(Clearwisdom.net) From August 4 to August 5, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners from Fremont, California, in the Bay Area of San Francisco, held a truth-clarification activity during the Fremont Festival of the Arts. During the two days of the event, many people learned more about Falun Gong and the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Some people learned the exercises at the activity site. Many more people inquired about the contact numbers for the local practice site. Some visitors from mainland China quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations.
Early Saturday morning, as soon as the Falun Gong practitioners got their booth ready, a person walked up and said, "We saw the Falun Gong contingent in the parade in Newark; your marching band's performance was wonderful."
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Eight-year-old Practitioner Becomes a Main Force in Truth Clarification
Many Falun Gong practitioners from Fremont took part in the truth-clarification activity during the two days. Early Saturday morning, Ms. Zhao came to the booth with her two daughters. Her eight-year-old daughter carried the truth-clarification materials and clarifying the facts about Falun Gong to the festival visitors. When some visitors asked questions that were relatively difficult for her to answer, she would ask her mother and then explain the answer to the visitors. Many people listened to her truth clarification patiently.
Ms. Zhao said that her daughter Catherine started practicing Falun Gong when she was quite young. When she was three years old, she listened to one lecture of Zhuan Falun every day, and could practice the sitting meditation in the full lotus position for an hour. When clarifying the facts, Catherine often reads the truth-clarification materials first and then explains the facts further to people. Ms. Zhao said that her two daughters have benefited from practicing Falun Gong. Now that Falun Gong is being persecuted in China, her daughters join her in activities to expose the persecution.
Visitors from Mainland China: "Falun Gong Will Definitely Succeed"
Many visitors came to the Falun Gong booth for information and materials. Mr. Wang from mainland China came up to the booth and said loudly, "I support Falun Gong." Mr. Wang said that he often reads the Epoch Times newspaper, and has learned about the CCP's atrocity of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. He often received phone calls from his friends in Shanghai who said that they had learned about the movement of quitting the CCP. Mr. Wang said, "Falun Gong will definitely succeed, and the Communist Party will definitely collapse."
Fremont residents Becky and Lynn said that they had learned about Falun Gong from the Falun Gong booth last year. They thought that the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong is a horrible thing. When they learned that the CCP is even so brutal as to harvest organs from living Falun Gong practitioners, they were too shocked to speak.
Bay Area resident Gary has had a certain understanding of Falun Gong. He said that he knew of the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong, but he had never heard about the CCP's atrocity of harvesting organs from Falun Gong practitioners. He said the persecution is wrong, and hoped that the bad things happening in China can be rectified.
Greg from Fremont saw the messages printed on practitioners' yellow T-shirts, "Falun Dafa is Good" and "Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong in China," and wanted to buy several shirts for himself. He said, "I will wear it, and people will know about the persecution." He said that persecution happening anywhere is wrong.
