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Pathways to Peace

Global Webinar Series on Community, Resilience & Social Change

About Pathways to Peace

As the Peace Center for Dialogue and Conflict Transformation at LCC International University celebrates its fifth year, Pathways to Peace brings together peacebuilders, practitioners, students, researchers, educators, and community leaders from around the world to explore what it takes to live well together in a world marked by conflict and social change. Across five global dialogues, the series creates space to listen, learn from different experiences, and explore how hope, imagination, memory, nonviolence, and education can contribute to more peaceful and resilient communities. At its heart is a simple idea: meaningful change is a journey we make together.

Pathways to Hope: Nurturing Peace and Possibility
16 September 2026 |

Speakers:

  • Darkhan Ganiuly — Kazakhstan: International Relations and Development sophomore and Peace Center volunteer; represented the Center at the Youth Peace Summit in The Hague.
  • Anna Romanenko — Ukraine: Third-year International Relations and Development student involved in Nurturing Hope and Peace Center activities, including the Peace at the Margins prison project.
  • Valentyna Bober — Ukraine: Recent LCC alumna and long-time Peace Center ambassador, volunteer and leader; helped initiate Nurturing Hope LCC Hub and Ukraine Remembrance Days.

Session description:
The speakers will share what they have learned through dialogue, community, and opportunities beyond LCC, including their experiences engaging in international peacebuilding initiatives. Valentyna will also share how an unexpected opportunity led her to the 2026 Youth Peace Summit in The Hague.

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Upcoming Events

Speaker:

  • Dmytro Fedorchak — Ukraine: Ukrainian theologian, facilitator and researcher at Dialogue in Action; coordinates Theology in Action, bringing together theologians, church leaders and civil society actors.

Session description:
The conversation will explore how memory, identity and history can contribute to justice, reconciliation, social transformation and imagining a different future. 

Speaker:

  • Dr. Dong Jin Kim — South Korea: Kim Dae Jung Chair Professor of Peace Studies at Hanshin University and Adjunct Professor in Peace and Reconciliation at Trinity College Dublin. His work connects research with practice in peace, humanitarian and development work.

Session description:
The conversation will explore how imagination and creativity can open possibilities for peace and social change, with examples from Korea.

Speaker:

  • Anthony Khair — Palestine/Israel: Palestinian human rights activist, theologian and CATC Coordinator with the Bethlehem Institute for Peace and Justice. His work includes peace and justice initiatives with the Mennonite Central Committee and Palestine/South Africa solidarity initiatives.

Session description:
The conversation will explore nonviolence, faith, justice and peacebuilding in the context of Palestine and Israel, considering what nonviolent action and hope can look like in the midst of war.

Speaker:

  • Tigist ‘Migbar’ Tesfaye Gelagle — Ethiopia: Ethiopian educator, author, mentor and community development practitioner; Founder and Director of Spark Valley and leader of Mewetacha Mentorship Ministries.

Session description:
Her work focuses on how education can help people build relationships, navigate differences, develop resilience and contribute to more peaceful communities.