta Society of Northern California

Weiser Family Foundation

Westminster Presbyterian Church

William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation

World Vision

In-KInD DonoRS

Mr. and Mrs. Bailey S. Barnard

Alex and Simone Echeguren

Carol Edgar and Richard King

Elder Rowan Fairgrove

Gallo of Sonoma

Robert Mondavi Winery

Peggy Olsen

Talbott Winery

Diana Whitney

Some people ask me, “ Is peace really possible?” Because of my involvement with interfaith dialogue I tell them, “ Well , we ’re doing it now.”

—MARCO P. GUTANG, MEMBER OF THE PEACEMAKERS COOPERATION CIRCLE OF URI, MANILA

They provided the resources to help found 36 more Cooperation Circles. Brought internet access to our indigenous volunteers in remote parts of Argentina. Funded a coordinator for thousands of indefatigable African volunteers. Underwrote leadership training for young interfaith activists in the Mideast and Europe. Enabled 70 Muslims, Christians, secularists and others in Europe to engage in intensive discussions on overcoming religious and ethnic prejudice. And much more.

If you are among those supporters, we honor your investment and we hold you in our hearts. Please read this Year in Review with pride in all that you have helped make possible. In a dark year, you have been a bright and shining light.

If you have yet to invest in URI, we invite you to join us today. Whatever the television news might say, wonderful things are happening to propel us to a more peaceful, just and healthy world. You deserve to share this joyful journey with us.

With care and gratitude,

The Rev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs Yoland Trevino Executive Director Global Council Chair

The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing Global Council President

Malawi, a landlocked African country of 13 million, is one of the least developed nations on earth. long impoverished, it has been ravaged by HIV/AIDS; nearly one million Malawians are now infected.

But Malawi has great riches, too. nearly half of its people are under age 15, a vast resource of energy, hope and creativity. URI Cooperation Circles in Malawi focus on helping these youngsters grow into healthy and hardworking leaders of a peaceful and prosperous land. on their own time and often with their own funds, URI volunteers shelter and educate orphans, care for young AIDS patients and teach youth how to avoid contracting the HIV virus.

In 2005 children were the heart of URI Malawi’s cel-ebration of International Day of Peace, entertaining hundreds of guests with songs, dances and poems about peace.

URI Cooperation Circles have helped give these children — and their loving and faithful elders — the hope to transform the future of their fragile land.

• INDICATES COOPERATION CIRCLE

Key: NUMBER OF COOPERATION CIRCLES IN A COMMUNITY OR METROPOLITAN AREA:

9-21 2-8 1

AFRICA 57

Angola ..............................................................................................................................................................1

Benin .................................................................................................................................................................1

Ethiopia ..........................................................................................................................................................2

Gabon ...............................................................................................................................................................1

Gambia ............................................................................................................................................................1

Kenya ............................................................................................................................................................... 3

Liberia ..............................................................................................................................................................1

Malawi ......................................................................................................................................................... 10

Mozambique ..............................................................................................................................................12

Nigeria............................................................................................................................................................. 3

Senegal ...........................................................................................................................................................2

Sierra Leone..................................................................................................................................................1

South Africa .................................................................................................................................................1

Swaziland ...................................................................................................................................................... 3

Uganda .........................................................................................................................................................12

Zambia ............................................................................................................................................................2

Zimbabwe ......................................................................................................................................................1

ASIA 101

Bangladesh ...................................................................................................................................................2

China .................................................................................................................................................................1

India ..............................................................................................................................................................59

Korea ..............................................................................................................................................................12

Nepal .................................................................................................................................................................1

Pakistan ....................................................................................................................................................... 23

Sri Lanka .......................................................................................................................................................2

Taiwan ..............................................................................................................................................................1

eURoPe 22

Belgium ..........................................................................................................................................................2

Bosnia ...............................................................................................................................................................1

Denmark ........................................................................................................................................................2

Finland ............................................................................................................................................................ 3

Germany ........................................................................................................................................................4

The Netherlands ........................................................................................................................................2

Romania ..........................................................................................................................................................1

Russia ...............................................................................................................................................................1

Spain .................................................................................................................................................................1

Tajikistan.........................................................................................................................................................1

Turkey ...............................................................................................................................................................1

United Kingdom......................................................................................................................................... 3

lATIn AMeRICA AnD THe CARIBBeAn 21

Argentina ...................................................................................................................................................... 7

Bolivia ...............................................................................................................................................................1

Brazil ................................................................................................................................................................6

Chile ...................................................................................................................................................................1

Haiti ...................................................................................................................................................................1

Mexico..............................................................................................................................................................1

Panama ...........................................................................................................................................................1

Peru ..................................................................................................................................................................2

Venezuela .......................................................................................................................................................1

MIDDle eAST & noRTH AFRICA 24

Egypt................................................................................................................................................................2

