The Council

The Play for Peace Council serves as a guiding force within our global movement, bringing together trusted leaders, mentors, and facilitators who embody Play for Peace values in their practice across communities.

As part of the Play for Peace Leadership Collective, alongside our Board of Directors, Roundtable Committee and Global Staff, the Council embodies a collaborative, decolonial approach to leadership and decision-making.

Join the 2026 Play for Peace Council

Step into a global leadership collective that honors lived experience, shared power, and local wisdom. Whether you are applying as a new member or reapplying as a current member, we invite you to walk this path with care, courage, and connection.

We are now opening applications for the 2026 Council Journey for:

✔ New Council Members

✔ Returning Council Members

What Is the Play for Peace Council?

The Council offers strategic insight grounded in lived experience, brings cultural wisdom and local realities into global decision-making, ensures Play for Peace remains inclusive, adaptable, and community-centered, and strengthens a compassionate, cohesive global movement for peace.

We intentionally move away from top-down leadership models and instead center:

• Shared power

• Cultural humility

• Community wisdom

• Relational accountability

What Participation Looks Like

• Monthly Online Meeting: 1.5 hours

• Council Contributions: Minimum 7 hours/month

(fun, doable tasks averaged across the quarter)

• Active engagement on the Play for Peace portal

• Participation in monthly themes and guest sessions

• We prioritize support, clarity, and care—while honoring shared responsibility.

Who Should Apply?

We welcome applications from individuals who:

✔ Have 2 or more years of experience as: Play for Peace Club Mentors, volunteers or facilitators who have deeply applied Play for Peace methods and tools in the field

✔ Have been mentored or trained through Play for Peace

✔ Practice reflective, relational leadership

✔ Are committed to equity, inclusion, and community-centered peacebuilding

✔ Are ready to contribute time, care, and insight to a global collective