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• What many did not know is that for the past 50 years Turner had practiced Soka Gakkai International Nichiren Buddhism.
• As a scholar of Buddhism in South Asia and in the U.S., I have closely studied the career of African American artists who practice Buddhism.
• Tina Turner, in particular, sought to teach Buddhism through her writings and later through her records.

Turner’s early religious life

• Her family was Baptist and worshipped at both Woodlawn Missionary Baptist Church and Spring Hill Baptist Church.
• As I found while doing research for my forthcoming book, “Dancing in My Dreams: A Spiritual Biography of Tina Turner,” Turner’s religious influences extended beyond the forms of Afro-Protestant institutional religion.
• In her memoir “Happiness Becomes You,” Turner describes the deep, mystical connection that her grandmother had to nature, which suggests that her grandmother was immersed in the more mystical strands of Black Southern religious culture.

Introduction to Buddhism

• Turner was introduced to the teachings of Nichiren Buddhism in 1973.
• Nichiren Buddhism is based on the teachings of Nichiren, a Buddhist monk who lived during the 13th century in Japan.

How Nichiren Buddhism was popularized

• As these members spoke primarily Japanese and were geographically spread out, they initially had limited success in their efforts to propagate Nichiren Buddhism in the U.S. That changed in 1960 when, under the leadership of the third Soka Gakkai president, Daisaku Ikeda, an American branch of the organization was formally established.
• With his guidance, they spread the basic Nichiren Buddhist practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo before an inscribed scroll called the Gohonzon.
• It is the SGI Nichiren Buddhist understanding of personal empowerment and human revolution that seems to have initially attracted Tina Turner.

A resurgence powered by SGI Nichiren Buddhism

• After her divorce, Turner struggled as a solo artist before her well-known career resurgence with 1984’s “Private Dancer” album.
• Her practice would be chronicled in two autobiographies: the first, “I, Tina,” published in 1986; and a second, “My Love Story,” published in 2018.

• Crusoe Energy Systems Inc. (Crusoe) announces that Holly Gordon has joined as the Companys VP of Public Engagement & ESG, and Hui Wen Chan has joined as Head of Sustainability.
• Her membership in Crusoes executive team enhances the teams capabilities in areas such as public policy, stakeholder engagement, communications, renewable energy and ESG.
• Prior to Crusoe, Holly led Government Affairs, Sustainability & Safe Streets at Spin, a shared electric scooter company.
• Hui Wen Chan was previously Head of ESG and Director of Sustainability at the shared electric scooter company Spin.

• On Bustin' Loose, Vandross shares vocals with Flack on the set's opening track, "Just When I Needed You;" Roberta sings his composition "You Stopped Loving Me," which reappeared less than two months later on his two-million-selling debut solo album.
• At the ceremony, such stars as Khalid, Lizzo, Ana DuVernay, Demi Lovato, Alicia Keys, Chick Corea, and Ariana Grande visited with Roberta to pay their respects .
• In 1971, she performed at the Soul to Soul Festival in Accra, Ghana, alongside Wilson Pickett and Ike & Tina Turner.
• Though performing and recording less, she continues to support young talents and musical education through her Roberta Flack Foundation.

• SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ike, a developer of automated trucking technology (also referred to as "self-driving" or "autonomous" trucking), today announced its "Powered by Ike" customer program, including partnerships with leading logistics companies Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R), DHL, and NFI.
• These industry-leading fleets will be among the first to deploy "level 4" automated trucks on highways.
• As part of the multi-year Powered by Ike program, these fleets, as well as several others Ike has not yet announced, have collectively reserved the first 1,000 Class 8 tractors powered by Ike's technology.
• "We are focused on building technology that will help make trucking safer and more productive," said Alden Woodrow, CEO and Co-founder of Ike.