{"id":16,"date":"2018-06-04T14:22:51","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T14:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dto.world\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-02-19T04:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:32:30","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dto.world\/","title":{"rendered":"Dare to Overcome: Celebrating How Business Builds Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dare to Overcome (DTO) is the premier global event for business leaders to share and celebrate best practices, virtues, and values in being allies of differing communities, faiths and cultures in workplaces and marketplaces, thereby building peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DTO has several key components that also work in support of Sustainable Development Goal 16 &#8211; Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions. These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/events\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2168\">Global Events<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Awards: <\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/global-awards-2026\/\">King Husein Global Business &amp; Interfaith Peace Awards<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/economics-of-kindness-award\/\">Economics of Kindness Award<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Workplace Awards: <a href=\"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/overview\/\">Faith-Friendly Workplace REDI Index<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CSR Initiative: <a href=\"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/csr\/\">Business Skills &amp; Human Rights Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Enterprise Investment: <a href=\"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/common-growth-fund\/\">Common Growth Fund<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/news\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"19\">News, Research and Information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dare to Overcome began in Rio de Janeiro (2016) with the support of Brazilian President Michel Temer, then moved to South Korea (2018) under Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon\u2019s patronage, then to Tokyo (2021) with former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama\u2019s active support. Since 2022, it has been held in partnership with the world\u2019s largest carrier, American Airlines, DTO\u2019s official airline and partner, including in India (2023 and 2024) and in Washington DC (2022 and 2025). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2026, DTO comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/dto-london-2026\/\">London<\/a> with the theme <em><strong>The Economics of Kindness!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/dto.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Dare-to-Overcome-Economics-of-Kindness-updated-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dto.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Dare-to-Overcome-Economics-of-Kindness-updated-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/dto.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Dare-to-Overcome-Economics-of-Kindness-updated-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dto.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Dare-to-Overcome-Economics-of-Kindness-updated-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/dto.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Dare-to-Overcome-Economics-of-Kindness-updated-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/dto.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Dare-to-Overcome-Economics-of-Kindness-updated-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>DTO convenes critical global gatherings in partnership with major global corporations including American Airlines, Accenture, DELL Technologies, Coca-Cola Consolidated, Equinix, Marriott School of Business, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>About DTO\u2019s Founder<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/dto-global-chair\/\">Brian Grim<\/a>, Ph.D., is DTO\u2019s Global Chairman and is founding president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/religiousfreedomandbusiness.org\/\">Religious Freedom &amp; Business Foundation<\/a>, which serves as DTO&#8217;s Secretariat . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grim is pictured below (L) with former Brazilian President Michel Temer (R). This 2014 meeting launched DTO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2029\" height=\"992\" src=\"https:\/\/dto.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mechel-Temer-Brian-Grim-Greg-Clark-Romana-Reimer-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dto.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mechel-Temer-Brian-Grim-Greg-Clark-Romana-Reimer-edited.jpg 2029w, https:\/\/dto.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mechel-Temer-Brian-Grim-Greg-Clark-Romana-Reimer-edited-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dto.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mechel-Temer-Brian-Grim-Greg-Clark-Romana-Reimer-edited-1024x501.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dto.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mechel-Temer-Brian-Grim-Greg-Clark-Romana-Reimer-edited-768x375.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dto.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mechel-Temer-Brian-Grim-Greg-Clark-Romana-Reimer-edited-1536x751.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dr. Grim is the founding president of the Religious Freedom &amp; Business Foundation and a globally recognized expert on the socio-economic impact of religious freedom. His work spans continents and institutions, from establishing the first Western-style business school in the Soviet Union to advising the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/authors\/brian-j-grim\">World Economic Forum<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also speaks regularly to high level audiences including top Fortune 100 companies, the White House, the United Nations, the U.S. State Department, the British and European Parliaments, No. 10 Downing Street, the Vatican, and has appeared on CNN, the BBC, Fox News, Forbes, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Grim has had numerous academic affiliations, including with Boston University, Baylor University, the University of Notre Dame, and Georgetown University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Faith-Friendly Workplaces: Brian Grim On Inclusion Beyond The Usual\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1066958074?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dare to Overcome (DTO) is the premier global event for business leaders to share and celebrate best practices, virtues, and values in being allies of differing communities, faiths and cultures in workplaces and marketplaces, thereby building peace. DTO has several key components that also work in support of Sustainable Development Goal 16 &#8211; Peace, Justice, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dto.world\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dare to Overcome: Celebrating How Business Builds Peace&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":234,"href":"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2508,"href":"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/2508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dto.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}