recognition · 2018
Building the Organization Like a Social Venture
Rise to Peace advanced in George Washington University’s New Venture Competition during its early growth, reflecting an effort to build the mission as a durable operating model rather than a one-off campaign.
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?