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1,200 Youth EMERGE
Southern California youth gather to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Ikeda Sensei’s poem “The Sun of Jiyu Over a New Land.”
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Southern California youth gather to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Ikeda Sensei’s poem “The Sun of Jiyu Over a New Land.”
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by Maya Gunaseharan and Shota Okajima SGI-USA Youth Leaders To the precious members of the SGI-USA, thank you for your unending support of the youth! On March 16, we commemorate 65 years since second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda passed the baton of kosen-rufu to the youth. In 1958, amid their own struggles, the youth
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“The door to a new age will not open as long as we wait for it to happen. We must open it ourselves, through our own dauntless and courageous actions.” —Ikeda Sensei TAMUNING, Guam—The long-awaited SGI Guam Ikeda Peace and Culture Center opened on Jan. 21, 2023, in a ceremony overflowing with resolve to send
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On Feb. 27, 1990, women from across the country joined Ikeda Sensei and Kaneko Ikeda, SGI honorary women’s leader, for the First SGI-USA Women’s Division Meeting, held at the former Soka University of America campus in Calabasas, California. At the meeting, Sensei delivered his timeless guidance “Buddhism Is the Clear Mirror That Reflects Our Lives”
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The Ikeda Wisdom Academy, SGI-USA’s study program for district through national youth leaders, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with the start of its sixth class in March. On January 26, 2013, the study program, named by Ikeda Sensei, was launched at a historic study conference. In his message to that conference, Sensei encouraged the youth
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With the “sun of jiyu” burning brightly in their hearts, the members of Los Angeles Pan-Pacific and Los Angeles Sunshine zones opened the Year of Youth and Triumph with back-to-back New Year’s gongyo celebrations that filled the World Peace Ikeda Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, with happy members, guests and new members joining the SGI.
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The new SGI-USA youth team shares their determination for 2023.
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On Jan. 1, 2023, the SGI-USA announced the following leadership appointments. Shota Okajima Amelia Gonzalez Martin Saito Max Heine Rah’mad Hawkins SGI-USA Young Men’s Leader SGI-USA Vice Young Women’s Leader SGI-USA Vice Young Men’s Leader SGI-USA Student Division Young Men’s Leader SGI-USA Practicing Buddhism as People of African Descent Group Young Men’s Leader Selina Carroll
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WOMEN: Ages 34 and over • The women will celebrate February, women’s month, by inviting our guests to experience the warmth of the Soka family at our February discussion meetings. Leading up to the discussion meetings, we will conduct heart-to-heart orchid-room dialogues/home visits with our friends, family and guests, and spread hope in our local
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The Ikeda Wisdom Academy is the SGI-USA’s advanced study program for district-national youth leaders. Since March 2021, the academy’s fifth class has studied select lectures by Ikeda Sensei in Learning from Nichiren’s Writings: The Teachings for Victory, volumes 1 and 2. To confirm academy members’ understanding of the content of these lectures, an exam will
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by Adin Strauss SGI-USA General Director To the precious members of the SGI-USA, I want to thank you for everything in 2022 and the past few very trying years. And welcome to 2023, the Year of Youth and Triumph! I’m convinced that 2023 will be a very special year for kosen-rufu in America, a year
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The Ikeda Wisdom Academy, SGI-USA’s study program for district-national youth leaders, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with the start of its sixth class. On Jan. 26, 2013, the study program, named by Ikeda Sensei, was launched at a historic study conference. In his message to that conference, Sensei encouraged the youth of North America, saying:
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by Adin Strauss SGI-USA General Director I am convinced that 2023 will be a very special year for kosen-rufu in America, and I am certain that Many Treasures members will be a crucial part of that. Dare I say it—thank you so very much in advance for all you will be doing! But before we
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Next year, 2023, will mark the 10th anniversary of the completion of the Hall of the Great Vow for Kosen-rufu. Upon its completion, Ikeda Sensei penned the following poem: Mentor and disciples have created this triumphant citadel of the great vow. (Dec. 6, 2013, World Tribune, p. 5) Keeping this milestone in mind, the Soka
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Our November district general meetings are beacons of ideal human fellowship.
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The valiant spirit of the behind-the-scenes training groups.
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In 1990, when Ikeda Sensei established a study program for SGI-USA women’s division members, he named it the Sophia Group—Sophia in Greek meaning “skill, intelligence, wisdom.” Since that time, women have gathered monthly in small-group settings to study and discuss Sensei’s guidance to grasp the history of the SGI, deepen their understanding of the shared
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The SGI-USA launched its new Member Resources portal (portal.sgi-usa.org), a website featuring all your member and leader resources in one place; and the new SGI-USA website (sgi-usa.org), now a purely outward-facing website geared toward informing the general public of our Buddhist practice and community. Member Resources Website Features: • A more personalized design and user
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At the Central Executive Committee Conference, representative leaders discuss the next phase of in-person activities in 2023.
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