![Councilmember Dan Kalb speaks at the unveiling ceremony of “Daisaku Ikeda Way” and is joined by SGI-USA representatives, Oakland, Calif., May 3, 2021. (Insets) The new street sign bearing Ikeda Sensei’s name and the accompanying proclamation from the city of Oakland.](https://www.worldtribune.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/05/Oakland-_Community-Center_5-3-21_KingmondYoung-2021_59-300x200.jpg)
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Oakland Names ‘Daisaku Ikeda Way’
In a socially distanced, dignified and moving tribute on May 3, Soka Gakkai Day, the Northern California city of Oakland declared that the two-block stretch of Opal Street in front of the SGI-USA Oakland Buddhist Center be given a second name: “Daisaku Ikeda Way.” District 1 Councilmember Dan Kalb, who served as the keynote speaker