Leadership, Learning, and Living Peace
Welcome Section
Dear Valued Supporters and Friends of Destination Peace,
Welcome to the February 2026 edition of the Destination Peace Digest. This month marks a powerful moment of convergence where leadership education, cultural celebration, and strategic partnership come together to advance our shared commitment to dignity-centered peacebuilding.
As the new year unfolds, we are energized by three milestones that set the tone for 2026:
- A deepening partnership with LEAD NETWORK AFRICA
- The launch of teaching two courses in iLEAD (Institute of Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Advocacy) beginning this month
- A remarkable January celebration in Nigeria, where a filled movie theater honored our founder’s birthday through music, story and shared humanity
These moments are not isolated events. They are expressions of a living philosophy that peace is built through learning, leadership, and lived connection.
With gratitude,
Destination Peace International
Partnership Spotlight
Destination Peace & LEAD Network Africa
Destination Peace International is proud to announce an expanding partnership with LEAD Network Africa and its training branch iLEAD, dedicated to developing ethical leadership across the continent.
This collaboration reflects a shared vision: leadership grounded in dignity, advocacy rooted in conscience, and entrepreneurship guided by social responsibility. Through iLEAD’s Basic Course in Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Advocacy, Destination Peace contributes its global peacebuilding framework integrating respect based leadership into educational spaces shaping emerging leaders across Africa.
Joining with LEAD Network Africa, we are co-investing in leaders who do more than manage systems they restore trust, elevate voice, and humanize power.
Education & Leadership
Courses Launching February and March 2026
Destination Peace Founder Emanuel C. Perlman will teach two foundational courses through the Institute of Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Advocacy (iLEAD), designed to equip emerging leaders with the mindset, tools, and moral clarity required for dignity-centered leadership in a complex world.
Creating the Future
This course invites participants to move beyond reactive leadership toward intentional future-building. Drawing on peacebuilding work across 46 countries, the course explores how memory, imagination, and respect shape collective outcomes. Participants examine how leaders design futures rooted not in fear or control, but in human dignity, shared purpose, and long-term responsibility.
Culture of Excellence
This course reframes excellence not as performance or perfection, but as a culture grounded in respect, responsibility, and reliability. Participants explore how excellence transcends culture because it is experienced through everyday practices, honoring time, upholding human dignity, designing resilient systems, communicating with integrity, and serving with accountability. Rooted in the principles of Reclaiming Respect and the Destination Peace framework, the course equips leaders to build institutions and societies that earn trust, even across deep differences.
Together, these courses reflect Destination Peace’s core conviction: peace is not merely an aspiration, it is a practiced form of leadership.
January in Nigeria
A Birthday Celebration That Became a Cultural Moment
In January, a filled movie theater in Nigeria became the setting for an unforgettable celebration honoring the birthday of Destination Peace Founder Emanuel C. Perlman.
What began as a personal milestone evolved into a communal experience blending music, film, reflection, and joy. The evening featured the premiere presentation of Break the Walls Down, and the repeat showing of One True Voice accompanied by live remarks, musical interludes, and moments of collective reflection.
The atmosphere was both festive and deeply meaningful, a reminder that leadership resonates most when it is shared, not staged. In a world often divided by fear, this gathering affirmed a simple truth: when people come together in story and song, walls do not stand for long.
Looking Ahead
Global Engagements — February & May 2026
As Destination Peace advances into 2026, two landmark engagements will bring our work to distinct yet deeply aligned global audiences.
February 2026 | The Explorers Club Hawaii Chapter — Honolulu
Destination Peace is honored to announce that Emanuel C. Perlman will present at The Explorers Club Hawaii Chapter, part of the storied organization founded in 1904 to advance scientific exploration and discovery.
Sasha Eha Tozi Hawoo®
A Musical Peace Expedition Across West Africa
This presentation will chronicle Destination Peace’s groundbreaking peace expedition across Ghana and Nigeria, demonstrating how the eight-syllable universal phrase Sasha Eha Tozi Hawoo® designed to replicate sounds from 124 global languages functions as a bridge between cultures.
Through music, field experience, and storytelling, audiences will explore how sound transcends language, fosters trust, and opens pathways for healing and cooperation among diverse communities.
The Explorers Club’s community of scientists, explorers, and innovators provides a powerful forum to examine peacebuilding as a frontier worthy of exploration.
May 27–31, 2026 | The Voice Foundation —Philadelphia
Destination Peace is delighted to confirm that Emanuel C. Perlman will co-lead a featured workshop at The Voice Foundation’s 55th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, alongside Grammy Award–winning artist, humanitarian and philanthropist, Chandrika Tandon.
Harmonizing Humanity:
Voice, Chant, and the Universal Language of Peace
This immersive workshop will explore how voice and chant operate as tools for regulation, resonance, and cross-cultural understanding blending Chandrika Tandon’s expertise in ancient Vedic chant with Destination Peace’s methodology for dignity-centered leadership through music.
With more than 500 voice professionals attending from over 30 countries, this gathering represents a rare convergence of science, art, and humanitarian practice demonstrating how the human voice can become an instrument of peace.
A Word from Our Founder
“When we sing together whether in Honolulu, Philadelphia, or Enugu we discover that the language of peace needs no translation. Music is the universal voice reminding us that we belong to one human family.”
Emanuel C. Perlman
Founder & CEO, Destination Peace
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