Issue 04 Collective Power, Collective Peace
Today’s most powerful transformations arise from the collective. Peacebuilding thrives from people organizing together, bridging differences, and mobilizing across borders, generations, and identities to create the conditions for lasting peace. When we collectively mobilize for peace, justice, climate, human rights, and beyond — weaving together our threads across gender, race, disability, age, nationality, and other identities — we create more courageous and transformative pathways to shared liberation and collective peace. In this issue of Peace Prospects, we explore how movements are built, how collective action is catalyzed and how everyday people are reclaiming agency to shape peaceful futures.
spring 2026
Letter from the Editors
In this issue of Peace Prospects, we explore how to build and sustain collective power for shared liberation and collective peace.
I Woke Up to Gunfire, But I Choose to Build Peace Together
From the Bangsamoro region of the southern Philippines, Samarudin reflects on how growing up in violence solidified their commitment to leading peace for the next generation.
Our Collective Light Shines Bright
Finding the Wisdom of Feminist Movements on the Streets of Minneapolis
Weaving and Strengthening Collective Action
A Conversation with Julia Roig of the Horizons Project
Building a Collective Force for Peace
Lessons from Peacebuilders Across Nigeria
Funding Courage: Philanthropy, Social Movements, and the Fight for Democracy
Why funders must resist the politics of fear. And what good looks like.
The Tale of Two Augusts
From Kashmir to Bangladesh, Reflections on Power, Resistance, and Accountable Democracy
Youth Synergy, Shared Futures
Mobilising Collective Power Across South Asia
Sacred Sound and Collective Power
Arts-Based Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka
Letters to Ourselves
Reflections on Our Creative Activism
The Constellation of Purpose
How Scouting Builds Momentum for Peace Across Generations
Endurance and Love
A Perspective on Collective Organizing
Collective Peace Art show
Art show Collective Power, Collective Peace For this issue, we asked peacebuilders and creatives to share their visual response to the question: what does collective power […]