In honor of International Day of Peace, the Peace Leadership Collaborative and PHJ Way co-hosted “Staying Steady: The Inner Work of Peace Leadership” to explore the significance of inner peace to harmonious relationships and communities, and what it takes to stay grounded, steady, and whole in a demanding world.

During this joint event, co-hosted with World Citizen Peace Ambassadors Center, we had the opportunity to hear from three peace leaders from different parts of the world. They shared personal stories, practical strategies, and lessons learned from creating peace within their communities.

In a time of growing polarization, conflict, and uncertainty, many of the most hopeful examples of peacebuilding are emerging from collective action—people organizing together across identities, generations, sectors, and borders to create meaningful change.

Issue 04 of Peace Prospects, “Collective Power, Collective Peace”, explores how movements are built, how communities reclaim agency, and how collective action creates pathways toward peace, justice, and shared liberation. Through stories, reflections, research, and art, we hear from contributors around the world.

We continued the conversation in this Peace Leadership Collaborative Gathering, “Collective Power, Collective Peace”, which brought together peace leaders, practitioners, scholars, students, and changemakers from across our global community to reflect on the themes emerging from the issue and explore what they mean for our work today.

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On March 26, 2026, the Peace Leadership Collaborative hosted a global gathering on Challenging War Narratives, facilitated by Dr. Aleen Bayard. The session invited participants to step back from specific conflicts and examine how language shapes collective understanding, moral framing, and policy decisions. Through presentations, small group discussions, and shared reflections, peace leaders explored the power of narrative in normalizing or challenging violence, and identified opportunities to reframe discourse in ways that promote agency, accountability, and peacebuilding.