Iran ....................................................................................................................................................................1

Israel ..............................................................................................................................................................13

Jordan .............................................................................................................................................................4

Palestinian Authority..............................................................................................................................4

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noRTH AMeRICA 46

Canada ..........................................................................................................................................................2

United States ..........................................................................................................................................44

SoUTHeAST ASIA, InDoneSIA & THe PACIFIC 13

Australia .........................................................................................................................................................1

Cambodia .......................................................................................................................................................1

Indonesia .......................................................................................................................................................2

Malaysia ..........................................................................................................................................................1

New Zealand ................................................................................................................................................1

Philippines .....................................................................................................................................................5

Vietnam ..........................................................................................................................................................2

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Africa: Ugandans Unite for Peace and HealingThe Lord’s Resistance Army, a brutal, quasi-spiritual rebel force, has terrorized northern Uganda since URI-Uganda coordinator Despina Namwembe was a pre-teen, conscripting some 20,000 children and driving 1.7 million people from their homes. In the meantime, more than one million Ugandans have died of AIDS. With Despina’s support, the members of Uganda’s 12 URI Cooperation Circles (CCs) rescue child soldiers, care for AIDS- and war-orphans, collect supplies for refugees, and study conflict resolution skills in preparation for training other activists. A full-time AIDS educator, Despina coordinates these efforts on URI’s behalf for free.

Multi-Region: Carrying a Message of Peace to the Top of the WorldIn 2005 the Everest Peace Project CC edged closer to its goal of becoming the first team of interfaith peace activists to scale Mt. Everest. The CC was born in 2002 when trekker Lance Trumbull received a vision calling him to organize an Everest Climb for Peace. In 2005 Lance and his multi-faith team carried the U.N. flag to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak. In 2006 they plan to wave a URI banner from the top of Mt. Everest—proving the power of interfaith cooperation to carry us as far as we can dream of going.

Latin America: Celebrating Indigenous Spiritual WisdomURI was perhaps the first international interfaith association to seek out Indigenous people as full participants. Raul Mamani, a grassroots representative of Argentina’s Kolla people, joined URI’s Global Council in July 2005. Dedicated to reviving Indigenous spiritual values after centuries of colonial oppression, Raul has defended Indigenous rights in South America for a quarter century. In 2000, a Catholic priest invited this celebrated activist to join URI. Since then Raul has organized a Multiple Cooperation Circle for Indigenous Peoples and traveled throughout South America encouraging other Indigenous people to join. Today, as a member of the Qewna CC, he teaches people from many spiritual backgrounds about the Kolla tradition of care for Mother Earth.

Europe: Danish CCs Makes Friends in the Muslim WorldUntil 2005 few people outside Denmark, or outside Europe at any rate, envisioned interfaith conflict in Denmark. Then a Danish newspaper lampooned Mohammed, outraging Danish Muslims, igniting an international firestorm and illuminating deep distrust between devout Muslims and western secularists. Now members of Denmark’s two URI Cooperation Circles—Bahais, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and others—are working to heal the rift. While recruiting Danish Muslims, who are friendly but overwhelmed with duties to their immigrant community, they are visiting interfaith groups in Tehran and Punjab, deepening their knowledge of the Muslim world and presenting a kinder side of the west.

Asia: URI Youth Help Clear the Air in Delhi More people die prematurely because of bad air quality in India than anywhere else on earth. Delhi is among the world’s most polluted cities, with airborne toxins exceeding legal standards by 1,000%. In 2002, the children in Delhi’s Salwan Public School Cooperation Circle (CC) took action, planting saplings across half a kilometer of central Delhi. Grown strong under the children’s care, the trees now cool the streets and filter the air. In 2005, after authorities granted the CC another barren expanse, the children spent six months clearing trash and planting 1,000 saplings. Having nurtured these into towering sources of fresh oxygen, they’ll start again, healing Delhi’s environment sapling by sapling, empty lot by empty lot.

Middle East and North Africa: Making Friends across Religious LinesOf URI’s twelve CCs in Israel, three focus on gathering college-aged Jews, Muslims, Christians and Druze for interfaith prayer, fellowship and discussion. For many, this is their first chance to befriend a peer of another faith, and the experience is exhilarating. Palestinians tell of breaking curfew, dodging checkpoints and slogging through muddy back lanes to attend a URI retreat: “We [take] gigantic risks to be here,” says a boy from Hebron. In 2005, youth members of the Environmental Interfaith Encounter CC met regularly to discuss a faith-based approach to environmental stewardship. Finding a common theme of respect for the Earth in all their scriptures, they issued a joint appeal “to save water, treat it with sensitivity and keep it pure.”

