What is the focus of this conference?
The theme of our conference is: "Opening up a New Era: Becoming Champions of Our Community By Becoming Champions of Humanity". In 1999, President Ikeda stated, "I founded the SGI-USA Culture Department because I firmly believed that producing promising, capable people equipped with faith and intellect would be vital for the development of America". Culture Department participants can look forward to expanding, deepening, and learning how to better apply Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism and President Ikeda's guidance into their daily lives, professionally, personally and organizationally. Conference participants will become more familiar with the mission and guiding principles of the Culture Department, refresh and revitalize their practice, to better fulfill their unique mission as champions for humanity.
Who should apply to this conference?
- Members working in the fields of Academia (College and University), Education (preK-12), Healing Arts, Law and Medicine, and any youth division members studying or training in those fields.
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Who are the facilitators?
Danny Nagashima
SGI-USA General Director
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Josh Joffee
SGI-USA Culture Department Men's Leader
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Frances McKindsey
SGI-USA Culture Department Women's Leader
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Bobby Ash
Healing Arts Men's Leader
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Ida Taylor Jones
Healing Arts Women's Leader
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Jason Goulah
Academic Men's Leader
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Andy Utsumi
Educators Men's Leader
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Mary Ann Malkos
Educators Women's Leader
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Susumu Ohkawa
Physicians and Proffessional Doctors Men's Leader
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Mike Bynum
Legal Men's Leader
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Tamara Frazier
Legal Women's Leader
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(Due to unexpected schedule changes, facilitators may change.) |