“In 1990, during the opening of a new era for American Kosen-Rufu, I formed the SGI-USA Culture Department. This was because I firmly believed that producing promising capable people with faith and intellect would be vital for the development of America.”
Daisaku Ikeda, 1999 Message to the Culture Department
SGI-USA Culture Department Booklet
People of Culture and Wisdom:
Building an Oasis of Hope, Trust
and Friendship in Society
Selected Encouragement from
SGI President Daisaku Ikeda
The SGI-USA Culture Department was established on February 17, 1990 by Dr. Daisaku Ikeda, the president of the Soka Gakkai International. The Culture Department is composed of SGI-USA members who work in the fields of education, the healing arts, and law. To support these members the Culture Department has four divisions: Education (pre K-12 education), Academic (college, university, and adult education), Healing Arts, and Legal.
The purpose of the SGI-USA Culture Department is to foster a steady stream of promising capable people of faith and intellect who can contribute to the development of a new hope-filled era in America.
Messages to Culture Department Members from SGI President Daisaku Ikeda
