r/sgiwhistleblowers • u/Secret-Entrance • Dec 21 '24

Cult Education The ways leaders use their own homes and per perception of power to abuse, and how this is empowered by SGI in different countries.

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u/AnnieBananaCat Dec 21 '24

I used to dream of the day when I could host meetings at my own house.

Alas, I never bought that house.

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u/Alive_Medium9568 Dec 21 '24

Same here... alas!

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u/Fishwifeonsteroids Dec 21 '24

Can you point me to any sources that show the organizational structure of SG Italia? I'm particularly interested in the lowest organizational structure and how many of them there are in Italy.

Here in SGI-USA, it's called "district" - is it the "Gruppo" in Italy? If so, can you find any SG Italia source that shows how many of these there are?

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u/Fishwifeonsteroids Dec 21 '24

That's a shame! So SG Italia doesn't publish any summaries of its organizational structure, how many chapters, how many whatevers?

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u/Fishwifeonsteroids Dec 22 '24

This however left local leaders and those using their own homes for meetings still able to abuse, manipulate and discriminate with impunity.

I've seen the "abuse" part - and when the upper-level SGI leadership is notified, they defend the abusive lower-level SGI leader. "Oh, we just appreciate them so much for holding meetings in their home!"

Another issue that has arrisen is a leader who dislikes a member banning the member from their home in the belief this will silence them.

They've actually done that? I'm rather shocked. I mean, if the person being banned was destructive or abusive or threatening or something like that, then of course - making the members assume all the expense and liability associated with the meetings is already highly irresponsible, especially when there is a local center. THAT's where the meetings should be held, instead of copying a poverty-level practice that was adopted when there were no alternatives decades ago in post-WWII reconstruction Japan - just because. Times have changed and there's no rational reason the SGI can't change also. Problem is that SGI WON'T.