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INTERNATIONAL FORGIVENESS WEEK
FEBRUARY 8 - 14, 1987
WHEREAS, the ninth annual observance of International
Forgiveness Week will be from February 8-14, 1987; and
WHEREAS, observance of the week began in New York City in
1979 at an interfaith gathering and has since grown to encompass
many cities and countries throughout the world; and
WHEREAS, the week proposes to bring about a shift in world
consciousness to progress from inner personal peace to peace
throughout the world as a mutual ceremony of forgiveness between
groups or nations; and
WHEREAS, forgiveness across economic, cultural, and political
lines is an important contribution towards global peace.
THEREFORE, I, Marjorie R. Mackey, Mayor of the City of
Atascadero do hereby proclaim February 8-14, 1987 as
International Forgiveness Week.
MARJORIE R. MACKEY
Mayor
January 26, 1987