Maya Soetoro-Ng | Rebranding Peace for the 21st Century | Talks at Google

Educator, mentor, and peace advocate Maya Soetoro-Ng discusses her work as a peace educator, a peace activist and The Peace Studio, a non-profit organization that develops artists and journalists to inspire hope and catalyze transformative social change. Since its founding, The Piece Studio has invested in over 250 artists and journalists through its educational programs, and distributed positive, strengths-based stories and performances on global, national, and local media platforms such as NowThis News, PBS – WNET, ABC Localish, The Boston Globe, CNN International, and Yahoo, among others. Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng is a faculty specialist in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She also serves as the university’s liaison to the Obama Foundation, and works with the foundation’s Leaders program and Global Girls Alliance on outreach initiatives in Hawaiʻi and the Asia-Pacific region. Previously, she was the director of the Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawaiʻi. In addition to leading the institute’s outreach and development initiatives, she taught and mentored students in leadership for social change, peace movements, peace education, and conflict management. For many years, she worked at the university’s College of Education, where she taught multicultural education, social studies methods, and peace education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Dr. Soetoro-Ng sits on several volunteer boards and is co-founder of the nonprofit organizations Ceeds of Peace, The Peace Studio, and The Institute for Climate and Peace. In 2021, she launched the podcast The Bravethrough Series: Courageous Conversations on Community in partnership with KTUH Honolulu. Moderated by Lyn Mehe'ula. #talksatgoogle #worldpeace #MayaSoetoroNg