Proclamation of Falun Gong Awareness Week, City of Portsmouth, Virginia [June 13, 2004]

(Clearwisdom.net) On June 13, 2004, Dr. James W. Holley III, Mayor of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, proclaimed the week of July 24-30, 2004, as Falun Gong Awareness Week in the City of Portsmouth and urged citizens to become more knowledgeable in Falun Gong and to participate in the activities during Falun Gong Awareness Week.

City of Portsmouth

Proclamation

Whereas, Falun Gong began in China in 1992 as a mind and body improvement system based on the principles of Truth, Compassion, and Tolerance; and

Whereas, Falun Gong has attracted over 100 million people from more than 60 countries; and

Whereas, since coming to Virginia in 1996, Falun Gong Practitioners have offered numerous free workshops and seminars to teach Falun Gong to the local community; and

Whereas, Falun Gong is a non-political, peaceful and beneficial practice that is being persecuted in China where more than 100,000 of its followers have been arrested, detained, tortured or killed; and

Whereas, Falun Gong is designed to preserve precious human traditions such as loyalty, unselfishness, and honesty, and the Portsmouth Family is pleased to join with the many good friends, practitioners, and followers of Falun Gong in extending our best wishes.

Now, Therefore, I, Dr. James W. Holley III, Mayor of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia do hereby proclaim the week of July 24-30, 2004, as

"Falun Gong Awareness Week"

in Portsmouth, and urge our citizens to become more knowledgeable in Falun Gong and to participate in activities on Falun Gong Day.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of Portsmouth, Virginia to be affixed this thirteenth day of June, two thousand four.

Dr. James W. Holley III

Mayor

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/7/22/80023.html

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