DESTINATION PEACE MONTHLY DIGEST March 2026 Our Most Expansive Edition Yet
Welcome Section
Dear Valued Supporters and Friends of Destination Peace,
Welcome to the March 2026 edition of the Destination Peace Digest. This month reflects a powerful alignment between global dialogue, educational engagement, and the continued expansion of peacebuilding through cultural connection and lived experience.
As the year gains momentum, March was defined by three meaningful milestones:
I Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
Participation in a distinguished global dialogue at a site of profound historical and global significance
II The Explorers Club — Hawaiʻi Chapter
A featured presentation and continued engagement as a member of this storied organization
III iLEAD — Culture of Excellence
Delivery of the Culture of Excellence course to iLEAD students, advancing leadership grounded in dignity and responsibility
These engagements reflect a unifying principle: peace is not only taught, but also experienced through exploration, education, and human connection.
With gratitude, Destination Peace International
Global Engagements
JOURNEY TO PEACE SEMINAR #8 · HONOLULU, HAWAIʻI
Transitions from War to Peace
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
In March, Destination Peace International participated in the Journey to Peace Seminar #8: Transitions from War to Peace, hosted at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, a site of profound historical and global significance.
Convened nearly eighty years after World War II, the seminar brought together distinguished military leaders, scholars, and thought leaders to examine the enduring complexities of postwar reconstruction and the evolving path toward lasting peace. Set in the historic context of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the discussion explored how the consequences of global conflict continue to shape geopolitical realities across the Indo-Pacific and beyond.
At the conclusion of the seminar, Destination Peace Founder Emanuel C. Perlman shared a message centered on three core themes:
THE POWER OF VOICE
A vision for humanity united, where the world can “sing with one true voice” in the pursuit of peace
PERSONAL LEGACY AND HISTORY
Honoring his father, who enlisted in the Marine Corps at age 17 following Pearl Harbor, and the enduring lesson that bridging cultures through language and understanding is essential to peace
A CALL TO ACTION
A renewed urgency to work collectively toward peace and to ensure that these insights are shared widely to educate and inspire others
FEATURED PRESENTATION · HAWAIʻI CHAPTER
The Explorers Club · Advancing Exploration and Discovery
Destination Peace continued its global engagement through a featured presentation with The Explorers Club, Hawaiʻi Chapter part of the storied organization founded in 1904 to advance exploration and discovery.
Sasha Eha Tozi Hawoo® – A Musical Peace Expedition Across West Africa
FEATURED PRESENTATION
This presentation explored Destination Peace’s fieldwork across Ghana and Nigeria, demonstrating how music functions as a bridge between cultures and a tool for fostering trust, connection, and peace across diverse communities.
Through sound, story, and lived experience, the engagement highlighted how cultural expression can transcend language and create shared human understanding. Following the presentation, Emanuel C. Perlman was honored to continue his involvement becoming a member of the Hawaiʻi Chapter, further strengthening the relationship between exploration and peacebuilding as aligned disciplines of human advancement.
Education & Leadership
EDUCATION INITIATIVE · MARCH 2026
iLEAD – Culture of Excellence
Institute of Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Advocacy
In March, Destination Peace expanded its educational impact through the delivery of the Culture of Excellence course to students at the Institute of Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Advocacy (iLEAD).
This course reframes excellence not as performance or perfection, but as a lived culture grounded in respect, responsibility, and reliability. Participants explored how excellence is expressed through daily practice honoring time, communicating with integrity, building resilient systems, and serving with accountability.
RESPECT
Honoring time and commitments in every interaction
RESPONSIBILITY
Communicating with integrity and serving with accountability
RELIABILITY
Building resilient systems that earn trust across cultures
Rooted in the principles of Reclaiming Respect and the Destination Peace framework, the course equips emerging leaders with the mindset and tools to build institutions that earn trust across cultures and communities.
This work reinforces a central conviction: leadership is the daily practice through which peace becomes real.
iLEAD Program – Africa Initiative
ONGOING INITIATIVE · LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Youth Empowerment Across Africa
In Collaboration with LEAD Network Africa
In collaboration with LEAD Network Africa founder and visionary Chukwuma Okenwa, Destination Peace taught and developed the original curriculum for two core courses within the iLEAD (Institute of Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Advocacy) program launched in 2024 to train emerging leaders, entrepreneurs, and advocates across Africa.
