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SGI News: Global activities for peace, education and culture

SGI-USA Hosts Youth Nonviolence Conference

Marian Yalini Thambynayagam, second from left, speaks on activism  [©Seikyo Shimbun]

On January 16, 2006, SGI-USA hosted the third annual youth nonviolence conference at the SGI-USA New York Culture Center. Some 120 youth representatives from SGI-USA and other NGOs participated. Entitled "Nonviolence through the Arts and Media: Open Your Eyes, Open Your Ears, Raise Your Voice," the conference included panel discussions, lectures, films, songs and poems on peace and nonviolence. Peace activist and performance artist Marian Yalini Thambynayagam shared her conviction that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword.

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