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BACK COVER COVER Dear Friends, Bowes We believe that 2008 is a pivotal time for URI. Our escalating activities in 68 countries and the state of the Award Winners world call us to launch a major initiative to sustain URI’s growth and enhance our effectiveness. Consequently, in the past year we have initiated the URI Foundation, launched the President’s Council, and will conclude 2008 with our first Global Assembly in six years.

On November 30th, gathering on the banks of the Ganges in Mayapur, India, URI will begin the Global Assembly, “Pilgrims of Peace: Many Paths, One Purpose,” to create bold visions and effective actions that will In 2004, John and Frances Bowes established the inspire and sustain us for the next three years. We are very excited about the program and how it will galvanize Bowes Awards in honor of John’s brother, William K. the future of URI. Bowes, a major supporter of URI. The intention of the awards is to recognize and catalyze the innovative work The Young Leaders Program will be a strong and vital presence at the Assembly. We hope to have between 100-200 young leaders participating in both the Assembly and the Young Leaders conference which takes of Cooperation Circles in their local communities. place the week prior. In a world where a large percentage of people are under the age of 30, it is vital that Bowes Awards will be given out on a three-year cycle young voices for peace, justice and healing be heard. coinciding with Global Assemblies. 2008 is the first year that awards have been made. The creation of the President’s Council and Campaign 2012 has been an exciting development this year. After Ektaan Cooperation Circle, India much consultation with experts, we are initiating a campaign to raise $25 million over the next several years. Proposals were compared within regions and the winning application for each region This will fund URI operations at an unprecedented level including strengthening our communications structure, was selected by a team from a different region, thereby ensuring a more objective rating. creating a public relations plan, and the development of robust regional offices. Each winning proposal receives a grant of $5,000 USD to carry out project activities and Your support to take URI to the next level is crucial. Thank you for all that you have done and will do to create two full scholarships to participate in the URI Global Assembly in Mayapur. “cultures of peace, justice, and healing” for all. Congratulations to: Faithfully, Africa: Twekolere Women’s Latin America/Caribbean: North America: Spiritual and Development Association Campinas Cooperation Circle, Religious Alliance for Hope Cooperation Circle, Uganda To help Brazil To build the Campo Belo I (SARAH) Cooperation Circle, 30 families living with AIDS and 100 AIDS Solidarity Center in a poor community for United States Project is the Interfaith orphans build a community safety net that the purpose of reducing violence and Collaboration for Service, an annual successfully integrates them back into the poverty through educational, spiritual, weekend of service dedicated to bringing local community. cultural, environmental and micro-credit different communities of faith together to actions. work together for the betterment of their communities. The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing The Rev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs Yoland Trevino Asia: Ektaan Cooperation Circle, Global Council President Executive Director Global Council Chair India To bridge religions and cultures Middle East/North Africa: through music and song, by bringing Palestinian Peace Society Southeast Asia-Pacific: diverse cultural programs to rural villages. Cooperation Circle, Palestinian Peacemakers’ Circle, Territories To design and deliver an The Philippines To create a core team annual seminar for the next three years to of leaders for the region by providing a Europe: DML Bonn Cooperation hand-picked Palestinian youth on the role URI Leadership Training Program. Circle, Germany To enable of peace building in stemming religious representatives from 6-10 European violence. Cooperation Circles to attend the next Jewish Christian Muslim Summer School in Ammerdown, where the learnings of 35 Multi-Region: Trail of Dreams World years of interfaith dialogue continue to Peace Walk Cooperation Circle, inspire and guide participants. United States To help fund the last stretch of the world peace walk from New York to Atlanta, for the purpose of informing, engaging, and activating partnerships for peace.

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INSIDE FRONT COVER 1 Dear Friends, Bowes We believe that 2008 is a pivotal time for URI. Our escalating activities in 68 countries and the state of the Award Winners world call us to launch a major initiative to sustain URI’s growth and enhance our effectiveness. Consequently, in the past year we have initiated the URI Foundation, launched the President’s Council, and will conclude 2008 with our first Global Assembly in six years.

On November 30th, gathering on the banks of the Ganges in Mayapur, India, URI will begin the Global Assembly, “Pilgrims of Peace: Many Paths, One Purpose,” to create bold visions and effective actions that will In 2004, John and Frances Bowes established the inspire and sustain us for the next three years. We are very excited about the program and how it will galvanize Bowes Awards in honor of John’s brother, William K. the future of URI. Bowes, a major supporter of URI. The intention of the awards is to recognize and catalyze the innovative work The Young Leaders Program will be a strong and vital presence at the Assembly. We hope to have between 100-200 young leaders participating in both the Assembly and the Young Leaders conference which takes of Cooperation Circles in their local communities. place the week prior. In a world where a large percentage of people are under the age of 30, it is vital that Bowes Awards will be given out on a three-year cycle young voices for peace, justice and healing be heard. coinciding with Global Assemblies. 2008 is the first year that awards have been made. The creation of the President’s Council and Campaign 2012 has been an exciting development this year. After Ektaan Cooperation Circle, India much consultation with experts, we are initiating a campaign to raise $25 million over the next several years. Proposals were compared within regions and the winning application for each region This will fund URI operations at an unprecedented level including strengthening our communications structure, was selected by a team from a different region, thereby ensuring a more objective rating. creating a public relations plan, and the development of robust regional offices. Each winning proposal receives a grant of $5,000 USD to carry out project activities and Your support to take URI to the next level is crucial. Thank you for all that you have done and will do to create two full scholarships to participate in the URI Global Assembly in Mayapur. “cultures of peace, justice, and healing” for all. Congratulations to: Faithfully, Africa: Twekolere Women’s Latin America/Caribbean: North America: Spiritual and Development Association Campinas Cooperation Circle, Religious Alliance for Hope Cooperation Circle, Uganda To help Brazil To build the Campo Belo I (SARAH) Cooperation Circle, 30 families living with AIDS and 100 AIDS Solidarity Center in a poor community for United States Project is the Interfaith orphans build a community safety net that the purpose of reducing violence and Collaboration for Service, an annual successfully integrates them back into the poverty through educational, spiritual, weekend of service dedicated to bringing local community. cultural, environmental and micro-credit different communities of faith together to actions. work together for the betterment of their communities. The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing The Rev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs Yoland Trevino Asia: Ektaan Cooperation Circle, Global Council President Executive Director Global Council Chair India To bridge religions and cultures Middle East/North Africa: through music and song, by bringing Palestinian Peace Society Southeast Asia-Pacific: diverse cultural programs to rural villages. Cooperation Circle, Palestinian Peacemakers’ Circle, Territories To design and deliver an The Philippines To create a core team annual seminar for the next three years to of leaders for the region by providing a Europe: DML Bonn Cooperation hand-picked Palestinian youth on the role URI Leadership Training Program. Circle, Germany To enable of peace building in stemming religious representatives from 6-10 European violence. Cooperation Circles to attend the next Jewish Christian Muslim Summer School in Ammerdown, where the learnings of 35 Multi-Region: Trail of Dreams World years of interfaith dialogue continue to Peace Walk Cooperation Circle, inspire and guide participants. United States To help fund the last stretch of the world peace walk from New York to Atlanta, for the purpose of informing, engaging, and activating partnerships for peace.

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INSIDE FRONT COVER 1 Peacebuilding: URI’s Moral Imagination Project URI Trustee Selection Process

Each time the URI world community participates successfully in a trustworthy, democratic process that crosses national, religious, and cultural boundaries to elect its trustees, the URI is practicing the values articulated in its Charter.

In 2007 URI began a year-long process to nominate and elect new Global Council For the last two years through a members from each region, from our Cooperation Circles. The process is complicated special grant from Catalyst for Peace and in many instances by lack of a common language and lack of a thorough grounding program partner Libby Hoffman, URI has in the democratic process. piloted a new program in peacebuilding. Under the leadership of John Paul Lederach, professor Despite the administrative difficulties, URI successfully completed the elections. and mediator from the Kroc Institute for Our new 2008 Global Trustees are, as you might expect, a varied group: 10 are International Peace Studies at the University of women, 14 are men. Seventeen of the 24 are new trustees who will serve their first Notre Dame, teams from Cooperation Circles in term, seven are current trustees who will serve another term. Five of our new trustees the Philippines, Uganda, Ethiopia, and India Southern India Regional Coordinator, are active in URI’s young leader program. Abraham Karickam, talking with have worked with a URI leadership team to learn and practice a transformational Our trustees come from 17 countries and eight Ugandan children grassroots methodology to build peace in conflict-ridden communities. religions, spiritual expressions, indigenous traditions, and represent significant diversity Since the beginning of the pilot project, the Peacemakers’ Cooperation Circle in the within the eight regions. Philippines has developed an unprecedented interfaith dialogue with priests and imams in Manila, and the Acholi Religious Leaders Cooperation Circle in Uganda has Through URI’s lengthy election process, we made significant headway in peace negotiations and reconciliation work with the strengthen our ability to pioneer effective global Lord’s Resistance Army. In southern India, peacebuilding trainings are now being governance and to contribute to a bold new given in the newly built interfaith peace center in the community of Tiruvalla; in model of global participation and leadership. Ethiopia, young leaders have expanded the development of committed interfaith youth leaders in the local school system.

The Moral Imagination is an action/reflection learning process in which capacities are developed over time. It consists of ongoing community actions sparked by periodic face-to-face reflection and learning seminars in which all the participants deepen their abilities, both as individuals and as teams, to generate creative responses to the conflicts in their communities. Field site visits have also been made to each of the Cooperation Circles on the ground in their local community to further understand the Official counting of ballots challenges that each one faces by “walking in their shoes.”

The impact of this work on the four Cooperation Circles has been immense, and already has begun to enrich the larger URI and beyond. We will be harvesting the fruits of this project for years to come, beginning with the Global Assembly in Mayapur.

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2 3 Peacebuilding: URI’s Moral Imagination Project URI Trustee Selection Process

Each time the URI world community participates successfully in a trustworthy, democratic process that crosses national, religious, and cultural boundaries to elect its trustees, the URI is practicing the values articulated in its Charter.

