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- ↑ Soetoro-Ng, Maya. "The peace movement needs a rebrand". Quartz. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ↑ "About · Matsunaga Institute (PACE), UH Mānoa, Hawaiʻi". Matsunaga Institute (PACE), UH Mānoa, Hawaiʻi. Retrieved 2020-07-28.