Activity Highlights 2006--Grassroots engagement in society | 2008 | 2007 | 2005 | A compilation of news related to SGI's grassroots activities in society. To view these by category click on the buttons on the left of this page. To view SGI's latest Buddhist activities click here.   DECEMBER Dec 31 Singapore Soka Association Adopts Park Dec 29 Over 8,000 Utilize Soka Gakkai Educational Counseling Centers in Japan during 2006 Dec 19 World Federation of the United Nations Associations (WFUNA) Secretary General Visits Soka Gakkai Headquarters, Tokyo Indonesian National Youth Council Visits Soka Gakkai Headquarters Chief Editor of Ming Pao Lectures on Responsible Journalism at SGI-Hong Kong Center Dec 14 Government Selects SGI-Taiwan's Monthly Periodical for Young Children as Recommended Reading Dec 11 "Seeds of Change" Exhibition at the Indian Museum, Kolkata, India Dec 10 China-Japan Friendship Association Delegates and SGI President Discuss Bilateral Friendship "Gandhi, King, Ikeda: A Legacy of Building Peace" Exhibition Shows in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal Dec 2 "Children and a Culture of Peace" Exhibition Opens in Ishikawa, Tochigi and Yamagata Prefecture Dec 1 IAEA Director General Meets with SGI President   NOVEMBER Nov 28 Min-On Cosponsors 18th Kyoto Foreign Students Music Festival Nov 26 Thai-Japan Performing Arts Collaboration in Tokyo Commemorates 60th Anniversary of Thai King's Coronation Nov 23 Oman Hosts "Seeds of Change" Environment Exhibition SGI-Bolivia Hosts Seminar on Nichiren Buddhism Nov 20 21st "Boys and Girls Art of Hope Exhibit" Opens at Josei Toda International Center in Tokyo Nov 18 SGI-Dominican Republic Combined Band Wins Silver Prize in National Competition Nov 11 Taiwan Soka Association Participates in Conference on Religion Nov 10 Daisaku Ikeda Photo Exhibition Opens in Moscow, Russia Nov 9 "Daisaku Ikeda Corner on Culture of Peace" Opens at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts   OCTOBER Oct 30 "Building a Culture of Peace Exhibition" Shown at Five Venues in Sabah State, Malaysia Oct 27 Seafarers' Photography Exhibition Opens in Tianjin, China "A Message for Humanity 2006" Opens in Chiyoda Ward,Tokyo Oct 25 "Seeds of Change" Exhibition in Lugano, Switzerland Oct 22 SGI-Hong Kong Center Hosts Education Symposium on Early Childhood Education and Parents' Role Oct 20 Peru Hosts "Seeds of Change" Environment Exhibition Oct 18 1,000 Participate in Second Bolivia Women's Summit Oct 16 Institute of Oriental Philosophy and Russian Oriental Studies Institute Cosponsor Symposium in St. Petersburg Oct 8 Soka Gakkai Malaysia Members Contribute to Local Communities Beijing Normal University Names Daisaku Ikeda Honorary Professor Oct 7 Music Festival Celebrates SGI-Hong Kong's 45th Anniversary "21st Century Environment Exhibition" Opens in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture Earth Charter Events Held in San Diego, California, and Columbus, Ohio, USA Oct 5 SGI Participates in Fourth World Public Forum Dialogue of Civilizations in Rhodes, Greece "Children and a Culture of Peace" Exhibition Opens at Soka International Women's Center "SGI-Paraguay Holds "Seeds of Change" Cultural Show Oct 4 BRC Hosts Third Annual Ikeda Forum for Intercultural Dialogue--"Emerson and the Power of the Imagination" Oct 3 SGI-Taiwan Recognized as Excellent Community Organization for 14th Consecutive Year SGI-Germany's Villa Sachsen Celebrates Heritage Day Oct 1 Finnish Artist's "Four Seasons" Exhibition in Malaysia   SEPTEMBER Sep 30 China's Ambassador to Japan and SGI President Discuss Sino-Japanese Friendship "21st Century Environment Exhibition" Opens in Konan City, Aichi Prefecture Palau Hosts SGI's "Building a Culture of Peace" Exhibition Sep 25 Soka Gakkai Educators Report on Applying Humanistic Education in the Classroom Sep 24 SGI-Brazil Fife-and-Drum Corps and Brass Bands Participate in Independence Day Parades Sep 17 Chinese Literary Association Honors SGI President Sep 15 Exhibition Supporting the UN's Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Opens in Ibaraki Sep 12 SGI-USA Members in New Orleans, Louisiana, Come Together for Music Festival One Year After Hurricane Katrina Sep 10 DVD of Tagalog Version of "Happy Tales," Collection of SGI President Ikeda's Children's Stories, Released in the Philippines Sep 7 Soka Gakkai Indonesia Holds Women's Peace Conference Sep 6 Kinokuniya Publishes DVD in English, Chinese and Spanish on Educator and First Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi World-Renowned Alpinist Ken Noguchi Speaks on Environmental Preservation Sep 4 Argentina's National Tango Academy Honors Min-On Founder