Youth Peace Festival Held in Buenos Aires

On March 31, SGI-Argentina (SGIAR) youth held a peace festival at the Stadium Luna Park in Buenos Aires. The festival was attended by some 6,800 people, including youth leaders from Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, and was livestreamed to over 21,000 people. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and his wife also attended the event. The festival featured a musical on key episodes from President Daisaku Ikeda’s life created by renowned director Ana Frenkel and performed by SGIAR members and friends. As part of “Acción Solidaria Soka,” a social engagement initiative led by the SGIAR youth, donations of nonperishable food were collected at the entrance to the event for those in need.