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SIGS

The Soka Institute for Global Solutions (SIGS) serves as an anchor for global citizens to expand their collaborative, purposeful, and sustaining networks of global cooperation. The institute was launched based on the visions laid out by the university founder Daisaku Ikeda in his 1987 peace proposal. In it, Ikeda envisions a world with humanity-centered sovereignty. With this in mind, SIGS provides outlets in global citizenship education knowledge and practices, while building a network of citizens who seek pragmatic solutions to the most challenging global problems of the present era.

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PreK-12 Global Citizenship Education

This project cultivates a community of PreK-12 educators dedicated to advancing global citizenship education. We explore value-creating practices in our respective schools, through mutually inspiring engagement, seeking to implement education aimed at nurturing every child’s potential and happiness.

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Sustainability

This project fosters a network of people inspired by planetary ethics and consciousness to take collective climate action. We learn about the Earth Charter principles and travel to Costa Rica and the Amazon Rainforest to study sustainability issues firsthand.

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Nuclear Disarmament and Abolition

This project provides nuclear disarmament education workshops to realize a world free of nuclear weapons. We organize Nuclear Politics summer programs on campus for select university students and Educating for Peace conferences for secondary school teachers in Boston.

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Peace and Reconciliation in East Asia

This project organizes three-year symposia (2024-2026), convening academics, educators, students, and artists from the East Asia region, to address contested histories and memories of the past and to build harmony and resilience through mutual trust and dialogue.

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"The information, proposals and vision for global peace and stability forthcoming from the [Institute for Global Solutions] should not be directed to governments alone. Instead, it must work to inspire the citizens of the world to act and to share their wisdom. Consequently, it must be open to the opinions of members from grassroots movements and must always walk together with the people."

(Ikeda, 1987 Peace Proposal)