At just 10 years old a seed was planted in Cassandra Lee's heart for The Republic of Congo. As she grew up, choosing to continuously nurture this seed and follow her passions into aid, development and missionary work, a dream emerged to use the power of education to give hope back to families and rebuild children's lives in war-torn regions.
As the co-founder of Justice Rising (alongside her husband Edison Lee), Justice Rising is an organization that aims to bring transformation to areas of conflict through education. To date, the organization has built 10 schools in Eastern Congo, with expansion's taking places in Iraq and Syria, and Cassandra believes education can truly disrupt the cycle of war in order to create a shift for the next generations to come.
Today's episode is a conversation about justice, but also about the power of education and how dreaming for the impossible can lead to incredible places if the Global community is willing to engage, lean into the uncertainty together and allow for justice to rise with unrelenting tenacity.