leadership · 2016–2017
It Started by Asking People on Campus to Join
Before there was a global network, there was direct recruiting: Shah pitching strangers on a campus sidewalk, asking students and young professionals to volunteer, research, write and help build something. Some joined for a semester; others stayed, returned as mentors, or carried the experience into careers of their own.
The story
What happened—and what it changed.
Rise to Peace began as a practical answer to a personal question: how can people affected by violence gain the knowledge, relationships and responsibility needed to confront it without reproducing it?