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A decade of work.
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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 Screens
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2021 · Global work and the people behind it
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convening · Feb 25, 2021
Bringing the Prevention Lens Home
A public conversation on domestic terrorism with Michael R. Sherwin reflected a broader evolution in the organization’s thinking: the mechanics of grievance, propaganda and violence are not confined to one country or ideology.
Read discussionmedia-credit · Aug 19, 2021
A Rise to Peace Image Moves Through Reuters
Reuters distributed the image of an Afghan girl being pulled over the Kabul airport wall with a “Rise to Peace/via REUTERS” credit. The moment became one of the clearest public records of Rise to Peace material entering the global news cycle.
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media-credit · Aug 19, 2021
NBC Credits a Journalist Working With Rise to Peace
NBC News reported that a journalist working for Rise to Peace captured U.S. soldiers helping a woman and a child over the airport wall.
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humanitarian · Aug 2021
Family Rescue Became a Wider Network of Help
Shah’s own family was trying to escape, but the work widened. He coordinated with military and veteran networks, moved names and information through trusted channels and helped eligible families navigate a rapidly changing evacuation environment. Public interviews from that week captured the work while it was still unfolding.
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humanitarian · Nov 2021–2022
The Evacuation Did Not End at the Airport
Rise to Peace continued reporting on Afghans stranded in transit in Abu Dhabi. The organization documented conditions, amplified evacuee concerns and helped keep attention on people whose journey to safety had stalled after leaving Afghanistan.
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CNN The Lead with Jake Tapper · 2021-08-26
Abbey Gate Attack and Families Trying to Escape
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