(Clearwisdom.net) On July 14, 2006, Dr. James W.
Holley III, Mayor of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, proclaimed the week of
July 17-22, 2006, as "Falun Gong Awareness Week" in Portsmouth,
Virginia, and urged the citizens to become more knowledgeable about Falun Gong
and to participate in activities on Falun Gong Day. Below is the text of the
proclamation.
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 17-22, 2006, 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 fourteenth day of July, two
thousand six.
Dr. James W. Holley III
Mayor
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