SOKA Peace Festival

“What our world most requires now is the kind of education that fosters love for humankind, that develops character—that provides an intellectual basis for the realization of peace and empowers learners to contribute to and improve society.”
Daisaku Ikeda
Founder, Soka University

From Wikipedia: “Soka University of America is a private liberal arts college in Aliso Viejo, California. Originally founded in 1987, it was established on its current campus in 2001 by Daisaku Ikeda, the founder of the Soka Gakkai International Buddhist movement.”

Today at the festival, there were only a few students manifesting their desire for a ceasefire and a free Palestine. We talked to the Dean of students who was there supporting them.
The world wants peace.

Photos: A partial view of the campus, and extra: my partner in blip and me with the statue of Mahatma Gandhi holding an orange. There is a beautiful orange grove inside the campus.