In 2007 URI began a year-long process to nominate and elect new Global Council For the last two years through a members from each region, from our Cooperation Circles. The process is complicated special grant from Catalyst for Peace and in many instances by lack of a common language and lack of a thorough grounding program partner Libby Hoffman, URI has in the democratic process. piloted a new program in peacebuilding. Under the leadership of John Paul Lederach, professor Despite the administrative difficulties, URI successfully completed the elections. and mediator from the Kroc Institute for Our new 2008 Global Trustees are, as you might expect, a varied group: 10 are International Peace Studies at the University of women, 14 are men. Seventeen of the 24 are new trustees who will serve their first Notre Dame, teams from Cooperation Circles in term, seven are current trustees who will serve another term. Five of our new trustees the Philippines, Uganda, Ethiopia, and India Southern India Regional Coordinator, are active in URI’s young leader program. Abraham Karickam, talking with have worked with a URI leadership team to learn and practice a transformational Our trustees come from 17 countries and eight Ugandan children grassroots methodology to build peace in conflict-ridden communities. religions, spiritual expressions, indigenous traditions, and represent significant diversity Since the beginning of the pilot project, the Peacemakers’ Cooperation Circle in the within the eight regions. Philippines has developed an unprecedented interfaith dialogue with priests and imams in Manila, and the Acholi Religious Leaders Cooperation Circle in Uganda has Through URI’s lengthy election process, we made significant headway in peace negotiations and reconciliation work with the strengthen our ability to pioneer effective global Lord’s Resistance Army. In southern India, peacebuilding trainings are now being governance and to contribute to a bold new given in the newly built interfaith peace center in the community of Tiruvalla; in model of global participation and leadership. Ethiopia, young leaders have expanded the development of committed interfaith youth leaders in the local school system.

The Moral Imagination is an action/reflection learning process in which capacities are developed over time. It consists of ongoing community actions sparked by periodic face-to-face reflection and learning seminars in which all the participants deepen their abilities, both as individuals and as teams, to generate creative responses to the conflicts in their communities. Field site visits have also been made to each of the Cooperation Circles on the ground in their local community to further understand the Official counting of ballots challenges that each one faces by “walking in their shoes.”

The impact of this work on the four Cooperation Circles has been immense, and already has begun to enrich the larger URI and beyond. We will be harvesting the fruits of this project for years to come, beginning with the Global Assembly in Mayapur.

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2 3 The International Day of Peace September 21, 2007 Pakistan Each year, URI Cooperation Circles around the world enthusiastically embrace the United Nations’ International Day of Peace, held on September 21st. From public gatherings to seminars or concerts, every culture finds a way to celebrate a future filled with Peace.

India

Jordan

Malaysia

India

The Philippines

Finland

The United Nations

Denmark

Brazil

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4 5 The International Day of Peace September 21, 2007 Pakistan Each year, URI Cooperation Circles around the world enthusiastically embrace the United Nations’ International Day of Peace, held on September 21st. From public gatherings to seminars or concerts, every culture finds a way to celebrate a future filled with Peace.

India

Jordan

Malaysia

India

The Philippines

Finland

The United Nations

Denmark

Brazil

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4 5 Regional Updates

Father James Channan and Building Peace on the Ground International Day of Peace participants

URI Africa URI Asia URI Africa currently has 81 Cooperation Circles. The many projects organized Asia has 134 Cooperation Circles — more than any other region in URI. by the cooperation circles include contributing to post-war community Their work ranges from Peace Camps for children, to an old age home, reconciliation in Uganda; providing conflict resolution training to young a community Peace Center, musicians promoting interfaith music, and adults in Ethiopia; and offering HIV/AIDS, health and orphan care in Malawi translating the URI Charter into many local languages. URI Asia is and Mozambique. Here is one account of URI’s work in Ethiopia: particularly active in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Korea and Pakistan. Here is one example of URI’s work in Asia:

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A number of Understanding was completed on July 24, religious faiths in Ethiopia and URI Cooperation 2008. The IPI will serve as the coordinator of Lahore, Pakistan. On June 27, 2008, The Just a week following, on July 5, 2008, Sawan Circle, the Interfaith Peace-building Initiative the newly established Peace Council. Bright Future Society of Pakistan honored International, Pakistan awarded Father (IPI), have joined together to establish the URI Coordinator for Pakistan, Father James Channan with a Gold Medal in recognition of The purpose of the Council is to promote a National Interfaith Peace Council to heighten Channan, with the “Patriotic Award for his tireless efforts and devotion to promote culture of peace, improve interfaith cooperation, their existing peace efforts in promoting a Exemplary Services 2008.” The ceremony took dialogue and peace among religions and and to establish trust and good relationships, culture of peace and interfaith cooperation. place at the Christian Study Center in cultures. The award was presented by Mr. and help resolve conflicts in a peaceful way at Rawalpindi, and His Excellency Mr. Zhao Bryan D. Hunt, Principal Officer of the The IPI spearheaded the creation of the the national level. We look forward to hearing Qiaoliang, Councilor of the Embassy of China Consulate of the United States of America, council in conjunction with representatives about the Council’s future accomplishments. to Pakistan, was the one to hand the award to and took place at the Children’s Library from the Orthodox Church, the Islamic Father Channan, given in recognition and Complex in Lahore. There were more than Supreme Council, the Roman Catholic appreciation of the peace and interfaith 300 participants to give testimony to this Church, the Evangelical Mekane Yesus harmony work he is doing in the country and ceremony, which included political leaders, Church, and the Bahá’i Faith. The result of elsewhere for the past several years. A large clergy, members of URI, interfaith leaders, as many months work, a Memorandum of number of participants from various religions well as several guests from the United were present for this ceremony. Kingdom and The United States.

Ugandan youth meet Ethiopian youth

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6 7 Regional Updates

Father James Channan and Building Peace on the Ground International Day of Peace participants

URI Africa URI Asia URI Africa currently has 81 Cooperation Circles. The many projects organized Asia has 134 Cooperation Circles — more than any other region in URI. by the cooperation circles include contributing to post-war community Their work ranges from Peace Camps for children, to an old age home, reconciliation in Uganda; providing conflict resolution training to young a community Peace Center, musicians promoting interfaith music, and adults in Ethiopia; and offering HIV/AIDS, health and orphan care in Malawi translating the URI Charter into many local languages. URI Asia is and Mozambique. Here is one account of URI’s work in Ethiopia: particularly active in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Korea and Pakistan. Here is one example of URI’s work in Asia:

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A number of Understanding was completed on July 24, religious faiths in Ethiopia and URI Cooperation 2008. The IPI will serve as the coordinator of Lahore, Pakistan. On June 27, 2008, The Just a week following, on July 5, 2008, Sawan Circle, the Interfaith Peace-building Initiative the newly established Peace Council. Bright Future Society of Pakistan honored International, Pakistan awarded Father (IPI), have joined together to establish the URI Coordinator for Pakistan, Father James Channan with a Gold Medal in recognition of The purpose of the Council is to promote a National Interfaith Peace Council to heighten Channan, with the “Patriotic Award for his tireless efforts and devotion to promote culture of peace, improve interfaith cooperation, their existing peace efforts in promoting a Exemplary Services 2008.” The ceremony took dialogue and peace among religions and and to establish trust and good relationships, culture of peace and interfaith cooperation. place at the Christian Study Center in cultures. The award was presented by Mr. and help resolve conflicts in a peaceful way at Rawalpindi, and His Excellency Mr. Zhao Bryan D. Hunt, Principal Officer of the The IPI spearheaded the creation of the the national level. We look forward to hearing Qiaoliang, Councilor of the Embassy of China Consulate of the United States of America, council in conjunction with representatives about the Council’s future accomplishments. to Pakistan, was the one to hand the award to and took place at the Children’s Library from the Orthodox Church, the Islamic Father Channan, given in recognition and Complex in Lahore. There were more than Supreme Council, the Roman Catholic appreciation of the peace and interfaith 300 participants to give testimony to this Church, the Evangelical Mekane Yesus harmony work he is doing in the country and ceremony, which included political leaders, Church, and the Bahá’i Faith. The result of elsewhere for the past several years. A large clergy, members of URI, interfaith leaders, as many months work, a Memorandum of number of participants from various religions well as several guests from the United were present for this ceremony. Kingdom and The United States.

Ugandan youth meet Ethiopian youth

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6 7 Bonn Peace Prayer

URI Europe URI Latin America and Caribbean URI Europe currently has 26 cooperation circles, whose work ranges from URI Latin America and Caribbean has 24 Cooperation Circles, whose work developing interfaith urban mediation expertise; launching national platforms ranges from interfaith dialogue, to community centers, micro-credit programs for interfaith dialogue; maintaining decades of Muslim, Christian and Jewish and advocating for the rights of indigenous people. Here is one story of dialogues; sensitizing municipal government workers to religious practices; URI’s work in Latin America: and pioneering interfaith hospital chaplaincies, interfaith music festivals and cross-cultural youth organizations. URI Europe was honored this past year by the European Commission as a Buenos Aires, Argentina. Created to The “Leaning to Co-exist” group is often recipient of one of the 10 Golden Star of Active European Citizenship promote interfaith dialogue among ordinary invited to visit schools to speak about people, “Learning to Co-exist” is an open religious identity and interfaith cooperation. Awards, given annually to projects that receive funding from the Europe for weekly gathering from Escuela de Amor Through panels and workshops, students at Citizens Forum. Cooperation Circle. It is a stable group of the primary, secondary and university levels more than twenty people including Indigenous work together to learn about our different and those who are nonreligious. During an identities as well as the huge possibilities that Berlin, Germany. An important part of URI Europe’s work is the annual Peace Prayer gatherings hour and a half, participants utilizing religious respect and cooperation can bring. that occur in Berlin and Bonn in Germany. The gathering in Berlin occurs annually on April 30th texts reflect on a pre-determined subject (such in the “Mauerpark,” which connects parts of East and West Berlin. The event rose out of the as helping others, love, faith, transformation, violence that would erupt surrounding Walpurgis Night, a traditional celebration in Central and identity, dialogue, peace,) and share personal Northern Europe that is derived from both Pagan and Catholic holidays. Originating as a prayer perspectives on faith and tradition. Escuela for peace on that night in the park involving Christians, Muslims, Bahá’i, Sikhs and many other de Amor publishes the fruit of their study in groups, it has evolved into a peace prayer for all of Berlin. The annual gathering has led to a an Interfaith Paper produced twice a month. dramatic reduction in the level of violence in the park.

Bonn, Germany. The gathering in Bonn took place on June 22nd of this year at Namedy Castle. Hosted by Princess Heide of Hohenzollern (a royal family that boasts the last King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany), the event has involved DMLBonn Cooperation Circle since its inception. The celebration is held in concert with the week-long “Art in the Park” festival and brings families of many different faiths together for a celebration of Peace and Art with music, Escuela de Amor games, snacks, etc. Cooperation Circle

URI Europe is truly doing great work to help Europe move forward as a community that recognizes the importance of all the different cultures and religions that comprise it.

