What is the purpose of religion? To enable human beings to become happy. That is the goal of Buddhism as practiced in the SGI: to enable every single person without exception to become happy. Here are a few…

Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury During his tenure as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury undertook a pioneering initiative on the Culture of Peace and chaired the nine-month-long negotiations that resulted in…

Jeffrey D. Sachs Director of the The Earth Institute and Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development at Columbia University Jeffrey D. Sachs is widely considered to be the leading international economic advisor of his generation. For more than twenty…

Betty A. Reardon, Ph.D. Director, Peace Education Center Teachers College, Columbia University Betty Reardon, director of the Peace Education Center at Teachers College, Columbia University, is internationally acknowledged as a founder of peace education. She is also a…

Stephen Glassman Chairperson, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission Stephen A. Glassman was the first openly gay political appointee in Baltimore, Maryland, where he served for five years as civic design commissioner. He has served on a wide variety of…