127 GRADUATES FROM THE BASIC LEADERSHIP COURSE
4 PRIMARY COUNTRIES: NIGERIA, GHANA, S. AFRICA, KENYA
200K+ YOUTH REACHED THROUGH LEAD NETWORK AFRICA OUTREACH
The initiative equips young participants with skills in emotional intelligence, personal development, employability, entrepreneurship, and leadership. Building on LEAD Network Africa’s 7+ years of outreach, the program fosters values-embedded entrepreneurship and advocacy for national development.
Across continents and cultures, meaningful change is rarely the work of one voice. It emerges through partnership, through the meeting of conviction, character, and shared purpose.
Within Destination Peace International, one such partnership has become a defining force: the collaboration with Nigerian civic leader Chukwuma Ephraim Okenwa. His influence on our peace movement is unmistakable. His leadership, grounded in the lived realities of Southeast Nigeria, has deepened our connection to communities where peace is not merely an aspiration but a daily necessity.
A Leader Rooted in Service
Chukwuma brings to Destination Peace a rare combination of moral clarity and practical experience. As the founder of Lead Network Africa, he has spent years empowering youth, strengthening civic institutions, and cultivating cultures of accountability. His work is shaped by the challenges and hopes of the communities he serves, communities navigating economic pressures, political uncertainty, and generational change.
This grounding has made him an invaluable partner. He offers insight that is both strategic and human, informed by the realities of the field and the aspirations of a rising generation.
Through these efforts, the partnership has become a living demonstration of what peacebuilding looks like when rooted in relationship, not rhetoric.
“A living demonstration of what peacebuilding looks like when rooted in relationship, not rhetoric.
A Bond That Transcends Geography
Chukwuma’s presence has brought a renewed sense of momentum to Destination Peace. His leadership has shaped major initiatives, including the Peace Builders Summit, tri-continental dialogues, and field reporting from West Africa. His firm voice has helped introduce Reclaiming Respect to new audiences, reinforcing our movement’s message of dignity and moral clarity.
A WORD FROM OUR FOUNDER
From historic grounds in Honolulu to classrooms shaping future leaders, we are reminded that peace is built wherever people choose to connect, learn, and lead with dignity. When we bring our voices together, we do more than communicate… we create the conditions for peace.
EMANUEL C. PERLMAN
Founder & CEO, Destination Peace International
Ongoing & Future Presentations
ONGOING 2024–
Leadership Development & Youth Empowerment in Africa
ILEAD PROGRAM . LEAD NETWORK AFRICA COLLABORATION
In collaboration with Chukwuma Ephraim Okenwa, founder and visionary of LEAD Network Africa, Destination Peace continues to teach curriculum within the iLEAD program. Building on 7+ years of outreach to over 200,000 youth, the program fosters values-embedded entrepreneurship and advocacy for national development.
MAY 2026
The Voice Foundation: 55th Annual Symposium
CO-PRESENTING WITH CHANDRIKA TANDON · GRAMMY AWARD WINNER & PHILANTHROPIST
Destination Peace will co-present a one-hour workshop exploring the cultural and human dimensions of voice, music, and global connection, examining how sound transcends borders to build bridges of understanding and peace.
ONGOING 2025-
Global Media Presence – TVC International
EMANUEL C. PERLMAN, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Destination Peace is proud to announce that Founder Emanuel C. Perlman has expanded his role as a foreign correspondent on TVC International, the global broadcasting arm of TVC Communications, one of Africa’s most influential media organizations.
Headquartered in Lagos, TVC Communications reaches over 27 million listeners and viewers daily across television, radio, and digital platforms. Its signal travels through DStv across 50 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and via Sky in the United Kingdom, serving African diaspora communities and international policy audiences worldwide. With correspondents across the continent and beyond, TVC brings the African narrative to global screens.
This platform is a natural fit for Destination Peace. TVC’s pan-African reach and international satellite presence place Emanuel Perlman’s voice precisely where peacebuilding conversations need to be heard, across diverse communities, policy circles, and the global diaspora.