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8 — CENTER SPREAD 9 — CENTER SPREAD Bonn Peace Prayer

URI Europe URI Latin America and Caribbean URI Europe currently has 26 cooperation circles, whose work ranges from URI Latin America and Caribbean has 24 Cooperation Circles, whose work developing interfaith urban mediation expertise; launching national platforms ranges from interfaith dialogue, to community centers, micro-credit programs for interfaith dialogue; maintaining decades of Muslim, Christian and Jewish and advocating for the rights of indigenous people. Here is one story of dialogues; sensitizing municipal government workers to religious practices; URI’s work in Latin America: and pioneering interfaith hospital chaplaincies, interfaith music festivals and cross-cultural youth organizations. URI Europe was honored this past year by the European Commission as a Buenos Aires, Argentina. Created to The “Leaning to Co-exist” group is often recipient of one of the 10 Golden Star of Active European Citizenship promote interfaith dialogue among ordinary invited to visit schools to speak about people, “Learning to Co-exist” is an open religious identity and interfaith cooperation. Awards, given annually to projects that receive funding from the Europe for weekly gathering from Escuela de Amor Through panels and workshops, students at Citizens Forum. Cooperation Circle. It is a stable group of the primary, secondary and university levels more than twenty people including Indigenous work together to learn about our different and those who are nonreligious. During an identities as well as the huge possibilities that Berlin, Germany. An important part of URI Europe’s work is the annual Peace Prayer gatherings hour and a half, participants utilizing religious respect and cooperation can bring. that occur in Berlin and Bonn in Germany. The gathering in Berlin occurs annually on April 30th texts reflect on a pre-determined subject (such in the “Mauerpark,” which connects parts of East and West Berlin. The event rose out of the as helping others, love, faith, transformation, violence that would erupt surrounding Walpurgis Night, a traditional celebration in Central and identity, dialogue, peace,) and share personal Northern Europe that is derived from both Pagan and Catholic holidays. Originating as a prayer perspectives on faith and tradition. Escuela for peace on that night in the park involving Christians, Muslims, Bahá’i, Sikhs and many other de Amor publishes the fruit of their study in groups, it has evolved into a peace prayer for all of Berlin. The annual gathering has led to a an Interfaith Paper produced twice a month. dramatic reduction in the level of violence in the park.

Bonn, Germany. The gathering in Bonn took place on June 22nd of this year at Namedy Castle. Hosted by Princess Heide of Hohenzollern (a royal family that boasts the last King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany), the event has involved DMLBonn Cooperation Circle since its inception. The celebration is held in concert with the week-long “Art in the Park” festival and brings families of many different faiths together for a celebration of Peace and Art with music, Escuela de Amor games, snacks, etc. Cooperation Circle

URI Europe is truly doing great work to help Europe move forward as a community that recognizes the importance of all the different cultures and religions that comprise it.

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8 — CENTER SPREAD 9 — CENTER SPREAD MENA URI Middle East and North Africa ( ) TRUST-Emun TeenTalk URI Multi-Region URI Middle East and North Africa has 33 Cooperation Circles many of which There are 25 Cooperation Circles in the Multi-Region, which consist of are focused on building bridges between cultures and developing a Cooperation Circles that span more than one region, often because they are grassroots consensus for peace in a region that has a history of violence and “virtual.” Here’s one story of URI’s work in the Multi-Region: has grown increasingly cynical of any peace process. Here is one story of URI’s work in Israel: Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Begun in October The World Peace Walk provides an opportunity 2005 in Atlanta, the Trail of Dreams World to inform, engage, and activate partnerships Peace Walk is a 3-year global outreach effort for peace, through the walk itself; a touring Jerusalem, Israel. The first phase of the “I cannot imagine another situation in which as walkers journey around the world to eco-village that travels with the walk TRUST-Emun TeenTalk project involves a these young women would have the opportunity promote world peace. Since their departure in demonstrating different methods of reducing group of teenage Israeli girls coming together to ask about their sister religion in such a 2005 the Trail of Dreams World Peace Walkers our footprint on Mother Earth; peace to learn about Islam and Christianity and comfortable setting. Where else could young have traveled through the American Southwest, education forums; partnership building concurrently a group of Palestinians to learn Jewish women read from the Koran and Hawaii, New Zealand and Australia, India, opportunities; and art exhibits, concerts and about Judaism. discuss it’s relation to Christianity and Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Holland, Spain, and film festivals along the way. It’s an opportunity Judaism? I felt as though a few more slats Morocco. for individuals, organizations, and communities After these initial meetings, where the had been added to the bridge we are trying to join in the Walk-A-Long not only by joining participants meet amongst themselves to Walkers have given hundreds of presentations to build between our different cultures. the walk itself but through the events that learn about the different aspects of other to thousands of people on conflict resolution, Hopefully, we adults will be able to follow the surround it. religions, the groups come together to light of our youth and to find our way to trust.” working on sustainability projects, and discuss issues of concern for teenagers from engaging indigenous communities and the perspective of the three Abrahamic holy May his words prove prophetic and may this wisdom keepers in dialogue. These are just a books — The Hebrew Bible, The Koran, and program continue to have success as they few of the activities that these inspired The New Testament. move forward in building relationships of visionaries have taken part in as they travel the trust between these embattled communities. world one step at a time in the name of peace. Michael Weiner, the TRUST-Emun Youth Coordinator, sums up the promise of this program:

Trail of Dreams in Australia

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10 11 MENA URI Middle East and North Africa ( ) TRUST-Emun TeenTalk URI Multi-Region URI Middle East and North Africa has 33 Cooperation Circles many of which There are 25 Cooperation Circles in the Multi-Region, which consist of are focused on building bridges between cultures and developing a Cooperation Circles that span more than one region, often because they are grassroots consensus for peace in a region that has a history of violence and “virtual.” Here’s one story of URI’s work in the Multi-Region: has grown increasingly cynical of any peace process. Here is one story of URI’s work in Israel: Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Begun in October The World Peace Walk provides an opportunity 2005 in Atlanta, the Trail of Dreams World to inform, engage, and activate partnerships Peace Walk is a 3-year global outreach effort for peace, through the walk itself; a touring Jerusalem, Israel. The first phase of the “I cannot imagine another situation in which as walkers journey around the world to eco-village that travels with the walk TRUST-Emun TeenTalk project involves a these young women would have the opportunity promote world peace. Since their departure in demonstrating different methods of reducing group of teenage Israeli girls coming together to ask about their sister religion in such a 2005 the Trail of Dreams World Peace Walkers our footprint on Mother Earth; peace to learn about Islam and Christianity and comfortable setting. Where else could young have traveled through the American Southwest, education forums; partnership building concurrently a group of Palestinians to learn Jewish women read from the Koran and Hawaii, New Zealand and Australia, India, opportunities; and art exhibits, concerts and about Judaism. discuss it’s relation to Christianity and Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Holland, Spain, and film festivals along the way. It’s an opportunity Judaism? I felt as though a few more slats Morocco. for individuals, organizations, and communities After these initial meetings, where the had been added to the bridge we are trying to join in the Walk-A-Long not only by joining participants meet amongst themselves to Walkers have given hundreds of presentations to build between our different cultures. the walk itself but through the events that learn about the different aspects of other to thousands of people on conflict resolution, Hopefully, we adults will be able to follow the surround it. religions, the groups come together to light of our youth and to find our way to trust.” working on sustainability projects, and discuss issues of concern for teenagers from engaging indigenous communities and the perspective of the three Abrahamic holy May his words prove prophetic and may this wisdom keepers in dialogue. These are just a books — The Hebrew Bible, The Koran, and program continue to have success as they few of the activities that these inspired The New Testament. move forward in building relationships of visionaries have taken part in as they travel the trust between these embattled communities. world one step at a time in the name of peace. Michael Weiner, the TRUST-Emun Youth Coordinator, sums up the promise of this program:

Trail of Dreams in Australia

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10 11 The Phillipines Moral Imagination Team meets with John Paul Lederach

URI North America URI Southeast Asia-Pacific There are 51 Cooperation Circles in North America demonstrating a rich and There are 21 cooperation circles within this region doing vastly different diverse approach to interfaith peacebuilding, from the Peace Academy in work: meeting with local and national government leaders; training young North Carolina, to the San Francisco Interfaith Council, and SARAH, which is adults for peace leadership; Vietnam farmers managing a vegetarian described below. restaurant for poor people; community organizers helping Muslims and Christians work together for the first time to improve their communities. Here’s one account of URI’s work in the Southeast Asia-Pacific: Orange County, California, USA. ages, cultures and religions as they visualize On May 1st, the Spiritual and Religious what peace is to them and then instill that Alliance for Hope (SARAH) Cooperation spirit in the square they create. After their Circle, received a Community Leader Award creation each tapestry is usually displayed Cebu City, the Philippines. Cebu City, historic Fort San Pedro of Cebu. In the from the Orange County Human Relations publicly for 6 -8 months and then presented the jewel city of Philippines, played host to presence of the city mayor, representatives Commission. Inspired by a trip to Mexico, to another group. the 4th annual Southeast Asia-Pacific Regional from the Catholic Archbishop of Cebu, United founder Sande Hart spearheaded the Meeting of the URI Cooperation Circle Council of Churches, Office on Muslim The goal of the project is to create a web of formation of SARAH to bring together women Leaders/Representatives and Trustees, held Affairs, the other distinguished guests and love around the world as the tapestries travel of different faiths for dialogue, community on June 5 – 9, 2008. This year’s theme was: the local interfaith community — the delegates from group to group. Tapestries have been service, panel discussions, guest speakers, “Strengthening Leadership in the SEAP were honoured to participate in the momentous created at a variety of events including the and book discussions. Region.” occasion which was envisioned to inspire the Crop Walk, Mayor’s Annual Prayer Breakfast, active role of interfaith cooperation in the The work took place on many levels: community One of the many faces of SARAH is the 2007 Interfaith Gathering of Women, and the next 10 years of the city. Without many years building, interfaith dialogue, acquainting Peace Tapestries project. Created at different Joyful Child Foundation & Erin Runnion of hard work on the part of URI, this level of participants with the world-wide efforts of community events, the Peace Tapestries Children’s Art Festival. interfaith interaction would never have taken URI, and electing a new leadership team. consist of squares made by individuals of all place. May peace prevail in the Philippines! A highlight of the meeting was the launching of the Interfaith Sector of Cebu City at the

