Impact
A decade of work.
Explore the evidence.
Research, public dialogue, community work and the people who make it possible across regions, year by year.
2027The Next Decade: Give Someone Else the Opening
2026From Spreadsheets to a Live Global Security Monitor
2026From a Campus Sidewalk to a Global Network
2025Returning to CNN to Revisit the Evacuation
2025WarGuy: The Founder Story Becomes a Memoir
2025U.S. Troops Ambushed by Gunman in Syria
2023Following Extremism From Streets to ScreensPeople, knowledge and practical work
What gives people the tools to build a different future?
Rise to Peace began from lived experience of war and grew into a global platform for leadership, education, research, technology, community projects, public dialogue and collaboration. Security remains part of the work; it is not its limit.
What the work has become
How Rise to Peace creates impact.
Six connected areas explain what the organization does. The year-by-year archive shows the documented work behind them.
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Leadership & Opportunity
Practical work, mentorship and international collaboration help participants build experience, skills, professional relationships and career pathways.
Definition & evidence →02Research, Education & Public Knowledge
Evidence, education and lived experience become accessible research, publications, training and public knowledge.
Definition & evidence →03Community-Led Projects
Locally informed ideas move from an identified need toward research, design, partnerships and practical delivery when resources are secured.
Definition & evidence →04Technology, Data & Responsible AI
Data and AI-assisted workflows expand human capability while people remain responsible for verification, context and judgment.
Definition & evidence →05Dialogue, Media & Global Exchange
Conferences, universities and media bring evidence and different perspectives into wider conversations across borders.
Definition & evidence →06Peace, Security & Resilient Communities
Research and practical work examine conflict while supporting prevention, peacebuilding and communities working to withstand and recover from crisis.
Definition & evidence →2016–2026
A decade of work.
The six pillars explain what Rise to Peace does. This chronology shows the people, projects, publications, conferences, media and documented work behind it.
Impact by year
2018 · Global work and the people behind it
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2020 · Global work and the people behind it
73Publications ↗18People ↗Archive updatingConferences ↗Archive updatingMedia ↗1Photos & visual archive ↗
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2021 · Global work and the people behind it
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2026 · Global work and the people behind it
107Publications ↗116People ↗Archive updatingConferences ↗Archive updatingMedia ↗3Photos & visual archive ↗
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