The Open Society Foundations and Carolina for Kibera cohost a book launch for Rye Barcott's book It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine's Path to Peace.
Rye Barcott cofounded the organization Carolina for Kibera while he was an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. CFK invests in local leaders in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, through its model of participatory development.
Rye Barcott's signature presentation on social entrepreneurship takes audiences on a journey through the joy and heartbreak, the friendships and betrayals, and the failures and triumphs of creating a movement to spark change from within one of the world's largest and most volatile slums. As inspiring as it is informative, this presentation will spur you on your own quest to make a difference in the world, no matter your age or avocation.
Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, will introduce the event.