Full Text of HR0812 95th General Assembly
HR0812 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Soka Gakkai (Value Creation Society) was | 3 |
| founded on November 18, 1930, by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and | 4 |
| Josei Toda, two educators who were passionately dedicated to | 5 |
| reform and whose works have inspired millions of people around | 6 |
| the world; and
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| WHEREAS, The date of November 18th is being celebrated by | 8 |
| more than 3,500 diverse members of Soka Gakkai | 9 |
| International-USA, Chicago and more than 12 million members in | 10 |
| 190 countries and territories around the world as a day that | 11 |
| marked the beginning of the movement to inspire people to live | 12 |
| "brilliant, hope-filled lives"; and
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| WHEREAS, SGI President Dr. Daisaku Ikeda and his wife Mrs. | 14 |
| Kaneko Ikeda have dedicated more than sixty years of their | 15 |
| lives to the promotion of peace, culture, and education through | 16 |
| their committed efforts as leaders of SGI; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Daisaku Ikeda, a world-renowned Buddhist | 18 |
| scholar and peace activist, has made it his personal mission to | 19 |
| engage in more than 1,500 dialogues for peace with such noted | 20 |
| world leaders as Dr. Arnold Toynbee, Nobel Laureate and former | 21 |
| President of South Africa Nelson Mandela, former U.S. Secretary | 22 |
| of State Henry Kissinger, former Soviet Union President Mikhail |
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| Gorbachev, civil rights leader Rosa Parks, and Dr. Elise | 2 |
| Boulding; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Daisaku Ikeda and Mrs. Ikeda have received | 4 |
| worldwide recognition for fulfilling the dreams of Mr. | 5 |
| Makiguchi and Mr. Toda, with the establishment of the Soka | 6 |
| Education system, which includes elementary to | 7 |
| university-level institutions in Japan, and Soka University of | 8 |
| America located in Aliso Viejo, California; the establishment | 9 |
| of the Min-On Concert Association; and creation of the Tokyo | 10 |
| Fuji Art Museum; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Daisaku Ikeda and Mrs. Ikeda serve as | 12 |
| inspiring examples of how one person's committed efforts can | 13 |
| transform the lives of millions of people around the world; | 14 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| recognize the celebration of November 18 as the founding day of | 18 |
| the Soka Gakkai, and do hereby recognize and salute Dr. Daisaku | 19 |
| and Kaneko Ikeda's continuous efforts to promote peace, culture | 20 |
| and education, and the efforts of the members of SGI-USA, | 21 |
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