Proclamation

"FALUN DAFA MONTH FOR TRUTHFULNESS-COMPASSION-FORBEARANCE"

WHEREAS Falun Dafa is a peaceful and healthy practice of body and mind which emphasizes the assimilation of the universal principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance"; and

WHEREAS Falun Dafa has benefited our neighborhoods and the whole society as well as over 100 million practitioners worldwide both physically and spiritually since its public introduction in May 1992, and Falun Data's contribution to the society has been widely recognized and honored around the world; and

WHEREAS Falun Dafa transcends cultural and racial boundaries, resonates the universal truth to the whole world, and bridges the gap between east and west; and

WHEREAS the great Compassion and Tolerance demonstrated by Falun Dafa practitioners under the most severe environment has touched the hearts of countless people in many nations; and

NOW THEREFORE I, G.E. Beth Gibson, Mayor of the City of Colwood, do hereby proclaim the Month of May 2002 as:

"FALUN DAFA MONTH FOR TRUTHFULNESS-COMPASSIGN-FORBEARANCE"

in the City of Colwood.