A Global Holiday
Whose Time Has Come

The Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance invites you
to join us in demonstrating the transformative,
healing power of forgiveness in the lives of everyone,
and in globalizing the spirit of forgiveness
via the establishment of International Forgiveness Day
as the world’s first annual global holiday.
www.pioneersofforgiveness.org
www.forgivenessday.org
The Pioneers of Forgiveness are a growing network of San Francisco Bay Area volunteers committed to supporting the Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance’s educational programs, and its mission of establishing International Forgiveness Day as a global holiday to be observed annually on the first Sunday of August in all (approximately 300) of the world’s countries and territories by the year 2005.
The Pioneers of Forgiveness support the Alliance by
Practicing forgiveness in their own lives
Disseminating information to others on the practice of forgiveness
Creating public awareness of and participation in Bay Area forgiveness-related workshops and events
Expanding their network globally to include millions of other pioneers who are practicing and promoting forgiveness in their own local communities
Contributing financially to the Alliance’s programs
To create your own participation as a Pioneer of Forgiveness, please send in the enrollment form on the back. For further information, please write, call or e-mail us.
Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance
20 Sunnyside Ave., Suite A268 Mill Valley, CA 94941
415/381-3372
info@pioneersofforgiveness.org
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Forgiveness is the release of all hope for a better past.
-Alexa Young
Four decades ago humankind adopted its first global icon , the image of the Whole Earth, a symbol that transcends all religious, ethnic, political, social, economic and other organizational and cultural structures that divide us. Thus far, the wholeness of our planet is the only representation of unity and oneness with which every human being can identify.
It is now time to establish an annual holiday that likewise transcends all such divisions by exemplifying the same universality of spirit that is inherent in the Whole Earth image. Our candidate for this holiday is International Forgiveness Day.
International Forgiveness Day is a holiday whose time has come, as it becomes ever more probable that a critical mass of receptivity to forgiveness now exists in humankind’s collective consciousness. This receptivity represents our potential willingness to resolve the grievances that fragment humankind and the planet. This willingness is now susceptible to mobilization on a global scale.
We are convinced that when hundreds of millions of individuals and groups in every country and territory worldwide are observing International Forgiveness Day annually, national and international leaders alike will be persuaded to make it the world’s first official global holiday. Because these leaders see themselves as the custodians of their constituency’s grievances, humankind’s growing receptivity to forgiveness must become plainly evident as the direction in which their constituencies are also moving. Hence our strategy: to inspire a global parade of forgiveness that will in turn inspire the world’s leadership to get in front of it.
How I know I have forgiven someone
is that he or she has harmless passage in my mind.
-Rev. Karyl Huntley

The Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance
A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's heaven for?
-Robert Browning
The Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance (WFA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational foundation dedicated to globalizing the healing spirit of forgiveness. In addition to the global holiday project its objectives include:
employing the Internet and other media to promote universal awareness that practicing forgiveness contributes to
better health;
stronger, more lasting and more loving relationships;
greater abundance, prosperity and financial resourcefulness;
a more real and lasting sense of self worth and purpose;
a deeper sense of connection and security in the world;
enhanced freedom, joy and laughter on a daily basis.
supporting all peoples of the world to include the attitude, practice and healing process of forgiveness into every aspect daily life;
implementing specialized forgiveness trainings for those who are already in the work of healing, and for the certification of forgiveness/conflict resolution practitioners.
Sustaining the Project
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens
can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
-Margaret Mead
The International Forgiveness Day initiative is sustained by the uncompensated work of committed volunteers who support this and the other WFA activities with contributions of service and financial support. The Alliance envisions millions of communities worldwide adapting our volunteerism model in support of their own local observances of the holiday.
One measure of the project’s value to those it serves includes their willingness to assist in funding its endeavor locally as well as globally. The volunteer services and financial contributions of millions will underwrite the International Forgiveness Day initiative far more dramatically than can any other funding source. Your enrollment as a Pioneer of Forgiveness, and your tax-deductible donation, payable to the “Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance” and mailed to the address on the next page, is greatly appreciated.

The Pioneer of Forgiveness Pledge
You must be the difference you wish to see in the world.
-Mohandas Gandhi
As a Pioneer of Forgiveness:
_____I am willing to practice forgiveness in my own life and to assist in
making it a priority in the world.
_____I am willing to model being for something and against nothing.
_____I am willing to enjoy greater well-being, peace of mind, health and
happiness by releasing attachment to fear, judgment and negative
experience.
_____I am willing to support the Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance in
globalizing the spirit of forgiveness by receiving updates on its
initiatives and networking this information in my community.
_____I am willing to encourage my friends and others to be Pioneers of
Forgiveness.
_____I am willing to actively support the campaign to make International
Forgiveness Day a global holiday (first Sunday of August).
_____I am willing to contribute a minimum of $25 per year to the World
wide Forgiveness Alliance in support of its forgiveness initiatives.
(Make checks payable to WFA at address below.)
Name (please print) _________________________________
Address:
City, State & Zip:
Telephone: Fax:
E-mail: Website:
Signature:
Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance
20 Sunnyside Ave., Suite A268 Mill Valley, CA 94941 415/381-3372
www.forgivenessday.org
www.pioneersofforgiveness.org

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Practice Forgiveness