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12 13 The Phillipines Moral Imagination Team meets with John Paul Lederach

URI North America URI Southeast Asia-Pacific There are 51 Cooperation Circles in North America demonstrating a rich and There are 21 cooperation circles within this region doing vastly different diverse approach to interfaith peacebuilding, from the Peace Academy in work: meeting with local and national government leaders; training young North Carolina, to the San Francisco Interfaith Council, and SARAH, which is adults for peace leadership; Vietnam farmers managing a vegetarian described below. restaurant for poor people; community organizers helping Muslims and Christians work together for the first time to improve their communities. Here’s one account of URI’s work in the Southeast Asia-Pacific: Orange County, California, USA. ages, cultures and religions as they visualize On May 1st, the Spiritual and Religious what peace is to them and then instill that Alliance for Hope (SARAH) Cooperation spirit in the square they create. After their Circle, received a Community Leader Award creation each tapestry is usually displayed Cebu City, the Philippines. Cebu City, historic Fort San Pedro of Cebu. In the from the Orange County Human Relations publicly for 6 -8 months and then presented the jewel city of Philippines, played host to presence of the city mayor, representatives Commission. Inspired by a trip to Mexico, to another group. the 4th annual Southeast Asia-Pacific Regional from the Catholic Archbishop of Cebu, United founder Sande Hart spearheaded the Meeting of the URI Cooperation Circle Council of Churches, Office on Muslim The goal of the project is to create a web of formation of SARAH to bring together women Leaders/Representatives and Trustees, held Affairs, the other distinguished guests and love around the world as the tapestries travel of different faiths for dialogue, community on June 5 – 9, 2008. This year’s theme was: the local interfaith community — the delegates from group to group. Tapestries have been service, panel discussions, guest speakers, “Strengthening Leadership in the SEAP were honoured to participate in the momentous created at a variety of events including the and book discussions. Region.” occasion which was envisioned to inspire the Crop Walk, Mayor’s Annual Prayer Breakfast, active role of interfaith cooperation in the The work took place on many levels: community One of the many faces of SARAH is the 2007 Interfaith Gathering of Women, and the next 10 years of the city. Without many years building, interfaith dialogue, acquainting Peace Tapestries project. Created at different Joyful Child Foundation & Erin Runnion of hard work on the part of URI, this level of participants with the world-wide efforts of community events, the Peace Tapestries Children’s Art Festival. interfaith interaction would never have taken URI, and electing a new leadership team. consist of squares made by individuals of all place. May peace prevail in the Philippines! A highlight of the meeting was the launching of the Interfaith Sector of Cebu City at the

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12 13 Mr. and Mrs. D. Elwood Clinard, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Felton Mrs. Dorothy Higbie Ms. Alberta M. Lesko A Community of Donors Mrs. Joyce Clise Ms. Vivian Felton Mr. and Mrs. H. Langdon Hilleary Mr. and Mrs. Keith Lester Todd and Elizabeth Clist Ms. Kathryn T. Files Ms. Adrienne Hirt Mrs. Phebe Ann Clarke-Lewis United Religions Initiative thanks the following donors for their generous Mr. and Mrs. Cullen Coates Ms. Florelyn L. Fine Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hofflund Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ley Professor John B. Cobb, Jr. Ms. Jean Fineman Rev. Jacquie Hoffman Mrs. Yuh-Chirn Liang support. Gifts from the community constitute a vital resource for URI and we Rev. and Mrs. Milo G. Coerper Mrs. Denise Fitch Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Holland Rev. Mark A. Libowitz are grateful for each and every one. These gifts and donations were received Ms. Marsha Cohen Mr. John H. Flagg Mrs. Patricia Hooper Rev. Deborah A. Light Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Collins Mrs. Elizabeth D. Flood Dr. Edwin Hotstetter Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Light between January 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008.* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Collins Barbara and Ronald Forsstrom Ms. Martha N. Howell Mr. and Mrs. John G. Lilienthal Mrs. Elizabeth W. Colton Mr. and Mrs. T. Jack Foster Mr. Kuang Hui Huang and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Lillard, Jr. Ms. Shih Chieh Hsu Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Congdon Mr. John Fox Dr. Robert J. Livingston Robert and Helene Huber Mrs. Vivienne Cooke Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Freelen Mr. Vaughn Loeffler Charles and Donna Huggins Jewish Family and Children’s Services William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Donald Blish Mrs. Frances Cooperrider Rabbi Stacy Friedman Mrs. Fay L. Loomis Institutional Donors Mrs. Rosemary Hughes John and Marcia Goldman Fund Women’s Interfaith Circle of Service Ms. Judy Bloom Ms. Adele Corvin Mr. and Mrs. Jay Friedrichs Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lovoi Angeles Arrien Foundation/ Mr and Mrs Sheldon B. Hughes Cross-Cultural Education John M. Bryan Family Fund Won Buddhist International Mrs. Doris Blum Mrs. Phyllis Coulter Mr. William Fuller and Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ludwig Ms. Jennifer Beckett Mr. and Mrs. Donald Humphreys Anonymous Fund in honor of Ann Paul Joseph and Evelyn Rosenblatt Woodruff Edwards Foundation II Dr. Raschid Bockemuehl The Rev. and Mrs. Norman L. Cram, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Luikart Charitable Fund Mr. Stephen Fuqua and Ms. Peggy Huntington Asher Family Philanthropic Fund Rev. and Mrs. David Borglum Mr. and Mrs. Hal Cranston Ms. Tania Homayoun Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Lurie Joseph L. and Sarah S. Marcum Mr. and Mrs. John Thacher Hurd Barbara & Carl D. Arnold, Jr. Foundation Mrs. Frances Bowes Mr. Richard B. Craswell and Mike and Donna Gabehart Ms. Carol MacDonald Foundation Individual Donors Ms. Laura C. Lin Mr. Zev Hymowitz and Benedictine Convent of Perpetual Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. Bowles William and Barbara Gaffield Ms. Sheila Lippman Ms. Charity S. MacDonald Adoration JustGive Mr. Salvatore Abbate and Mr. and Mrs. John Crosier Mr. DeWitt Bowman Mr. and Mrs. Donald MacDonald Ms. Jane Whitfield The Rev. Mary Moore Gaines Mr. Junaid Islam Betsy Gordon Foundation Kalliopeia Foundation Mr. Jeffrey M. Crowe and Dr. Kirk Boyd Mr. Samuel G. Macfarlane Mrs. Corinne Abel Mrs. Amy Bassell Crowe Mr. Walt Galloway Ms. Jane M. Jacobs Burnham Family Trust Koret Foundation Ms Katherine E. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. MacKinney, Jr. Mrs. M. M. Adams Roy and Dee Cunningham Mr. Thomas Game Mr. Craig Johnson and Rev. Nikki Cabell and Shirley Brand Kramer Family Foundation Ms. Mary Ellen Boyling Mr. Michael M. Garland and Johnson Mr. Mark Mancao Charitable Lead Trusts Marin Interfaith Council Mr. Wilton J. Aebersold Mr. Bradley Currey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William Brach Ms. Virginia A. Coe Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Johnson The Ven. Rev. and Mrs. Malcolm Manson Cao Dai Tay Ninh Temples of Texas Mills Family Foundation Ms. Maureen Aggeler Ms. Dana Curtis Ms. Martha Brigham Mrs. Mary Garner Mr. and Mrs. Doug Johnson Mr. and Mrs. George M. Marcus CARE2, Inc. National Service Conference of Mrs. Dottie Alt Ms. Diane Curtis Mr. Orville G. Brim Ms. Sandra Gary Ms. Elizabeth Johnson Mr. Milton O. Markewitz Catalyst For Peace American Ethical Union Mr. Henry Altorfer Mr. Nick D’Angelo Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Brossy The Rev. and Mrs. Francis Geddes Mr. Franklin P. Johnson Mrs. Joan H. Martin Celebrate Foundation Nevada Community Foundation Mr. Robert B. Anderson Mrs. Anne Danielson Ms. Joanne Brown Ms. Mary T. Geeslin Mr. and Mrs. Rupert H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Masonek Center for Inner Peace Orange County Interfaith Coalition The Rt. Rev. Robert M. