Volume 6, Issue 4 | December 2025
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How SUA Influenced a Global Climate Summit
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Soka voices traveled from California to Brazil to Germany, shaping the ethical framework behind the UN Climate Change Conference.
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| Transcendentalism Meets Global Citizenship in Conversation with Dr. Sarah Ann Wider
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In a wide-ranging conversation, scholar Sarah Ann Wider connects Emerson, Thoreau, and Ikeda's ethos of encouragement, offering a refreshing take on empathy, dialogue, and global citizenship.
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Awarding-Winning Alumni on Filmmaking as an Act of Empathy
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Michael Sasaki '05 and Miho Saito '14 discuss their internationally recognized short film, "The Brain That Cried Wolf," which tackles mental health, LGBTQIA identity, and the fear of death with honesty and humor. They reflect on how Soka taught them to approach difficult subjects through dialogue, trust, and what it means to be "architects of peace."
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"A central stage of our lives is the local community. Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, the father of Soka education, realized that the local community was in fact a microcosm of the world itself. He thus urged people, while rooted to the sites of their daily lives, to broaden their awareness that they are equally citizens of a nation and the world."
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— Daisaku Ikeda, Message to the Eighth Annual International Festival
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Who Was the First Director of SUA's Pacific Basin Research Center?
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John Montgomery, the Harvard professor in the Founders Hall portrait, worked on postwar reconstruction in Hiroshima and advised governments in 80 countries — shaping the university's approach to global citizenship before the campus opened in Aliso Viejo.
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| After Heartfelt Send-Off, Mike Fondarella Reflects on Five Years at the Soka Bistro
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A student's thank-you letter changed how Mike Fondarella understood his role at the Soka Bistro and how he served the community. Here's what made his recent farewell so memorable — and so Soka.
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A Year in 30 Seconds at Soka University of America
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From campus traditions to new milestones, take a quick tour of the moments that defined this year at SUA.
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