(Clearwisdom.net) The last presidential debate was held at Arizona State University (ASU) on October 13, 2004. As expected, all the major media spent a lot of resources to cover this debate. According to an official report from ASU, more than 1,000 media members came to cover the event live. Moreover, the ASU has more than 50,000 registered students. Practitioners in Arizona and nearby states realized that this debate would provide us a precious opportunity to clarify the truth to people in Arizona, as well to many other people through the media.
  Sending righteous thoughts |
  People viewing photos documenting the spread of Falun Dafa worldwide and the ongoing brutal persecution in China |
  Group exercise demonstration |
  Teaching youngsters the exercises |
  People learning the exercises |
On October 13, practitioners in Phoenix, joined by Tucson, Las Vegas, and some visiting Swedish practitioners, started a truth-clarifying event on the ASU campus. In the central area of the campus, we set up a photo exhibition displaying photos about Falun Dafa's wide spread and torture methods used in China to coerce practitioners to give up Falun Dafa. Meanwhile, some practitioners demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises to the graceful music, while others distributed fliers to passersby. We also put some beautiful paper lotus flowers in front of the practitioners who were demonstrating the exercises. Many students and visitors were attracted by our display and demonstration, and they picked up fliers from holders we positioned next to the display. Those who had questions came to us for answers, and there were also many who asked for the beautiful paper lotus flowers. People who had viewed the photo display were all shocked by the brutality of the Jiang regime's persecution, many were murmuring, "My God, how can they be so cruel? My God, this is brutal!" There were also some people who brought their friends to see the photos and told their friends about the persecution.
As always, many people wanted to learn the Falun Gong exercises after they saw our photo display and exercise demonstration. Some asked for information of local contact people and some learned the exercise at the site. In the afternoon, there were many groups who came to protest quite loudly. In contrast, our demonstration and display site was very peaceful. Some told us, "Your site is the only peaceful one on campus today, and this is why I came over to where you are." Some also told us: "The energy here is very strong."
Besides passersby, our site also attracted many media. 2 or 3 TV stations interviewed us and asked us in detail about features of Falun Dafa and the ongoing persecution. Because each of us had strong righteous thoughts, intent on assisting Master in Fa rectification and clarifying the truth, we collaborated very well and the result was very good. Our distributed more than 5,000 fliers, many people wanted to learn about Falun Dafa and the persecution, and they expressed their sympathy and support.
