Nearly 30 years ago, Edna Moffett stood in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward and saw something others had learned to accept.

 

Children with nowhere safe to go after school.

Families navigating poverty with little support.

Young people are full of potential but locked out of opportunity.

 

She didn’t have a strategic plan.

She didn’t have funding.

What she had was conviction.

 

She believed that if children had a safe place to learn, grow, and belong, their futures could change.

 

She started small, opening her doors, creating space, and building what would become Operation P.E.A.C.E. (Partnerships in Education and Community Enrichment).

 

What began as a grassroots afterschool effort in a basement became something bigger: a trusted, community-rooted organization transforming lives across generations.

 

This is where the story begins.

It’s the standard we’re called to carry forward.