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  • A large group of people holding hands in a circle while standing by large green trees.

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    Ceeds of Peace circle

    Ceeds of Peace circle, Windward side of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, in 2015. As a teacher and global leader, Maya regularly focuses on the importance of positive peacebuilding, especially in developing leadership skills among young generations.

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    Maya Soetoro and the Making of Indonesian America, Module 5
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  • A chest with an urn and 2 statues in traditional dress. One statue is a man with monkey-like mask dancing.

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    Wood carving art piece from Indonesia

    Wood carving in Maya’s home. Indonesian culture remains a cherished part of Maya’s life every day. Maya’s mother brought many art pieces from Indonesia, and Maya continues to display these objects in her home

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  • Maya speaks into a microphone at a podium. She is dressed in a business suit.

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    Maya as Global Peace leader

    As a global peace leader, Maya makes presentations around the world.

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  • Book Cover: Ladder to the Moon. A woman in a white gown lays a baby down. The baby reaches to the woman's face.

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    Maya’s first children’s book, Ladder to the Moon

    In her first children’s book, Ladder to the Moon (2011; illustrated by Yuyi Morales), Maya imagines what her mother would have taught her daughter, Suhaila, about the world. In the story, a young girl takes a magical journey with her grandmother and learns about the importance of world peace.

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    Maya Soetoro and the Making of Indonesian America, Module 4
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  • A band plays in front of a screen displaying The Peace Studio. The band has a singer, keyboard, trumpet and guitar players. Books line the wall.

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    The Peace Studio

    The Peace Studio, a nonprofit organization cofounded by Maya, focuses on working with artists and journalists to develop restorative narratives and create social change.

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    Maya Soetoro and the Making of Indonesian America, Module 4
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  • A group of people pose under an ornate pavilion. The group is a range of ages and is mostly wearing winter coats and muddy, rubber boots.

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    The Institute for Climate and Peace (ICP)

    The Institute for Climate and Peace (ICP) ….. ICP foregrounds the importance of Indigenous practices and women’s leadership in addressing climate change.

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    Peace as action

    Watch as Maya talks about “peace as action,” and why she decided to found and build community-focused non-profit organizations.

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  • Behind the screen of a puppet show, a man wearing a turban holds a puppet by the light of an open flame.

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    Wayang kulit performance

    As a child, Maya grew up surrounded by Indonesian artisans and Javanese culture. Her childhood memories are filled with watching painters, batik makers, woodcarvers, and other artists. This early exposure to art and culture in everyday life would shape Maya’s conviction about art’s importance for connection and healing.

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    Maya describe moving to New York for college

    Watch Maya describe moving to New York for college, and embracing Latino culture while living and working among Dominican and Puerto Rican communities.

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  • A posed family portrait of Maya, Ann, and Barack.

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    Maya, Ann, and Barack in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, ca. 1987.

    (Left to right) Maya, Ann, and Barack in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, ca. 1987.

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    Conquest and Division: War and Empire in Asia and the Pacific

    Jean-Paul deGuzman and Misha Choudhry

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  • Japanese American couple and their two children stand outside their vandalized garage. Spray painted graffiti reads "No Japs Wanted" on exterior wall.

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  • Everett Swanson, dressed in a suit, smiles at camera while holding a young South Korean war orphan, dressed in a red dress and a white shirt.

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  • A U.S. soldier searches an Afghan man with raised arms. Another U.S. soldier and a boy stand next to them. Another man on a motorbike awaits his turn.

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