This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the
TED Conferences. Peacebuilding is a learned skill just like reading and arithmetic. Educators and Ceeds of
Peace founders
Maya Soetoro-Ng and
Kerrie Urosevich illustrate how peacebuilding can be taught to young children and eventually bring lasting social change to the world.
Award-winning
peace, multicultural, and international studies educator and children’s book author. Co-founder of the community peace training program Ceeds of Peace with Kerrie Urosevich.
Campaigner for her brother,
President Barack Obama.
She may have addressed the
Democratic National Convention—not just once, but twice—and campaigned for her brother, President Barack Obama, but the greatest thrill for Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng is standing in front of a classroom full of students. Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng is an assistant professor at the
University of Hawai‘i College of Education, where she teaches
Multicultural Education,
Social Studies and Peace
Education.
When she’s not on campus,
Maya works as an educational activist with Our
Public School, the nonprofit organization that she co-founded in an effort to connect public schools to their surrounding communities. In addition, with partner Kerrie Urosevich, she trains future peacebuilders through the Ceeds of
Peace education program.
An advocate for global competence, Maya draws on her previous experience as an education specialist at the
East West Center, where she promoted international educational exchange between
Asia and the
United States.
She recently authored a picture book called
Ladder to the Moon and is currently under contract to write a book about peace education, as well as a young adult novel entitled
Yellow Wood.
Community mobilizer and peace builder,
Early Learning Action Strategy Coordinator for the
Hawai‘i Governor’s
Office, Co-founder of Ceeds of Peace with Maya Soetoro-Ng.
Kerrie Urosevich,
Ph.D., has spent the past 20 years in community mobilization and peacebuilding. She is currently the action strategy coordinator for Gov.
Neil Abercrombie’s
Executive Office on Early Learning, overseeing the implementation of the state’s early learning strategic plan.
Previously, Kerrie co-founded Lead4Tomorrow, a violence-prevention leadership organization, as well as
Family Hui, a program committed to ensuring children are safe, healthy and thriving.
For 10 years, she ran her own mediation and facilitation consultancy, working with communities and organizations in transition. Kerrie serves as affiliate faculty at the Matsunaga
Institute for Peace at the
University of Hawai‘i Manoa, teaching an array of peace and conflict resolution courses. In addition, she has developed Ceeds of Peace workshops in partnership with Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng from the University of Hawai‘i College of Education.
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- published: 29 Dec 2014
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