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Dart for the Environment Carole and Keith Brown Mr. James F. Gibbons Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Johnson Ms. Margaret O. Massialas Center for Religious Tolerance Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Andrews, Jr. Ms. Leonie Darwin Pacific School of Religion Mr. Peter M. Brown and Mrs. Ruth W. Gibbs The Very Rev. Alan Jones and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. William Mastin Christian Congregation Shah Nazar Seyed Dr. Ali Kianfar and John and Alice Davis Ms. Alexandra Stoddard Ms. Ruth L. Gibbs and Mr. Robert Cricket Jones in the United States Philanthropic Collaborative Seyedeh Dr. Nahid Angha Mr. Pieter A. Mattelaer and Mr. and Mrs. Toby Bruce Mr. and Mrs. George De Garmo Margoshes Ms. Cynthia C. Jones Corporation for Positive Change Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund Timothy and Meeta Arcuri Ms. Sara K. Heyse Mrs. Ava Jean Brumbaum Vaughn de Guigne Mr. George C. Giles Mrs. Margaret Jones Council on American-Islamic Richard and Rhoda Goldman Foundation Ms. Fae R. Asher Ms. Dianne Maxon Relations California Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bryan Mrs. Barbara P. Deasy Mr. and Mrs. John Glover Mr. and Mrs. Olen James Jones Rothenberg Family Phillanthropic Fund The Very Rev. and Ms. Charlotte Maynard Mrs. William Aulenbach Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bryan Ms. Joan P. Dedo Ms. Martha Gning Rabbi and Mrs. Doug Kahn D. Elwood & Helen H. Clinard Rupert H. Johnson, Jr. Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCall Charitable Fund Ms. Nancy L. Austin Ms. Dawn Bryant Mrs. Eleanor deLimur Mr. Richard Goldman Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor and S.H. Cowell Foundation Mrs. Sylvia McCann David and Erin Elliott Family Fund Dr. Veena Kapoor Rev. and Mrs. David Baker Mr. George R. Bunn, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Delman James and Priscilla Goodby Saint Anthony’s Foundation Ms. P. K. McCary Donald and Janice Elliott Family Fund Dr. Abraham Karickam Douglas and Leslie Ballinger Ms. Rebecca A. Burad Mr. and Mrs. Raj Desai Ms. Carrie Gordon San Francisco Design Center Mr. and Mrs. William McClatchy Dore Selix-Gabby Philanthropic Fund Rev. Masato and Mrs. Alice Kawahatsu Mr. Dan Banks and Ms. Cynthia Ms. Martha K. Burgess Mrs. Lou D. Diekemper Dr. Robert E. L. Gotcher San Francisco Foundation Ms. Susan D. McClean Drumstick Fund Schuman Ms. Annette Dobbs Dr. James E. Gracheck and Rev. Brian S. Kelley Mr. Jonathan Burgstone and Mr. and Mrs. Archibald McClure San Francisco Interfaith Council Ms. Joni E. McAnany-Gracheck E.C. Hubert Living Trust Mr. and Mrs. Bailey S. Barnard, Sr. Mr. Patrick Chrisman Dr. James A. Donahue and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kennedy Schwab Charitable Fund Ms. Marilyn McCormick Ellis Family Fund Ms. Lynn Bauer Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Burnham Ms. Jane Purinton Mr. and Mrs. Robert Green Ms. Margaret L. Keon Mr. and Mrs. John McCoy Ely Endowment Fund Sierra Health Foundation Ms. Elizabeth E. Baxter Mrs. Betty Burnham Ms. Jeanne C. Dowell Frances and William Green Mr. and Mrs. Willard P. Kerr Mr. Cannon McCreary Episcopal Church in the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Norman and Rena Beachy Mr. Lewis H. Butler Ms. Eileen H. Drath Mrs. Daphne D. Greene Mrs. Gretchen R. Kimball Diocese of California Mrs. Corinne McLaughlin South Coast Interfaith Council Mr. and Mrs. Bourne Bean Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Caldwell Ms. Betty Dreifuss Ms. Flora Greenhoot Dr. Allen Kimble Episcopal Peace and Ms. Muffie Meier Spirits in Stone Mr. and Mrs. Riley P. Bechtel Mr. Bruce Callander Ms. Jean Duggan Mr. Lewis B. Griggs Mr. Daniel King Justice Commission of Oklahoma Ms. Barbara J. Meislin Spiritual Alliance for the Earth CC Mr. and Mrs. Alan Becker Dr. and Mrs. John Callander Shaikh Bashir Ahmad Dultz Ms. Lois Gundlack Mr. Richard King and Ms. Carol Edgar Fred Gellert Family Foundation Ms. Ann T. Metcalfe St. Bede’s Episcopal Church Ms. Jody A. Becker Mr. and Mrs. Allen Calvin The Rev. Lisa M. Dunkel Mr. and Mrs. Can M. Guralp Mr. and Mrs. Leonard E. Kingsley Friends of Human Relations Mrs. Alma Metzler St. Johns Episcopal Church Ms. Florence R. Beeler Rev. and Mrs. David W. Cammack John and Mary Dunn Mr. Bernard P. Hagen Rev. and Mrs. Doug Kinney Friendship Force International Rev. Guy W. Meyer St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Ms. Llewellyn W. Bell Rev. Elizabeth Canham Ms Justine Durrell Mr. and Mrs. Iftekhar Hai Dr. Robert Kolodner Gap Foundation Gift Match Program Ms. Marjorie Milbourn Stanford University Medical Center Dr. and Mrs. John C. Bennett Mr. and Mrs. William E. Cannady Ms. Sara Duryea Ms. Terry Hall Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Kramer George Hornstein Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Mills Stephen and Margaret Gill Ms. Elizabeth M. Bennett Mr. and Mrs. John R. Carr Mr. Scott B. Easter Mr. and Mrs. Donald Harger Mr. Patrick Kretsch and Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance Family Foundation Mrs. Gwynne Moffitt Jay and Laurel Bergman Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cartwright Mr. Edward Goodstein and Rev. and Mrs. John Harper Mrs. Penelope R. Burton Grace Cathedral Straus Chin Family Fund Ms. Francesca Eastman Rev. Deborah Moldow Mr. John Berning Ms. Kathryn H. Cavalier Mr. and Mrs. Paul Harrison Mr. and Mrs. George Krevsky Helen Dyer Hickingbotham Trust Teance Fine Teas Alex and Simone Echeguren Robert and Maura Morey Mr. David Berry Rev. and Mrs. Paul Chaffee Mrs. Helen Hart Mr. Edward W. Kuhlman Hood & Strong, LLP The Purple Lady Fund Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards Mrs. Elizabeth Morton Thomas and Virginia Bertelsen Dr. and Mrs. James Chamness Mrs. Margaret S. Hart Ms. Heidi Kuhn HRH Foundation TomKat Foundation The Rev. and Mrs. Tilden Edwards The Very Rev. James P. Morton Mr. and Mrs. Craige Bertero Mr. and Mrs. Sam Chan Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Hartman Ms. Judith K. Lacina Ik Onkar Peace Foundation UCC Whale Center Mr. William C. Edwards Ms. Alma R. Moses Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bertges Father James Channan Will and JoAnn Haymaker Ms. Melissa Lago Institute for Servant Leadership United Muslims of America Mr. and Mrs. John S. Eilers Ms. Jocelyn A. Moss Rev. and Mrs. Robert Beveridge Sr. Joan Chatfield Mr. and Mrs. Harold Haynes Mr. and Mrs. Garald Lawrence Integrative Spirituality Unity Church of Peace Mr. and Mrs. Olaf M. Elander Mr. Cox B. Birkholm Mrs. Sally Childs Ms. Susan Hayward Gary and Joan Lawrence Ms. Nancy D. Murray Iva and Jerome Preston Charitable Trust University of Waterloo Mr. and Mrs. Donald Elliott Mr. William Bivins, Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Christopher Mr. and Mrs. William Hazlett The Very Rev. Rick Lawson Ms. Maryanne Myers James J. Ludwig & Eileen D. Ludwig URI of Henderson County, NC Ms. Lynn Fuller The Rev. John D. Else Rev. and Mrs. Ron Nakasone Foundation Sr. Sandra G. Clemente Mr. and Mrs. Kansas Henderson Mr. Tom Leffler Weiser Family Foundation Dr. Virginia Y. Blacklidge Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ely Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Nebenzahl James R. and Donna H. Simanton Mr. William Clements and Mrs. Harriet Henderson Ms. Bokara Legendre Foundation Whittier Trust Company John and Patricia Blessington Ms. Sharman Gould The Rev. Richard Fabian Mr. and Mrs. John Hickman Mr. and Mrs. Judson Leong Miss Jane Newhall

