We Advocate for Interfaith Values in the Secular Setting of the United Nations
- We support peace, justice, human rights, and environmental sustainability.
- We offer an in-person Summer Internship Program for international students aged 18-22 to teach about the peacemaking work at the United Nations, which includes site visits to different religious settings and service projects.
- Our annual free FORUM webinar focuses on the global climate crisis and offers a variety of moral, religious, Indigenous, scientific, and youth perspectives.
- We present the ECO JUSTICE FOR ALL Dialogue free webinar series, an in-depth look at current environmental issues with international experts and activists.
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TOU for you: An intern’s experience with the Temple of Understanding internship program
My name is Sandra Ukrainka, and I am a Ukrainian studying government at Georgetown University. I grew up in Kyiv. I now reside in the U.S., though I am still deeply connected to Ukraine through my journalism against the ongoing war. This past summer, I created a...
TOU UN main representative report for August 2026
Sustainable cities and public spaces as "Temples of Understanding" Grove Harris, the Temple of Understanding’s Representative to the United Nations, joined the Green Hope Foundation for their annual side event at the UN High Level Political Forum: Centering Health,...
Eco Justice for All: Indigenous voices over the years
The United Nations celebrates the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on Sunday, Aug. 9. ToU participates in the UN Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which raises the visibility of Indigenous Peoples at the local, national and...
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