Proclamation

Office of the Mayor
STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA

Proclamation

WHEREAS, The City of Stockton wishes to express its honor upon the official visit of Sri Chinmoy, a native of India, who arrived in 1964 in the United States of America and since has founded 60 centers where meditation and other spiritual skills are taught; and

WHEREAS, Sri Chinmoy, as Director of the United Nations Meditation Group and a well known spiritual leader, will present a fall lecture and concert tour encompassing California's major universities September 27 through October 6, 1978, including Stockton; and

WHEREAS, Sri Chinmoy's teachings, books, watercolors and drawings, and his musical performances have provided many with spiritual guidance and aesthetic enjoyment; and

WHEREAS, His many followers and admirers will participate in his many California tours, including the one in Stockton.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ARNOLD I. RUE, as Mayor of the City of Stockton do hereby proclaim Friday, September 29, 1978 as

"SRI CHINMOY DAY IN STOCKTON"

and urge the citizens of the City of Stockton to attend the lecture scheduled for September 29.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of Stockton to be affixed this 25th day of September, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Eight

ARNOLD I. RUE
Mayor of the City of Stockton