It is of urgent necessity to educate as many people as possible to become “world citizen” in order to achieve everlasting peace. The curriculum should cover the most important themes humankind must grapple with today — the environment, development, peace, and human rights. Each one of these topics requires the new point of view of a world citizen, a perspective that goes beyond the confines of national entities. The above four themes are closely related to one another. The ultimate goal in studying them together is peace for the human race.” (Daisaku Ikeda, 1998 Peace Proposal)
empowerment & inner transformation... 
Wow, such profound words were never spoken! Our Washington DC SGI New Century Chorus will do our best to inspire and encourage others when we sing tomorrow for the Martin Luther King Celebration at the University of Maryland.