Full Text of HR0797 96th General Assembly
HR0797 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Daisaku Ikeda, president of Soka Gakkai | 3 |
| International (SGI), a global association of lay Buddhists with | 4 |
| more than 12 million members in 192 countries, including 5,000 | 5 |
| in the State of Illinois, has been a pioneer in | 6 |
| citizen-diplomacy and has courageously pursued efforts to | 7 |
| build a culture of peace through active engagement in | 8 |
| grassroots dialogue; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Daisaku Ikeda has spent the past 40 years | 10 |
| tirelessly engaging in more than 1,500 dialogues for peace with | 11 |
| such noted world leaders as historian Dr. Arnold Toynbee, | 12 |
| former South African President Nelson Mandela, former Soviet | 13 |
| Union President Mikhail Gorbachev, former U.S. Secretary of | 14 |
| State Henry Kissinger, and civil rights leader Rosa Parks, in | 15 |
| order to demonstrate how the power of one person's | 16 |
| determination to build a culture of peace can change the | 17 |
| destiny of all humankind; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Daisaku Ikeda established the Soka education | 19 |
| system, including the Soka University of America in California, | 20 |
| Soka University in Japan, and the Soka school system in several | 21 |
| countries around the world to provide an educational | 22 |
| environment that prepares youth to become global leaders | 23 |
| skilled in dialogue and diplomacy, and motivated by compassion |
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| for humanity and the planet; and
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| WHEREAS, SGI members in Illinois follow Dr. Ikeda's example | 3 |
| by working to foster the development of youth and contribute to | 4 |
| peace, culture, and education within their respective | 5 |
| communities; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 |
| congratulate Dr. Daisaku Ikeda, president of Soka Gakkai | 9 |
| International, on the occasion of his 82nd birthday and | 10 |
| designate January 2, 2010 as "Daisaku Ikeda Day" in the State | 11 |
| of Illinois for his efforts to promote peace and for teaching | 12 |
| by example that the key to a contributive and happy life is to | 13 |
| live with courage and hope; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to Dr. Daisaku Ikeda as a symbol of our esteem and | 16 |
| respect.
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