Our Stories

At RISE, we believe stories ground us. They share perspective. They offer invitations. They tell the truth. Below you will find the stories of various student and family leaders. We invite you to bear witness to their truths.

“Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity.”

- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author