1. Silicon Valley Region Student Division

A new exhibit
From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace Transforming the Human Spirit
Silicon Valley Region Student Division
Student Division FNCC 2007: 50 Years

2. Student Division FNCC 2007: 50 Years
Exhibit Overview
Ensuring Human Security
Arms-Based Security vs. Human Security
Changing Our Worldview
Global Efforts for Peace
SGI’s Commitment to Nuclear Abolition
Profiles of Peace Heroes
Student Division FNCC 2007: 50 Years

3. A Culture of Violence: Arms-Based Security
Wars Begin in the Minds of Men
Illusion of “efficiency”
“relegates human beings to the status of things and pursues expediency at the expense of countless human lives” Daisaku Ikeda, For the Sake of Peace
Dresden ,000
Tokyo ,000
Actual Deaths
Hiroshima 140,000
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Student Division FNCC 2007: 50 Years

4. Deterrence Deterrence: Dr. Strangelove
Student Division FNCC 2007: 50 Years

5. Student Division FNCC 2007: 50 Years
“…we continue to talk about ‘us’ versus ‘them.’ Only when
we can start to talk about ‘us’ as including all of humanity
will we truly be at peace…”
Mohamed ElBaradei
Director General
International Atomic Energy Agency
Student Division FNCC 2007: 50 Years

6. Student Division FNCC 2007: 50 Years
“I wish to go further, to attack the problem at its root.
I want to expose and rip out the claws that lie hidden
in the very depths of such weapons.”
Josei Toda
Declaration Calling for the
Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
September 1957
Student Division FNCC 2007: 50 Years

7. Student Division FNCC 2007: 50 Years
“Through this declaration, Toda entrusted young people with the task of inspiring this conviction in others, urging them to conduct dialogue based on belief in the preciousness of human life and the human capacity for wisdom, courage and compassion. He wanted his audience to arouse and call forth those qualities in others and communicate to them the imperative of taking action toward nuclear abolition.”
Daisaku Ikeda
Restoring the Human Connection:
The First Step to Global Peace
Student Division FNCC 2007: 50 Years

8. Student Division FNCC 2007: 50 Years
“Peace is a competition between despair and hope, between disempowerment and committed persistence.”
Daisaku Ikeda
Student Division FNCC 2007: 50 Years

9. Become true leaders of society! Become true victors of justice!
Become true builders of peace!
(Message from President Ikeda, July )
Student Division FNCC 2007: 50 Years