* Please accept our apology for any omissions. Please advise Ms. Rory Brown at 415-561-2300 or [email protected] to correct our records.

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14 15 Mr. and Mrs. D. Elwood Clinard, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Felton Mrs. Dorothy Higbie Ms. Alberta M. Lesko A Community of Donors Mrs. Joyce Clise Ms. Vivian Felton Mr. and Mrs. H. Langdon Hilleary Mr. and Mrs. Keith Lester Todd and Elizabeth Clist Ms. Kathryn T. Files Ms. Adrienne Hirt Mrs. Phebe Ann Clarke-Lewis United Religions Initiative thanks the following donors for their generous Mr. and Mrs. Cullen Coates Ms. Florelyn L. Fine Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hofflund Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ley Professor John B. Cobb, Jr. Ms. Jean Fineman Rev. Jacquie Hoffman Mrs. Yuh-Chirn Liang support. Gifts from the community constitute a vital resource for URI and we Rev. and Mrs. Milo G. Coerper Mrs. Denise Fitch Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Holland Rev. Mark A. Libowitz are grateful for each and every one. These gifts and donations were received Ms. Marsha Cohen Mr. John H. Flagg Mrs. Patricia Hooper Rev. Deborah A. Light Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Collins Mrs. Elizabeth D. Flood Dr. Edwin Hotstetter Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Light between January 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008.* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Collins Barbara and Ronald Forsstrom Ms. Martha N. Howell Mr. and Mrs. John G. Lilienthal Mrs. Elizabeth W. Colton Mr. and Mrs. T. Jack Foster Mr. Kuang Hui Huang and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Lillard, Jr. Ms. Shih Chieh Hsu Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Congdon Mr. John Fox Dr. Robert J. Livingston Robert and Helene Huber Mrs. Vivienne Cooke Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Freelen Mr. Vaughn Loeffler Charles and Donna Huggins Jewish Family and Children’s Services William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Donald Blish Mrs. Frances Cooperrider Rabbi Stacy Friedman Mrs. Fay L. Loomis Institutional Donors Mrs. Rosemary Hughes John and Marcia Goldman Fund Women’s Interfaith Circle of Service Ms. Judy Bloom Ms. Adele Corvin Mr. and Mrs. Jay Friedrichs Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lovoi Angeles Arrien Foundation/ Mr and Mrs Sheldon B. Hughes Cross-Cultural Education John M. Bryan Family Fund Won Buddhist International Mrs. Doris Blum Mrs. Phyllis Coulter Mr. William Fuller and Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ludwig Ms. Jennifer Beckett Mr. and Mrs. Donald Humphreys Anonymous Fund in honor of Ann Paul Joseph and Evelyn Rosenblatt Woodruff Edwards Foundation II Dr. Raschid Bockemuehl The Rev. and Mrs. Norman L. Cram, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Luikart Charitable Fund Mr. Stephen Fuqua and Ms. Peggy Huntington Asher Family Philanthropic Fund Rev. and Mrs. David Borglum Mr. and Mrs. Hal Cranston Ms. Tania Homayoun Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Lurie Joseph L. and Sarah S. Marcum Mr. and Mrs. John Thacher Hurd Barbara & Carl D. Arnold, Jr. Foundation Mrs. Frances Bowes Mr. Richard B. Craswell and Mike and Donna Gabehart Ms. Carol MacDonald Foundation Individual Donors Ms. Laura C. Lin Mr. Zev Hymowitz and Benedictine Convent of Perpetual Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. Bowles William and Barbara Gaffield Ms. Sheila Lippman Ms. Charity S. MacDonald Adoration JustGive Mr. Salvatore Abbate and Mr. and Mrs. John Crosier Mr. DeWitt Bowman Mr. and Mrs. Donald MacDonald Ms. Jane Whitfield The Rev. Mary Moore Gaines Mr. Junaid Islam Betsy Gordon Foundation Kalliopeia Foundation Mr. Jeffrey M. Crowe and Dr. Kirk Boyd Mr. Samuel G. Macfarlane Mrs. Corinne Abel Mrs. Amy Bassell Crowe Mr. Walt Galloway Ms. Jane M. Jacobs Burnham Family Trust Koret Foundation Ms Katherine E. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. MacKinney, Jr. Mrs. M. M. Adams Roy and Dee Cunningham Mr. Thomas Game Mr. Craig Johnson and Rev. Nikki Cabell and Shirley Brand Kramer Family Foundation Ms. Mary Ellen Boyling Mr. Michael M. Garland and Johnson Mr. Mark Mancao Charitable Lead Trusts Marin Interfaith Council Mr. Wilton J. Aebersold Mr. Bradley Currey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William Brach Ms. Virginia A. Coe Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Johnson The Ven. Rev. and Mrs. Malcolm Manson Cao Dai Tay Ninh Temples of Texas Mills Family Foundation Ms. Maureen Aggeler Ms. Dana Curtis Ms. Martha Brigham Mrs. Mary Garner Mr. and Mrs. Doug Johnson Mr. and Mrs. George M. Marcus CARE2, Inc. National Service Conference of Mrs. Dottie Alt Ms. Diane Curtis Mr. Orville G. Brim Ms. Sandra Gary Ms. Elizabeth Johnson Mr. Milton O. Markewitz Catalyst For Peace American Ethical Union Mr. Henry Altorfer Mr. Nick D’Angelo Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Brossy The Rev. and Mrs. Francis Geddes Mr. Franklin P. Johnson Mrs. Joan H. Martin Celebrate Foundation Nevada Community Foundation Mr. Robert B. Anderson Mrs. Anne Danielson Ms. Joanne Brown Ms. Mary T. Geeslin Mr. and Mrs. Rupert H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Masonek Center for Inner Peace Orange County Interfaith Coalition The Rt. Rev. Robert M. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Dart for the Environment Carole and Keith Brown Mr. James F. Gibbons Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Johnson Ms. Margaret O. Massialas Center for Religious Tolerance Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Andrews, Jr. Ms. Leonie Darwin Pacific School of Religion Mr. Peter M. Brown and Mrs. Ruth W. Gibbs The Very Rev. Alan Jones and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. William Mastin Christian Congregation Shah Nazar Seyed Dr. Ali Kianfar and John and Alice Davis Ms. Alexandra Stoddard Ms. Ruth L. Gibbs and Mr. Robert Cricket Jones in the United States Philanthropic Collaborative Seyedeh Dr. Nahid Angha Mr. Pieter A. Mattelaer and Mr. and Mrs. Toby Bruce Mr. and Mrs. George De Garmo Margoshes Ms. Cynthia C. Jones Corporation for Positive Change Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund Timothy and Meeta Arcuri Ms. Sara K. Heyse Mrs. Ava Jean Brumbaum Vaughn de Guigne Mr. George C. Giles Mrs. Margaret Jones Council on American-Islamic Richard and Rhoda Goldman Foundation Ms. Fae R. Asher Ms. Dianne Maxon Relations California Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bryan Mrs. Barbara P. Deasy Mr. and Mrs. John Glover Mr. and Mrs. Olen James Jones Rothenberg Family Phillanthropic Fund The Very Rev. and Ms. Charlotte Maynard Mrs. William Aulenbach Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bryan Ms. Joan P. Dedo Ms. Martha Gning Rabbi and Mrs. Doug Kahn D. Elwood & Helen H. Clinard Rupert H. Johnson, Jr. Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCall Charitable Fund Ms. Nancy L. Austin Ms. Dawn Bryant Mrs. Eleanor deLimur Mr. Richard Goldman Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor and S.H. Cowell Foundation Mrs. Sylvia McCann David and Erin Elliott Family Fund Dr. Veena Kapoor Rev. and Mrs. David Baker Mr. George R. Bunn, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Delman James and Priscilla Goodby Saint Anthony’s Foundation Ms. P. K. McCary Donald and Janice Elliott Family Fund Dr. Abraham Karickam Douglas and Leslie Ballinger Ms. Rebecca A. Burad Mr. and Mrs. Raj Desai Ms. Carrie Gordon San Francisco Design Center Mr. and Mrs. William McClatchy Dore Selix-Gabby Philanthropic Fund Rev. Masato and Mrs. Alice Kawahatsu Mr. Dan Banks and Ms. Cynthia Ms. Martha K. Burgess Mrs. Lou D. Diekemper Dr. Robert E. L. Gotcher San Francisco Foundation Ms. Susan D. McClean Drumstick Fund Schuman Ms. Annette Dobbs Dr. James E. Gracheck and Rev. Brian S. Kelley Mr. Jonathan Burgstone and Mr. and Mrs. Archibald McClure San Francisco Interfaith Council Ms. Joni E. McAnany-Gracheck E.C. Hubert Living Trust Mr. and Mrs. Bailey S. Barnard, Sr. Mr. Patrick Chrisman Dr. James A. Donahue and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kennedy Schwab Charitable Fund Ms. Marilyn McCormick Ellis Family Fund Ms. Lynn Bauer Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Burnham Ms. Jane Purinton Mr. and Mrs. Robert Green Ms. Margaret L. Keon Mr. and Mrs. John McCoy Ely Endowment Fund Sierra Health Foundation Ms. Elizabeth E. Baxter Mrs. Betty Burnham Ms. Jeanne C. Dowell Frances and William Green Mr. and Mrs. Willard P. Kerr Mr. Cannon McCreary Episcopal Church in the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Norman and Rena Beachy Mr. Lewis H. Butler Ms. Eileen H. Drath Mrs. Daphne D. Greene Mrs. Gretchen R. Kimball Diocese of California Mrs. Corinne McLaughlin South Coast Interfaith Council Mr. and Mrs. Bourne Bean Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Caldwell Ms. Betty Dreifuss Ms. Flora Greenhoot Dr. Allen Kimble Episcopal Peace and Ms. Muffie Meier Spirits in Stone Mr. and Mrs. Riley P. Bechtel Mr. Bruce Callander Ms. Jean Duggan Mr. Lewis B. Griggs Mr. Daniel King Justice Commission of Oklahoma Ms. Barbara J. Meislin Spiritual Alliance for the Earth CC Mr. and Mrs. Alan Becker Dr. and Mrs. John Callander Shaikh Bashir Ahmad Dultz Ms. Lois Gundlack Mr. Richard King and Ms. Carol Edgar Fred Gellert Family Foundation Ms. Ann T. Metcalfe St. Bede’s Episcopal Church Ms. Jody A. Becker Mr. and Mrs. Allen Calvin The Rev. Lisa M. Dunkel Mr. and Mrs. Can M. Guralp Mr. and Mrs. Leonard E. Kingsley Friends of Human Relations Mrs. Alma Metzler St. Johns Episcopal Church Ms. Florence R. Beeler Rev. and Mrs. David W. Cammack John and Mary Dunn Mr. Bernard P. Hagen Rev. and Mrs. Doug Kinney Friendship Force International Rev. Guy W. Meyer St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Ms. Llewellyn W. Bell Rev. Elizabeth Canham Ms Justine Durrell Mr. and Mrs. Iftekhar Hai Dr. Robert Kolodner Gap Foundation Gift Match Program Ms. Marjorie Milbourn Stanford University Medical Center Dr. and Mrs. John C. Bennett Mr. and Mrs. William E. Cannady Ms. Sara Duryea Ms. Terry Hall Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Kramer George Hornstein Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Mills Stephen and Margaret Gill Ms. Elizabeth M. Bennett Mr. and Mrs. John R. Carr Mr. Scott B. Easter Mr. and Mrs. Donald Harger Mr. Patrick Kretsch and Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance Family Foundation Mrs. Gwynne Moffitt Jay and Laurel Bergman Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cartwright Mr. Edward Goodstein and Rev. and Mrs. John Harper Mrs. Penelope R. Burton Grace Cathedral Straus Chin Family Fund Ms. Francesca Eastman Rev. Deborah Moldow Mr. John Berning Ms. Kathryn H. Cavalier Mr. and Mrs. Paul Harrison Mr. and Mrs. George Krevsky Helen Dyer Hickingbotham Trust Teance Fine Teas Alex and Simone Echeguren Robert and Maura Morey Mr. David Berry Rev. and Mrs. Paul Chaffee Mrs. Helen Hart Mr. Edward W. Kuhlman Hood & Strong, LLP The Purple Lady Fund Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards Mrs. Elizabeth Morton Thomas and Virginia Bertelsen Dr. and Mrs. James Chamness Mrs. Margaret S. Hart Ms. Heidi Kuhn HRH Foundation TomKat Foundation The Rev. and Mrs. Tilden Edwards The Very Rev. James P. Morton Mr. and Mrs. Craige Bertero Mr. and Mrs. Sam Chan Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Hartman Ms. Judith K. Lacina Ik Onkar Peace Foundation UCC Whale Center Mr. William C. Edwards Ms. Alma R. Moses Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bertges Father James Channan Will and JoAnn Haymaker Ms. Melissa Lago Institute for Servant Leadership United Muslims of America Mr. and Mrs. John S. Eilers Ms. Jocelyn A. Moss Rev. and Mrs. Robert Beveridge Sr. Joan Chatfield Mr. and Mrs. Harold Haynes Mr. and Mrs. Garald Lawrence Integrative Spirituality Unity Church of Peace Mr. and Mrs. Olaf M. Elander Mr. Cox B. Birkholm Mrs. Sally Childs Ms. Susan Hayward Gary and Joan Lawrence Ms. Nancy D. Murray Iva and Jerome Preston Charitable Trust University of Waterloo Mr. and Mrs. Donald Elliott Mr. William Bivins, Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Christopher Mr. and Mrs. William Hazlett The Very Rev. Rick Lawson Ms. Maryanne Myers James J. Ludwig & Eileen D. Ludwig URI of Henderson County, NC Ms. Lynn Fuller The Rev. John D. Else Rev. and Mrs. Ron Nakasone Foundation Sr. Sandra G. Clemente Mr. and Mrs. Kansas Henderson Mr. Tom Leffler Weiser Family Foundation Dr. Virginia Y. Blacklidge Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ely Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Nebenzahl James R. and Donna H. Simanton Mr. William Clements and Mrs. Harriet Henderson Ms. Bokara Legendre Foundation Whittier Trust Company John and Patricia Blessington Ms. Sharman Gould The Rev. Richard Fabian Mr. and Mrs. John Hickman Mr. and Mrs. Judson Leong Miss Jane Newhall

* Please accept our apology for any omissions. Please advise Ms. Rory Brown at 415-561-2300 or [email protected] to correct our records.