Southeast Asia and the Pacific: URI Responds When Fire Ravages a VillageIn July 2005, fire raged through impoverished Maharlika Village in the Philippines, leveling vir-tually every home. Because of the area’s reputation for violent drug trafficking, relief workers were initially afraid to enter the community to help families left homeless by the conflagration. So the URI Peacemakers CC, in cooperation with other nonprofits, collected food and emergency supplies, recruited more than 100 physicians, and convoyed into Maharlika. Their volunteer corps of Muslims, Christians, Hindus and others cared for more than 500 malnourished children and 270 families in one day. Later that same day, months of outreach by the Peacemakers Circle concluded with the Philippine Office of Muslim Affairs signing a formal agreement to collaborate on interfaith relations with the URI CC.

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violence, and create cultures of peace, justice and healing for

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North America: Crossing Boundaries, Sharing SolutionsSpread across six continents, URI volunteers rely primarily on electronic communications to stay connected. But periodic regional, national and global gatherings offer what telephones and the internet cannot: opportunities to surmount cultural barriers, share skills and experiences, and bring projects to scale. To manage costs, avoid duplication and strengthen the broader interfaith community, URI’s North American volunteers organized their 2005 continental assembly in cooperation with the North American Interfaith Network (NAIN). Over three days of intensive meetings and workshops, some 80 volunteers from URI and NAIN brainstormed new ways of engaging faith communities in peace- building, environmental stewardship and community development.

MORE THAN 300 GRASSROOTS INTERFAITH COOPERATION CIRCLES

WORKING FOR PEACE, JUSTICE AND HEALING ACROSS THE WORLD

year in Review 2005

URI officially turned five in 2005. But 2005 might be remembered as the year when URI grew up.Of course, like a child who is “suddenly” a foot taller, URI

had been growing all along. In 2005 we simply saw the

results of that growth as never before.

Last year URI volunteers established 36 new Cooperation

Circles (CCs)—self-sustaining, grassroots groups of volunteers

from three or more faith traditions who come together to

address urgent local, national or global needs. For the first time,

the total number of CCs grazed 300. In one country—India—

the number passed 50.

Newcomers include:

o Interfaith Students Movement CC, India

o Planet-E CC, Egypt

o Interfaith Dialogue Utrecht CC, The Netherlands

o Pakigdat of Mindanao CC, Philippines

o Women’s Self-Help CC, India

o Prayer for Peace CC, Kenya

o Palestinian Peace Society CC, Palestine

o Education for Peace CC, Pakistan

Meanwhile, more established CCs flexed their muscles on the

front lines of the global struggle for peace, justice and healing.

o In the Philippines, amid sporadic gunfire between rival

religious clans, members of the Peacemakers Circle CC

stepped in to avert outright war, heal the deep rift between

rival leaders and help negotiate a peace agreement.

o Members of the Press for Peace CC in Muzaffarabad,

Pakistan, were the first NGO responders to help their

community after the devastating earthquake. Muslims,

Christians and Bahais worked together to bury the dead

and shelter the living when there was no other help to

be found. Within weeks, Pakistan’s Multiple Cooperation

Circle had organized a more comprehensive relief effort,

with opportunities for the entire URI global family to

participate.

Also in 2005 URI’s international leadership became more

international than ever, as we transitioned from our first

Global Council (board of directors) to our second.

After nine years of brilliant leadership by San Franciscan

Rita Semel, our new Global Council elected a new chair,

Yoland Trevino, an equally brilliant Mayan woman originally

from Guatemala. Our vice chair is Mussie Hailu, a 34 year-

old Ethiopian man with strong relationships in the African

Union and the United Nations. Representing 18 countries

and 15 faiths, our trustees include a Sufi sheik, a Jewish rabbi,

and a Catholic nun who was once a guerrilla fighter and is

now a peace activist.

Contributions to URI grew 17% in 2005. This doesn’t include

our largest-ever programmatic grant—an anonymous commit-

ment of $360,000 over two years to support a groundbreaking

peacebuilding program based on the writings and on-the-

ground experience of John Paul Lederach, a world renowned

leader in the field of interfaith peacebuilding. This program

will include training and on-the-ground support to teams

of interfaith activists working to resolve conflict in hot spots

around the globe.

A Cooperation Circle is a group of at

least seven people from three or more spiritual

paths who agree to work together toward goals

inspired by the URI Charter.

In addition to these funds for the global URI, our Member Circles raise hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to support their local efforts.

Funds Received/Funds Spent 2005Figures rounded to nearest thousand

aUdited Financial statements availaBle UPon ReqUest.

Grants and Contributions: $1,324,000

In-Kind Gifts: $96,000

All other Income: $77,000

Total Funds Spent in 2005: $1,205,000

Total Funds to Support 2005 Budget: $1,497,000

Global Council: $268,000

Management and General: $173,000

Peacebuilding: $156,000

CC Network Development: $272,000

Communications: $87,000

Outreach and Education: $13,000

Youth Activities: $4,000

Global Fundraising: $232,000