RISE Action Guide Launch Symposium: Opening Plenary
Channel: United States Institute of Peace
Date: 17/11/2023

The Rehabilitation and (Re)integration through Individual, Social and Structural Engagement (RISE) Action Guide provides local stakeholders, policymakers, program funders and implementors with a peacebuilding framework to support the rehabilitation of people disengaging from extremist violence as well as their reintegration into, and reconciliation with, local communities. RISE is a prosocial, community-centered approach to rehabilitation and reintegration that draws on principles from both peacebuilding and public health. The RISE Action Guide’s overarching goal is to encourage behavioral changes that facilitate disengagement from, and the rejection of, violence by lowering barriers and opening spaces for sustained, positive, inclusive engagement between people disengaging from extremist violence and local community members and institutions.

On November 17, USIP hosted the launch of the RISE Action Guide with an all-day, in-person symposium. The event featured a combination of panels, interactive breakout sessions and TED-style talks to introduce the RISE content, discussed policy frameworks that are needed for rehabilitation and reintegration, and explored programming approaches for the individual, social and structural levels that provide a holistic response to rehabilitation and reintegration.

For more information about this event and to view the full agenda, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/rise-action-guide-launch-symposium

Welcome:

David Yang, Ph.D., Vice President, Gandhi-King Global Academy, U.S. Institute of Peace

Fireside Chat: 

Ian Moss, Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Bureau of Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State 
Corinne Graff, Ph.D., moderator, Senior Advisor, Conflict Prevention and Fragility, U.S. Institute of Peace

TED-style Talks: 

Chris Bosley, RISE co-author; Acting Director, Program on Violence and Extremism, U.S. Institute of Peace
Mike Niconchuk, RISE co-author; Program Lead, Wend Collective
Lisa Schirch, Ph.D., RISE co-author; Richard G. Starmann Sr. Endowed Chair and Professor of the Practice of Peacebuilding, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame  

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