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14 15 Dr. Raquel Newman Ms. Kate Rowe Dr. Marshall Stoller and Dr. Diana Whitney Dr. Mikiko Huang Mr. and Mrs. Walter Newman Mrs. Emily W. Runge The Very Rev. and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stone Ms. Tomiko Nojima Mr. Herbert Rynor Mrs. H. Lawrence Whittemore, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Pablo Stone Key Revenue and Expense Information URI Global Council Trustees Mrs. Margaret Nuccio Mr. Yawer Salim Uddin Mr. Richard Wiebe and Ms. Nicole Stott Mrs. Ellen Heffelfinger Mr. and Mrs. William Oberndorf Ms. Sylvia M. Salomon for the Year Ended December 31, 2007 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Straub Ms. Anne B. Williams President: The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing, United States Mr. Robert O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Scott Sandell Ms. Edna L. Street Mr. Charles F. Willis Mr. Kevin O’Donnell Ms. Adelia Sandoval Chair: Yoland Trevino, United States Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Streett Mrs. Diane B. Wilsey Mrs. Jeananne Oliphant Rev. Kelvin Sauls and Rev. Judi Sauls Secretary: Perri Kathryn McCary, United States Mr. Jay D. Strickwerda Dr. Charles B. Wilson and Ms. Peggy Olsen and Mr. Steve Piuma Mr. and Mrs. John Savage Mr. Robert Stutz Ms. Frances S. Petrocelli Support and Revenue: $3,584,642* Treasurer: Rabbi Doug Kahn, United States Dr. Leo S. Orginos and Ms. Brenda West Mr. Jack Sawyer Mr. Joseph L. Subbiondo Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wilson, Jr. Mrs. Olivia Orr Rev. John Lo Schiavo, S.J. Mr. and Mrs. Craig Sullivan Mrs. Nancy S. Wilson Mrs. Suzanne H. Orrick Mrs. Frances T. Schilling Ratnam Alagiah, Australia Rev. Dr. Heng Sure Mr. William M. Wilson 1% 1% Mr. and Mrs. Edgar D. Osgood Ms. Tracy P. Schilling 45% Sabapathy Alagiah, Mozambique Ms. Elizabeth H. Sutro Mrs. Lynn Armstrong Winkel 1% Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Ouyang Mr. and Mrs. David L. Schreck Shlomo Alon, Israel Mr. W. Clarke Swanson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Winston, Jr. Ms. Genevieve B. Oxley Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Schultz Fr. James Channan, Pakistan Ms. Judy Swanson Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Winter Michael and Susan Painter Mr. David Schwartz and Sr. Sandra G. Clemente, Philippines Ms. Donna Eleanor Liu Mr. and Mrs. James Sweeney The Rev. Dr. John Avery Palmer and Mrs. Abby Wise in honor of Meeta Arcuri Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sweet Shaikh Bashir Ahmad Dultz, Germany Ms. Sherrill B. Martinez The Rev. and Mrs. Harry Woggon Ms. M. J. Schwebach Ms. Roselyne C. Swig Donald Frew, United States Mr. and Mrs. William Parish Mrs. Margaret Wolcott Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schweinsburg, Jr. The Rev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs, United States Mr. and Mrs. Jack S. Parker Mr. George Sycip Rev. George Wolfe Rev. Thomas L. Seagrave Dr. Charles Randall Paul Mr. and Mrs. James Symons Amir Farid Isahak, Malaysia John and Brigid Wonder Ms. Christine A. Segerhammar Dr. Geoffrey R. Paul and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Taaffe 7% The Ven. Jinwol Lee, Korea Mr. Michael C. Wood Ms. Sharon A. Moore Mrs. Betty Sellars Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Taylor Raul Angel Mamani, Argentina Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Woodcock Ms. Margaret M. Paul Ms. Carole E. Setzer Ms. Jeanne Taylor 45% Deborah Moldow, United States Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce and Mrs. Charlaine W. Shackelford Ms. Place Tegland Dr. Mary Ann Woodruff Despina Namwembe, Uganda Dr. Laurie Pearce Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shelly Rev. and Mrs. Jaco B. Ten Hove Rev. and Mrs. Bob Wooten Elias de Andrade, Brazil Mr. David Perkins Mr. J. Michael Shepherd Mr. L. Jay Tenenbaum Ms. Frances Worthington Unrestricted Gifts — $1,601,021 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Perry Heidi Rautionmaa, Finland Mr. and Mrs. James E. Sherman Mr. and Mrs. Carter Thacher Mr. Alvin Yamashiro Restricted for Use in Future Years — $1,600,000 Ms. Lee M. Petty Susi Reich, Argentina Mr. John D. Shilling and Dr. Jane Pratt Mr. Thomas L. Thompson Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Yankus Restricted Gifts — $254,492 Ms. Peggy Phelps Jonathan Rose, Mexico Rev. and Mrs. Hallam C. Shorrock, Jr. Mr. James Thomson and Rev. Shari M. Young Circles of Light Fundraising Event — $40,941 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Pickering Ms. Elisabeth Semel *Please note that two large restricted Elana Rozenman, Israel The Hon. and Mrs. George P. Shultz Mr. and Mrs. Carl U. Zachrisson Ms. Marsha Pilgeram Mr. and Mrs. Peter Thorp gifts recognized in 2007 are intended to In Kind Donations — $40,391 Atefeh Sadeghi, Iran Mr. and Mrs. John B. Sias Mr. George Ziener and Ms. Mary Fahey Elias de Andrade Pinto Dr. Ingeborg Tiemann Adelia Sandoval, United States Mr. Ray Signer fund activities for the next four years. All Other Revenue — $47, 797 Ms. Susan Zook Ms. Julia O. Pollard Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Tight Ms. Charline Bayon Simmons Rita Semel, United States Mrs. Evelyn Pope Mrs. Mary B. Tilghman Mrs. Mary Page Sims Mohinder Singh, India Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Povich Ms. Louise M. Todd Cope Dr. David Singer & Rev. Susan Singer Global Giving Circle Sam Srinivasan, United States Ms. Rita Powell Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Tomasello Dr. R.K. Janmeji Singh Ms. Rory Brown The Rev. Heng Sure, United States Mr. James N. Pratt Dr. Len and Mrs. Libby Traubman Expenses: $1,723,454 Mr. and Mrs. Martin V. Skewes-Cox The Rev. Canon Charles P. and Mr. Theodore B. Pratt Ms. Barbara Trites Joel and Deborah Skidmore Mrs. Debbie Gibbs 7% 2% URI President’s Council: Mr. and Mrs. Doug Von Qualen Ms. Marian W. Trotter Mr. Richard Hoskins and 6% Dr. Wilfred T. Small 12% Honorary Chairs: ...... William K. Bowes Ms. Harriet Meyer Quarre Ms. Nancy Ulman Ms. Lynn Frame 4% Mr. and Mrs. George Smith Ms. Amy Quirk Dr. Margot B. Unkel Ms. Victoria Hudson Richard D. Goldman Mr. and Mrs. Gordon H. Smith Ms. Helen H. Raiser Mr. and Mrs. Cort Van Rensselaer Mrs. Lillian Jarrett Arch and Anne McClure Mr. and Mrs. Louis Smith Craig and Maja Ramsey Mr. and Mrs. John D. Vanwagoner The Hon.George Shultz and Ms. Melissa L. Smith Mr. John Keast 14% Mr. and Mrs. Dana Randt Dr. Shakuntala M. Vaswani Dame Charlotte Mailliard Shultz Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Smith Ms. Sally Mahé Rev. William W. Rankin and Deanna Viale President: ...... The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing Mr. and Mrs. S. Bruce Smart Mr. and Mrs. Walter Murch Dr. Sally Rankin Ms. Allison T. Vogel Chair: ...... John Weiser Dr. Yung and Mrs. Vivian Sohn Regan Murphy and Helen Borgan Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Reber Mr. and Mrs. Bill Volkmann Executive Director: ... The Rev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs Johan and Jane Sorbi Mr. Robert Reynolds and Mr. Bruce Reeves Roger and Wendy Von Oech Rev. Dr. Carol C. Saysette Mr. David J. Sparrow 15% Mr. and Mrs. Shafi Refai 23% Ms. and Mr. Anne D. Wallace Ms. Kelli Rice Wade Aubry, Bailey Barnard, Alexandra Bowes, Frances Bowes, Mr. Sam Srinivasan and Mr. Ken Reggio Dr. Padma Srinivasan Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Walsh Ms. Rita R. Semel Jonathan Burgstone, Bob Freelen, William P. Fuller, Rupert Johnson, Ms. Anne Reisman Mrs. Barbara Walter Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stafford Mr. James C. Strong and 17% Jr., Jill H. Kramer, Bob Lurie, James E. Sherman, Roselyne C. Swig, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rentz Mrs. Barbara Stanley Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Wanetick Ms. Barbara H. Hartford Kat Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Ringe Justin and Sallie Stanley Mr. Ralph V. Warth The Rt. Rev. and Mrs. William E. Swing Mr. Robert N. Ristad Global Community Development — $413,525 Ms. Margaret C. S. Stark-Roberts Ms. Anne S. Watson Dr. Ana-Maria Rizzuto Global Council — $239,231 URI Foundation The Rev. and Mrs. Richard Stazesky Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weeks Wayne and Lynn Robbins Carl and Kim Weichel In-Kind Donors Peace Building — $198,306 Rev. Brian Stein-Webber and Board of Directors Mr. and Mrs. John Roberts Rev. Mary Stein-Webber Mr. and Mrs. John Weiser Morgan Lewis Bockius, LLP Communication — $114,497 Ms. Marion Robertson Mr. Phil C. Stelling Chair: ...... Rabbi Doug Kahn Brent and Viki Welling Sam International Informational Education & Outreach — $100,366 Technology, Inc...... Mr. Martin Rosen Dr. and Mrs. Stuart B. Stephens Mr. Herbert West and The Rev. Jan West Secretary: Brigid Wonder Global Assembly — $72,040 Mr. and Mrs. Norman L. Rosenblatt Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Stern Mr. Putney Westerfield See’s Candies Treasurer: ...... William G. Clements Youth Activities — $29,014 Mr. William Roth and Rev. Anne V. Roth Rev. Connie Sternberg Ms. Rebecca Westerfield Spirits in Stone Member: ...... Sam Chan Mr. and Mrs. David Rounds Mr. Charles P. Stetson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ed White Thanksgiving Coffee Co. Management and General — $301,812 Mrs. Libby Rouse Mr. and Mrs. Norman W. Stewart Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Whitehouse Young’s Market Company Fundraising — $254,663 Executive Director:.... The Rev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs Legal Counsel: ...... Peter Phleger, Esq.

Copies of audited financial statements available upon request.

