HEAL. RESTORE. THRIVE.
We guide families impacted by gun violence toward empowerment and a brighter future.
You are not alone. RISE is here to walk alongside you with care, community, and resources for every step of the healing journey.
Gun violence touches us all. By funding RISE, you are investing in healing, resilience, and national change.
We’re in this together. Partnering with RISE means expanding your impact to end gun violence and walking alongside families with the support they deserve.
Only a spider can repair a spider’s web. To address gun violence, we must center survivors and support the people—not agendas.
Support RISE for another 5 years of healing.
The RISE Book Project
Under the guidance of RISE, our Book Project is proud to work with King County families to develop children and family grief books that explore how to deal with the unexpected trauma of losing a parent to gun violence.
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From the Executive Director
Gun Violence is an Infectious Disease
The federal government has acknowledged that gun violence is a public health crisis. However, acknowledgment is not enough. Gun violence requires the same level of investment that was made in COVID-19. Why? Because it impacts us all. Gun violence is one of the most common ways to die, but easily the most preventable.
Regarding impact, I must take a moment to draw your attention to our children and the consequences of exposure to violence on child brain development. Children and youth exposed to chronic trauma can experience inhibited brain development. If left unaddressed, typically due to a lack of resources, childhood mental health problems will continue to grow and affect all areas of our children’s lives.
Children are dying, and mothers are suffering; fathers are vanishing. There is an intense and urgent need to save our beloved country. We must act quickly!
Lynniah Grayson
RISE Founder & Executive Director
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Help provide professional mental health and grief support services, childcare, and healing activities for children, caregivers, and families directly impacted by gun violence in our community.
