RISE Agenda Values

  • Renewal: Belief in the infinite power of renewal of each person and society
  • Identity: Acceptance and celebration of the good within ourselves and our culture
  • Spirit: Having a relationship with and being guided by the Higher Power
  • Enterprise: Proactive initiatives for personal and economic wellbeing

Current Programs

 
  • Resettlement: Assisting individuals from various countries, including Mexico, Qatar, and the US, with their visa applications, and supporting individuals in Pakistan with registration by the UNHCR.
  • Integration: Helping individuals integrate into new societies by facilitating their grant applications to other countries.
  • Support: Coordinating efforts with other organizations to advance the SIV applications of about 30 individuals, offering support for those in need.
  • Emergency Aid: Responding to urgent geopolitical shifts by working actively to assist pro-West Afghans left vulnerable following the withdrawal of NATO/US forces from Afghanistan. 

Where We Are Heading

The RISE Agenda champions programs that foster personal growth and development, education, and the economic wellbeing of individuals under financial distress. Our efforts have a global reach, extending support to beneficiaries both within the United States and abroad.

The inception of the RISE Agenda was sparked by the founding members’ aspiration to tackle intricate challenges. These encompass hopelessness on personal and community levels, alienation from inherited culture, nihilism, lack of proactive initiative for self-improvement and communal betterment, escalating interpersonal disconnection and lack of healthy attachments between peers, family members, and spouses, trauma, drug addiction, and poverty.

Over the last two years The RISE Agenda has undertaken significant work in international assistance and immigration advocacy, assisting individuals with visa applications and offering support in dire circumstances. Their efforts extend to helping individuals navigate the complex process of UNHCR registration in Pakistan, facilitating grant applications to human rights activists, advancing Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applications in coordination with other individuals and organizations, and providing emergency aid to vulnerable populations such as pro-West Afghans affected by geopolitical shifts.

In Planning

The RISE Agenda seeks to sponsor in the future include meditation groups that concentrate on inner positivity and connection to a Higher Power, the establishment of neighborhood community centers in underdeveloped countries like Madagascar or Nigeria, microloan societies to stimulate entrepreneurship in these nations, the printing and dissemination of uplifting storybooks, programs that combat drug addiction, and initiatives that promote trauma healing.  These initiatives are in the planning stage, while current activity focuses on rescuing human rights activists from persecution in Afghanistan and Pakistan.