A youth division conference has been
announced for Nov. 11-14 at the FNCC. This conference will be for both
young men's division and young women's division members ages 18 and up.
Student division members are invited! The conference will feature a
lecture on Nichiren Daishonin's writings, a Q-and-A session on our mission
in the 21st century and study of the mentor-and-disciple relationship and
the temple issue. This will be the only youth division conference at the
FNCC this year, and it will serve as a kickoff toward next year and the
21st century. How do you apply to attend? You need to go through your
region student division or youth division leaders. By the way, the SGI's
theme for next year has just been announced: "Opening the 21st Century --
the Year of Youth" (tentative translation).

 On Sept. 25, student division members from
throughout the country met in Los Angeles to discuss what they want to do
about the temple issue -- both as individuals and as a student division
organization. However, there was not enough time to agree on a joint
resolution. The idea then came up to make this a nationwide project and
involve all student division members. The students from your area who came
to Los Angeles have the discussion questions; we suggest that you get
together and have a meeting to discuss the questions as a group. Then,
send your ideas about what we should do to Jeff Farr at jfarr@sgi-usa.org.
If it's difficult to gather as a group, you can communicate via e-mail and
phone to get all the students' input. We want to receive everyone's
thoughts by Friday, Nov. 5. Then we'll compile them into a resolution and
present them to SGI President Ikeda for Nov. 18, Soka Gakkai Founding Day.
We'll also publish the resolution in Student Waves. If you have any
questions or need the discussion questions, please e-mail Jeff Farr.