SGI Europe Holds General Meeting
On May 9, SGI Europe held a general meeting at the Frankfurt Ikeda Peace Culture Centre in Germany. SGI Europe Cochairs Suzanne Pritchard and Robert Harrap gave the welcome address. They encouraged members across Europe to work for peace through the power of dialogue. Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada and SGI General Director Yoshiki Tanigawa attended the meeting that brought together some 450 people from 31 European countries. At the meeting, new leadership appointments were announced: for the Soka Gakkai in Germany Carola De Decker as general director and Julia Lohrmann as women’s leader, and for SGI-Netherlands Gina Hameeteman as general director and Beatrice Sterna as women’s leader.
Adapted from articles in the May 13, 2026, issue of Seikyo Shimbun, Soka Gakkai, Japan.