To celebrate the 2022 publication of the 40th proposal, on October 24, 2022, UN Day, the Soka Gakkai International, working in collaboration with the Ikeda Center, hosted an online panel discussion called “The Peace Proposals at 40: Creating Vibrant Hope and Advancing the Culture of Peace.” The webinar was attended by nearly 400 people representing 36 countries.
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Dialogue Nights is a gathering space for students and young professionals.
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Our signature event is the annual Ikeda Forum for Intercultural Dialogue.
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Our publications explore diverse themes in peace, learning, and dialogue.
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Our Education Fellows program supports research in value-creating education.
Building Cultures of Peace Through Learning and Dialogue
Founded in 1993 by Buddhist philosopher, peacebuilder, and educator Daisaku Ikeda, the Ikeda Center's mission is to build cultures of peace through learning and dialogue. To that end, we host events, publish books, and produce original resources for our website. Upon our founding, Mr. Ikeda presented us with these mottos: "Be the heart of a network of global citizens. Be a bridge for dialogue between civilizations. Be a beacon lighting the way to a century of life."
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What's New?
On October 14 we hosted “Our Stories Matter: Dialogue As a Way of Knowing, Being, and Becoming,” the first in-person Ikeda Forum since 2019 and the 18th overall since 2004. The co-presenters for the evening were Drs. Shirley Tang and Karen Ross, both of the University of Massachusetts Boston. Please click through to learn about the powerful ways that all of us are "storied into being."
At the recent Dialogue Nights, called “The Courage to Listen: What It Means and Why It Matters,” participants discussed why listening is so hard and what they do to overcome the many obstacles to the kind of deep and compassionate listening that dialogue requires. Click through to read about the event!
On August 6, the Ikeda Center hosted the second gathering of its 2022 Global Citizens Seminar. Like the first, it featured the joy of bringing seven doctoral students together with Professors Jason Goulah of DePaul University and Catia Confortini of Wellesley College to explore Daisaku Ikeda’s 2022 peace proposal might in the context of their respective research endeavors. Among the core topics: realizing true dignity and authentic security.
On July 29, Dialogue Nights returned as an in-person event! After two years and six virtual events, nearly 30 Boston-area university students and young professionals returned to the Ikeda Center for an evening of joyful, rejuvenating dialogue, in the process experiencing what one participant called a “fun, real, connecting space.” Click through for a full report on this fulfilling evening.
Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue
396 Harvard Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 491.1090 Fax: (617) 491.1169