(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners participated in the Chinatown Autumn Moon Festival in San Francisco, held September 27-28, 2025. They introduced Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) and raised awareness of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution. Many people signed the petition calling to stop the CCP’s state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting. Some people learned the Falun Dafa exercises during the event.
Practitioners talk with visitors about Falun Dafa and the CCP’s persecution in the Chinatown Autumn Moon Festival celebration on September 27 and 28, 2025.
Practitioner Navid Vanahi participated in the event and said, “Many people do not know Falun Dafa. The CCP has a huge propaganda machine and has misled many people. The CCP has persecuted Falun Dafa for more than 20 years and even conducts forced organ harvesting, so it’s important to raise awareness of the CCP’s human rights abuses.”
Navid Vanahi (left) talks with a visitor.
Public Learns About Falun Dafa
Ankita (middle) and her husband learn the Falun Dafa exercises.
Local resident Ankita and her husband were interested in Falun Dafa and did the exercises during the event. Ankita said, “This practice is great. It helps me calm down. I feel relaxed physically and mentally. It feels so good to be relaxed.”
Ankita recently moved to San Francisco and said she just wanted to go for a walk that day and saw the practitioners’ booth. “Today is a really wonderful day. It feels great to learn and practice Falun Dafa. I love it.”
After learning about the CCP’s persecution, Khushboo Kaur and her friend Animesh signed the petition calling to end the CCP’s forced organ harvesting.
Khushboo Kaur likes Falun Dafa.
Khushbu Kaur, a product designer who lives in Hayward, East Bay, was pleased to learn about Falun Dafa and said that practicing would improve her health and inner peace. “When you have inner peace, you won’t argue with others. Meditation can make you even more peaceful.”
She said, “Falun Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance are absolutely crucial. In today’s world, with so much violence happening, we need to be calm, tolerant, and kind to others. Falun Dafa’s values are therefore crucial.”
Her friend, Animesh, said he previously knew about the CCP’s persecution, “I know that the situation in China is bad, but I didn’t expect the persecution to be even worse than I heard.”
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