50th Anniversary of 3.16
Youths from the Singapore Soka Association celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Mar 16 with a big bang, with the first Youth for Peace Interfaith Symposium cum Exhibition entitled "From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace - Transforming the Human Spirit" held at the Singapore Expo with more than 4000 people in attendance! The highlight of the symposium is the speech from our keynote speaker - Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. George Yeo. Check out the videos below.
Part 1
Part 2
The celebration was made even more significance with the participation of 59 youths from fellow SGI countries: India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia & Indonesia! Themed "Courageous Action of One, Victorious Future for All", the first SGI Youth Asian Exchange saw the youths learning about the pioneering spirit of SGI & SSA, joint declaration for a common goal of kosen-rufu for the next 50 years and many many more one-to-one exchanges and encouragement.
More footage and reports about the event can be found at the blog http://ssayth316.wordpress.com/
P/S: Also, check out the new, and official, SGI Josei Toda website launched on March 16, 2008 : http://www.joseitoda.org/
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