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On Dec. 1, 2024, the SGI-USA kicked off toward 2025—the Year of Soaring Higher Toward a Youthful Soka Gakkai Worldwide—with the following national and territory-level youth leadership appointments. National Appointments Shota OkajimaSGI-USA Youth Leader Kenichi HackmanSGI-USA Young Men’s Leader Grady TeschSGI-USA Young Men’sVice Leader Territory Appointments Minami OkajimaEast TerritoryYoung Women’s Leader Cam MoroseEast TerritoryYoung Men’s

Marking the first anniversary of Ikeda Sensei’s passing, representative SGI leaders from around the world renew their vow to create peace.

The SGI-USA will hold its first Intermediate Exam of 2024 from Dec. 7–8. The exam will be on the second half of The Basics of Nichiren Buddhism and will be offered in English only. Here is everything you need to know. ELIGIBILITY This exam is for anyone who has passed the Introductory Exam. To take

On our efforts as a Soka community to take the initiative to know and cherish each young person.

Sign up through your member portal at portal.sgi-usa.org. Jan 10–13 SoCal-Pacific Territory Leaders (District–Territory) Jan 24–27 East Territory Leaders (Chapter–Territory) Jan 31–Feb 3 West Territory Leaders(District–Territory) Feb 21–24 Central Territory Leaders (District–Territory) Feb 28–Mar 3 Transforming Karma #1 Mar 14–17 Korean Language Group Mar 21–24 Women’s Division #1(Ages 45 and Younger) Apr 4–7 Many Treasures

The 2024 documentary Join or Die opens with a man sharing why he signed up for a fraternal society in Waxahachie, Texas, two decades earlier, shortly after his brother had died. “I was needing some brotherhood in my life,” he says. “When I came here, I knew I had found myself a spot where I

Buddhist study is a vital element for maintaining throughout our lives a consistent Buddhist practice and an ever-deepening faith. As Ikeda Sensei wrote: “Buddhist study is particularly important. Through your efforts in Buddhist study, you establish your path in life. If you stop applying yourselves to Buddhist study, you will forget why you are practicing,

PHILADELPHIA—The SGI-USA Philadelphia Buddhist Center is a 7-minute drive from Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were debated and signed. At the Philadelphia Leaders Meeting, held Sept. 15 here with SGI Vice President Yoshiki Tanigawa, the members vowed to pioneer a new history in the kosen-rufu movement, starting from the

Envisioning the path to 2030, the Central Executive Committee voted to focus in 2025 on solidifying the foundations of the youth and chapters.

The SGI-USA will mark one year since Ikeda Sensei’s passing by bringing together 50,000 members and friends at our November district general meetings.

Congratulations on joining the SGI-USA and starting your journey of human revolution and happiness! Starting something new isn’t always easy, and jumping into the mix of establishing a daily practice of chanting, learning gongyo, attending your local SGI meetings and studying Buddhism can seem overwhelming at first. So, to help you get organized and develop

A report on the SGI North America Study Conference.

The SGI-USA will hold its second introductory exam of 2024 onOct. 12–13. The exam will be on the new introductory material published earlier this year and will be offered in English and Spanish. Here is everything you need to know! ELIGIBILITY This exam is for all new members, and everyone who has not taken or

by Amelia Gonzalez Tesch and Shota Okajima SGI-USA Young Women’s Division and SGI-USA Young Men’s Division Leaders We so appreciate the opportunity to represent the SGI-USA at the 2024 SGI Youth Training Course. From June 26 to July 2, 18 youth from the SGI-USA were among 260 representatives from 60 countries and territories who gathered

Youth representatives from around the world gather with a determination to carry on their mentor’s legacy.

by Erin Harris and Shu Matsuoka SGI-USA future division young women’s and young men’s leaders Toward 2030: Triumphantly Marching Toward New Heights of Victory!”—this was the theme that the 12 members of the national junior high and high school (JHHS) planning board chose for the Junior High and High School Conference, held June 21–24 at Soka

SoCal-Pacific Territory’s first Soka Family Day at Soka University of America inspires future division members to have a dream.

Young people’s take on why they engage in the important practice of Buddhist dialogue.

At the Central Executive Committee Conference, representative leaders discuss creating a wave of joy in the Summer of Shakubuku and rooting ourselves in our communities toward 2030.

by James HerrmannSGI-USA MEN’S Leader In January 2022, the SGI-USA men’s division reported to Ikeda Sensei that we established a safety and security group. On that occasion, he sent a congratulatory message and stated the purpose of the group: You are vigilantly safeguarding our SGI centers, the treasure castles of our communities, for the sake