Sep 3 China International Cultural Exchange Center Delegates Visit Soka Gakkai International Women's Center Napoleon Exhibition Comes to Chiba Sep 2 Singapore Soka Association Participates in 41st National Day Celebrations Exhibition Supporting UN's World Program for Human Rights Education Opens in Sendai City Sep 1 Special Mozart Exhibition to Open at the Min-On Music Museum Student Division Sponsors Lecture on Strengthening Sino-Japan Relations through People's Exchanges   AUGUST Aug 31 SGI President Meets UN Under-Secretary General, Presents UN Proposal Min-On Sponsors Free School Concert for Students in Hokkaido Aug 29 "Treasures of Japanese Art Exhibition" Opens in Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil Aug 26 Mainichi Newspapers to Release Dialogue Between SGI President and Thoreau Scholars Aug 25 His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan Awarded Soka University's Honorary Doctorate Soka Gakkai Gifu Women's Ensemble and Chorus Participate in UNESCO Literacy Campaign Aug 24 Day of Dialogue on Combatting Violence in Los Angeles, California Aug 18 Youth Present "Victory Over Violence" Workshop at UN Headquarters Aug 15 SGI-Denmark Commemorates "Hiroshima Day 2006" with Vow to Promote Abolition of Nuclear Weapons Soka Gakkai Youth Remember Victims of War War Experiences DVD Launched by Women's Peace Committee Aug 13 SGI-USA Presents Festival of African Culture at Friendship Center in Los Angeles, California, USA Aug 10 Nagasaki Soka Gakkai Remembers Atomic Bomb Victims and War Dead on 61st Anniversary of the Dropping of the A-bomb Aug 9 SGI-Korea Fife-and-Drum Corps Participates in International Festival Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa Institute of Education, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Hosts Exhibition on 20th Century Peacebuilders Aug 7 Hiroshima Soka Gakkai Remembers Atomic Bomb Victims and War Dead on 61st Anniversary of the Dropping of the A-Bomb Aug 6 Teachers College Press to Release Ideas and Action: Enduring Visions of the Philosophy and Practice of Education in Winter, 2007 SGI-UK Hosts Third Children's Model United Nations General Assembly at Taplow Court, UK Seikyo Press Hosts Shinanomachi Neighborhood Association's Bon-odori Dance Festival "Joy of Life Culture Festival" in Atlanta, Georgia, USA Aug 5 Min-On Founder Commended for Longstanding Contributions to Russo-Japan Cultural Exchanges Aug 4 SGI-Korea Young Women's Division Chorus Wins Silver at International Competition in Amoy, China Aug 3 119th Hiroshima Study Lecture Series--"The War Generation's Pacifism" Mexican University Hosts Forum on First Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi's Pedagogy Kinmen County, Taiwan, Hosts Exhibitions of Li Chi-Mao's Art and Daisaku Ikeda's Photography, Charity Concert, and Soka Joy Summer Camp Aug 2 Dialogue Series between Preeminent Theologian Harvey G. Cox Jr. and SGI President to Begin in September Ushio   JULY Jul 31 Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Okinawa Youth Hold Annual Peace Summit Jul 30 Soka Gakkai Women in Chubu and Ishikawa Regions Sponsor Peace Forums Jul 23 Soka Gakkai Japan-China Youth Friendship Delegation Visit Shanghai City Hall Jul 12 Fongbin Elementary School, Taiwan, Hosts SGI-Taiwan Students' Soka Joy Summer Camp Jul 9 SGI-Taiwan Sponsors Second Summer Camp at Maolin Elementary School in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan; SGI President Honored Jul 7 Hiroshima Youth Sponsor Lecture on "The Path to Abolition of Nuclear Weapons" Jul 5 Toda Peace Institute and Simon Fraser University Cosponsor HUGG II International Conference in Vancouver, Canada   JUNE Jun 29 Student Group at Teachers College, Columbia University, Hosts Symposium on the Humanistic Educational Theories of John Dewey and Tsunesaburo Makiguchi Jun 28 Authority on Napoleonic History Lectures at Victor Hugo House of Literature Jun 27 Soka Gakkai Women's Peace Committee Creates DVD of Women's War Testimonies Jun 26 Chubu Youth Division Hosts Lecture on Television Programming and Human Rights Jun 23 International Politics Scholar Speaks at Soka Gakkai Youth Lecture Series SGI-UK Hosts "Open Day" and Interfaith Conference at Taplow Court Grand Culture Centre Jun 22 Malaysia Soka Gakkai Sponsors Charity Music Festival Jun 14 SGI-Hong Kong Hosts Art Exhibition and Lecture Jun 8 China's National Peking Opera Theatre Launches Japan Tour Jun 7 Soka Gakkai Education Department Hosts Lecture by Former Thoreau Society President Ronald A. Bosco Jun 2 Soka Gakkai Donates for Indonesian Earthquake Relief Special Photography Exhibition Commemorates 60th Anniversary of the Coronation