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16 INSIDE BACK COVER Dr. Raquel Newman Ms. Kate Rowe Dr. Marshall Stoller and Dr. Diana Whitney Dr. Mikiko Huang Mr. and Mrs. Walter Newman Mrs. Emily W. Runge The Very Rev. and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stone Ms. Tomiko Nojima Mr. Herbert Rynor Mrs. H. Lawrence Whittemore, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Pablo Stone Key Revenue and Expense Information URI Global Council Trustees Mrs. Margaret Nuccio Mr. Yawer Salim Uddin Mr. Richard Wiebe and Ms. Nicole Stott Mrs. Ellen Heffelfinger Mr. and Mrs. William Oberndorf Ms. Sylvia M. Salomon for the Year Ended December 31, 2007 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Straub Ms. Anne B. Williams President: The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing, United States Mr. Robert O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Scott Sandell Ms. Edna L. Street Mr. Charles F. Willis Mr. Kevin O’Donnell Ms. Adelia Sandoval Chair: Yoland Trevino, United States Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Streett Mrs. Diane B. Wilsey Mrs. Jeananne Oliphant Rev. Kelvin Sauls and Rev. Judi Sauls Secretary: Perri Kathryn McCary, United States Mr. Jay D. Strickwerda Dr. Charles B. Wilson and Ms. Peggy Olsen and Mr. Steve Piuma Mr. and Mrs. John Savage Mr. Robert Stutz Ms. Frances S. Petrocelli Support and Revenue: $3,584,642* Treasurer: Rabbi Doug Kahn, United States Dr. Leo S. Orginos and Ms. Brenda West Mr. Jack Sawyer Mr. Joseph L. Subbiondo Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wilson, Jr. Mrs. Olivia Orr Rev. John Lo Schiavo, S.J. Mr. and Mrs. Craig Sullivan Mrs. Nancy S. Wilson Mrs. Suzanne H. Orrick Mrs. Frances T. Schilling Ratnam Alagiah, Australia Rev. Dr. Heng Sure Mr. William M. Wilson 1% 1% Mr. and Mrs. Edgar D. Osgood Ms. Tracy P. Schilling 45% Sabapathy Alagiah, Mozambique Ms. Elizabeth H. Sutro Mrs. Lynn Armstrong Winkel 1% Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Ouyang Mr. and Mrs. David L. Schreck Shlomo Alon, Israel Mr. W. Clarke Swanson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Winston, Jr. Ms. Genevieve B. Oxley Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Schultz Fr. James Channan, Pakistan Ms. Judy Swanson Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Winter Michael and Susan Painter Mr. David Schwartz and Sr. Sandra G. Clemente, Philippines Ms. Donna Eleanor Liu Mr. and Mrs. James Sweeney The Rev. Dr. John Avery Palmer and Mrs. Abby Wise in honor of Meeta Arcuri Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sweet Shaikh Bashir Ahmad Dultz, Germany Ms. Sherrill B. Martinez The Rev. and Mrs. Harry Woggon Ms. M. J. Schwebach Ms. Roselyne C. Swig Donald Frew, United States Mr. and Mrs. William Parish Mrs. Margaret Wolcott Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schweinsburg, Jr. The Rev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs, United States Mr. and Mrs. Jack S. Parker Mr. George Sycip Rev. George Wolfe Rev. Thomas L. Seagrave Dr. Charles Randall Paul Mr. and Mrs. James Symons Amir Farid Isahak, Malaysia John and Brigid Wonder Ms. Christine A. Segerhammar Dr. Geoffrey R. Paul and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Taaffe 7% The Ven. Jinwol Lee, Korea Mr. Michael C. Wood Ms. Sharon A. Moore Mrs. Betty Sellars Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Taylor Raul Angel Mamani, Argentina Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Woodcock Ms. Margaret M. Paul Ms. Carole E. Setzer Ms. Jeanne Taylor 45% Deborah Moldow, United States Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce and Mrs. Charlaine W. Shackelford Ms. Place Tegland Dr. Mary Ann Woodruff Despina Namwembe, Uganda Dr. Laurie Pearce Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shelly Rev. and Mrs. Jaco B. Ten Hove Rev. and Mrs. Bob Wooten Elias de Andrade, Brazil Mr. David Perkins Mr. J. Michael Shepherd Mr. L. Jay Tenenbaum Ms. Frances Worthington Unrestricted Gifts — $1,601,021 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Perry Heidi Rautionmaa, Finland Mr. and Mrs. James E. Sherman Mr. and Mrs. Carter Thacher Mr. Alvin Yamashiro Restricted for Use in Future Years — $1,600,000 Ms. Lee M. Petty Susi Reich, Argentina Mr. John D. Shilling and Dr. Jane Pratt Mr. Thomas L. Thompson Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Yankus Restricted Gifts — $254,492 Ms. Peggy Phelps Jonathan Rose, Mexico Rev. and Mrs. Hallam C. Shorrock, Jr. Mr. James Thomson and Rev. Shari M. Young Circles of Light Fundraising Event — $40,941 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Pickering Ms. Elisabeth Semel *Please note that two large restricted Elana Rozenman, Israel The Hon. and Mrs. George P. Shultz Mr. and Mrs. Carl U. Zachrisson Ms. Marsha Pilgeram Mr. and Mrs. Peter Thorp gifts recognized in 2007 are intended to In Kind Donations — $40,391 Atefeh Sadeghi, Iran Mr. and Mrs. John B. Sias Mr. George Ziener and Ms. Mary Fahey Elias de Andrade Pinto Dr. Ingeborg Tiemann Adelia Sandoval, United States Mr. Ray Signer fund activities for the next four years. All Other Revenue — $47, 797 Ms. Susan Zook Ms. Julia O. Pollard Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Tight Ms. Charline Bayon Simmons Rita Semel, United States Mrs. Evelyn Pope Mrs. Mary B. Tilghman Mrs. Mary Page Sims Mohinder Singh, India Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Povich Ms. Louise M. Todd Cope Dr. David Singer & Rev. Susan Singer Global Giving Circle Sam Srinivasan, United States Ms. Rita Powell Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Tomasello Dr. R.K. Janmeji Singh Ms. Rory Brown The Rev. Heng Sure, United States Mr. James N. Pratt Dr. Len and Mrs. Libby Traubman Expenses: $1,723,454 Mr. and Mrs. Martin V. Skewes-Cox The Rev. Canon Charles P. and Mr. Theodore B. Pratt Ms. Barbara Trites Joel and Deborah Skidmore Mrs. Debbie Gibbs 7% 2% URI President’s Council: Mr. and Mrs. Doug Von Qualen Ms. Marian W. Trotter Mr. Richard Hoskins and 6% Dr. Wilfred T. Small 12% Honorary Chairs: ...... William K. Bowes Ms. Harriet Meyer Quarre Ms. Nancy Ulman Ms. Lynn Frame 4% Mr. and Mrs. George Smith Ms. Amy Quirk Dr. Margot B. Unkel Ms. Victoria Hudson Richard D. Goldman Mr. and Mrs. Gordon H. Smith Ms. Helen H. Raiser Mr. and Mrs. Cort Van Rensselaer Mrs. Lillian Jarrett Arch and Anne McClure Mr. and Mrs. Louis Smith Craig and Maja Ramsey Mr. and Mrs. John D. Vanwagoner The Hon.George Shultz and Ms. Melissa L. Smith Mr. John Keast 14% Mr. and Mrs. Dana Randt Dr. Shakuntala M. Vaswani Dame Charlotte Mailliard Shultz Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Smith Ms. Sally Mahé Rev. William W. Rankin and Deanna Viale President: ...... The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing Mr. and Mrs. S. Bruce Smart Mr. and Mrs. Walter Murch Dr. Sally Rankin Ms. Allison T. Vogel Chair: ...... John Weiser Dr. Yung and Mrs. Vivian Sohn Regan Murphy and Helen Borgan Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Reber Mr. and Mrs. Bill Volkmann Executive Director: ... The Rev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs Johan and Jane Sorbi Mr. Robert Reynolds and Mr. Bruce Reeves Roger and Wendy Von Oech Rev. Dr. Carol C. Saysette Mr. David J. Sparrow 15% Mr. and Mrs. Shafi Refai 23% Ms. and Mr. Anne D. Wallace Ms. Kelli Rice Wade Aubry, Bailey Barnard, Alexandra Bowes, Frances Bowes, Mr. Sam Srinivasan and Mr. Ken Reggio Dr. Padma Srinivasan Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Walsh Ms. Rita R. Semel Jonathan Burgstone, Bob Freelen, William P. Fuller, Rupert Johnson, Ms. Anne Reisman Mrs. Barbara Walter Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stafford Mr. James C. Strong and 17% Jr., Jill H. Kramer, Bob Lurie, James E. Sherman, Roselyne C. Swig, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rentz Mrs. Barbara Stanley Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Wanetick Ms. Barbara H. Hartford Kat Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Ringe Justin and Sallie Stanley Mr. Ralph V. Warth The Rt. Rev. and Mrs. William E. Swing Mr. Robert N. Ristad Global Community Development — $413,525 Ms. Margaret C. S. Stark-Roberts Ms. Anne S. Watson Dr. Ana-Maria Rizzuto Global Council — $239,231 URI Foundation The Rev. and Mrs. Richard Stazesky Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weeks Wayne and Lynn Robbins Carl and Kim Weichel In-Kind Donors Peace Building — $198,306 Rev. Brian Stein-Webber and Board of Directors Mr. and Mrs. John Roberts Rev. Mary Stein-Webber Mr. and Mrs. John Weiser Morgan Lewis Bockius, LLP Communication — $114,497 Ms. Marion Robertson Mr. Phil C. Stelling Chair: ...... Rabbi Doug Kahn Brent and Viki Welling Sam International Informational Education & Outreach — $100,366 Technology, Inc...... Mr. Martin Rosen Dr. and Mrs. Stuart B. Stephens Mr. Herbert West and The Rev. Jan West Secretary: Brigid Wonder Global Assembly — $72,040 Mr. and Mrs. Norman L. Rosenblatt Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Stern Mr. Putney Westerfield See’s Candies Treasurer: ...... William G. Clements Youth Activities — $29,014 Mr. William Roth and Rev. Anne V. Roth Rev. Connie Sternberg Ms. Rebecca Westerfield Spirits in Stone Member: ...... Sam Chan Mr. and Mrs. David Rounds Mr. Charles P. Stetson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ed White Thanksgiving Coffee Co. Management and General — $301,812 Mrs. Libby Rouse Mr. and Mrs. Norman W. Stewart Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Whitehouse Young’s Market Company Fundraising — $254,663 Executive Director:.... The Rev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs Legal Counsel: ...... Peter Phleger, Esq.

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