Featured Commentary: U.S.–Iran Tensions
In a recent segment, Perlman offered expert analysis on the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran, covering four critical dimensions: the risk of catastrophic escalation through attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure; a historical parallel to World War II-era volatility with ideological radicals in power; the severe humanitarian toll on Iranian civilians facing displacement, food shortages, and a communications blackout; and the global consequences of Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz on shipping and energy markets.
His commentary aired alongside reporting on President Trump’s postponement of threatened strikes on Iranian power plants and the disputed reports of diplomatic talks that followed. Perlman’s independent, peace centered perspective distinguished Destination Peace as a credible voice in one of the world’s most consequential geopolitical moments.
In the fast-moving world of broadcast journalism, where attention is fleeting and accuracy is paramount, the strength of a news program often lies in the synergy between what is seen and what remains unseen.
At TVC News, that balance is exemplified in its World News broadcast, a daily global news bulletin shaped by the combined excellence of producer Gertrude Takura and anchor Precious Amayo. Airing at a pivotal point in the day, the broadcast serves as a bridge between the morning’s headlines and the deeper analysis that characterizes evening news. It is within this space that audiences seek not just updates, but clarity, an understanding of how global events intersect and evolve
Gertrude Tukura
PRODUCER · TVC WORLD NEWS
Gertrude Tukura plays a critical role. As producer, she is responsible for shaping the editorial framework of the program determining story priorities, structuring the rundown, and ensuring that each segment contributes to a cohesive narrative. Her work is reflected in the seamless transitions, well-timed pacing, and clarity of focus that define the broadcast. While largely invisible to the audience, her influence is embedded in every aspect of the program’s execution.
Precious Amayo
ANCHOR · TVC WORLD NEWS
At the center of the broadcast is Precious Amayo, whose delivery reflects the composure and authority required of a global news anchor. Her approach is measured and deliberate, guiding viewers through complex international developments from geopolitical tensions to economic shifts with a tone that is both accessible and precise. In a media environment often driven by urgency, Precious Amayo’s strength lies in her ability to maintain balance, ensuring that speed does not come at the expense of understanding. She has interviewed Emanuel C. Perlman twice on TVC, bringing that same disciplined presence to conversations on peace, conflict, and the mission of Destination Peace exchanges that have extended the reach of our work to her global audience.
Iittoma Edu-Bulus
ANCHOR · TVC WORLD NOW · TVC BREAKFAST
Iittoma Edu-Bulus widely known on air as Ittoma Edu is one of TVC’s most versatile and compelling on-screen presences. As anchor of World News Now, the network’s global news segment, she brings the world’s most consequential stories to audiences across Africa and beyond with clarity, authority, and poise. She also serves as a regular co-anchor on TVC Breakfast, the station’s flagship morning program, demonstrating a range that moves seamlessly between breaking international news and the rhythm of live, unscripted broadcast. Across two interviews with Emanuel C. Perlman, Iittoma Edu-Bulus brought that same versatility to bear, guiding substantive conversations on peace, geopolitics, and global conflict with the ease of an anchor who is equally at home with hard news and the deeper human stories that lie beneath it.
Together, Tukura, Amayo, and Edu-Bulus represent a model of collaborative journalism in which production and presentation operate in alignment. This partnership allows TVC’s global broadcasts to function not merely as bulletins of world events, but as curated and coherent accounts of the world at a given moment, a format that prioritizes accuracy, context, and reliability, qualities that remain essential in an era of information overload.
As global events continue to shape local realities, the role of trusted news platforms becomes increasingly significant. Through the combined efforts of Gertrude Tukura, Precious Amayo, and Iittoma Edu-Bulus, TVC’s World News broadcasts offer viewers a dependable window into the world, one defined by professionalism, editorial rigor, and a clear sense of purpose. For Destination Peace, each interview has been an opportunity not merely to inform, but to advance the broader conversation around peace in a world that urgently needs it.
Until Next Month
As we close this edition of the Destination Peace Digest, we look ahead with anticipation. Planning is now underway for an extensive journey to Asia, a voyage that promises new dialogues, deeper connections, and the continued expansion of our peacebuilding work across the world’s most dynamic and diverse region.
The world awaits. So does peace.
With gratitude and shared purpose,
Emanuel C. Perlman, Founder & CEO, Destination Peace International
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