of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adjulyadej of Thailand; Thai Culture Ministry Commends Mrs. Kaneko Ikeda Jun 1 SGI-Australia Women Host Seminar for Parents of Children with Learning and Attentional Disorders   MAY May 30 SGI-USA's "Victory Over Violence" Put into Practice at Austin, Texas, Middle School May 25 Soka Gakkai Delegates Attend Jiangsu-Japan People's Friendship Exchange Week Opening Celebrations Soka Gakkai Delegates Visit Nanjing Massacre Museum Nanjing Arts Institute Honors SGI President May 23 Special Thai Photography Exhibition Commemorates His Majesty the King of Thailand's Reign May 16 Over 20,000 Visit "Women and the Culture of Peace" Exhibition in Kagoshima Prefecture May 10 Soka Gakkai Youth Peace Conference Hosts Lecture by Bestselling Author Kayoko Ikeda May 2 World Poet Laureates' Monument Unveiled at SGI-Korea's Korea-Japan Friendship Training Center   APRIL Apr 30 SGI-USA Denver Members Celebrate 18th Annual Cherry Tree Planting Apr 28 Anson Chan, Former Chief Secretary of Hong Kong, Receives Honorary Doctorate from Soka University and Speaks on "Women in the 21st Century" Apr 25 Egyptian Ambassador Visits Soka Gakkai US-Japan Friendship for Peace Festival in Southern California Apr 24 Finding Meaning in Death: Interfaith Forum in Norfolk, Virginia, USA Apr 23 "Building a Culture of Peace" Exhibition Opens in New Delhi, India SGI-Italy Sponsors "Seeds of Change" Exhibition in Rivoli, Turin Province, Italy Apr 15 Boston Research Center for the 21st Century Pays Tribute to Four Educators at 2006 AERA Symposium Soka Gakkai Youth's Human Rights Exhibition Opens in Kita Kyushu City Apr 14 SGI-Bolivia Hosts Buddhist Seminar Student Division Sponsors Lecture on Global Citizenship Apr 11 Chinese Friendship Delegation Visits Soka Gakkai's Okinawa Training Center SGI-Paraguay Hosts "Seeds of Change" Environmental Exhibition Apr 9 New Zealand's Raukawa Trust Commends Soka Schools Founder Daisaku Ikeda and Mrs. Ikeda for Contributions to Peace and Education Apr 8 SGI-Brazil's Orchestra Helps Celebrate Ribeirão Preto City's 150th Anniversary Apr 7 Chinese Friendship Delegation Visits Soka Gakkai Apr 2 Singapore Soka Association Hosts Lecture by Dr. Syed Hussein Alatas from National University of Malaya   MARCH Mar 29 Human Rights Exhibition Opens in Oita Prefecture Mar 25 Student Division Sponsors Lecture on a Warless East Asia Mar 18 Soka Gakkai Seafarers' Photography Exhibition to Open March 29 in Vietnam Mar 14 Panama Education Ministry Commends SGI President for Educational Contributions Mar 8 Soka University Opens Beijing Office Near Peking University, China Mar 7 SGI-USA Representative Speaks at Interfaith Event During UN Commission on the Status of Women, in New York Mar 5 Soka Gakkai Women's Peace Committee Sponsors Culture of Peace Forums Soka Gakkai Delegates Visit Renowned Chinese Scholar, Professor Jao Tsung-i Mar 3 Chinese Culture University, Taiwan, Hosts Gandhi, King, Ikeda Exhibition Soka Gakkai Delegates Visit National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan   FEBRUARY Feb 26 Soka Gakkai Women's Peace Committee Sponsors Culture of Peace Forums Feb 22 SGI Mourns Loss of Master Chinese Painter Fang Zhaoling Feb 21 SGI President Sends Condolences to Republic of the Philippines President for Massive Landslide Feb 17 China's Ambassador to Japan and SGI President Meet Feb 11 Toda Institute Celebrates Tenth Anniversary with Conference on UN Reforms Feb 8 Boston Research Center for the 21st Century and Wellesley Centers for Women Cosponsor "The Eleanor Roosevelt Lecture on Global Vision" Feb 5 Soka Gakkai Women's Peace Committee Hosts Peace Forums in Chiba, Tochigi and Ibaraki Feb 4 The Mahatma Gandhi People's Welfare Trust, India, Confers Ramachandran-Ikeda Award Feb 2 SGI-Thailand Chorus Participates in Celebrations for 60th Coronation Anniversary of His Majesty the King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand   JANUARY Jan 28 SGI-USA Hosts Youth Nonviolence Conference to Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan 26 Soka Gakkai Representatives Visit Indonesia's Vice President Jusuf Kalla Jan 22 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Takes Place at SGI-Plaza in Santa Monica Jan 18 Soka Gakkai Remembers Victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake Jan 17 Dialogue between Peace Scholar Dr. Elise Boulding and SGI President to be Published in Japanese Jan 13 China's National Peking Opera Theatre to Tour Japan in June-July 2006 Jan 12 "Dialogue with Nature" Exhibition Opens in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, China 2008 2007 2005

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