(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners held a rally in front of the Chinese Consulate on April 19, 2025 to mark the 26th anniversary of the April 25 appeal. They did the exercises, held a rally, distributed fliers, and collected signatures to call for an end of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution.
Rally in front of Chinese Consulate in Chicago on April 19, 2025
Mr. Tu, a representative for local practitioners, spoke at the rally and said that Falun Gong teaches people to be kind, guides people to improve their moral standards, and has amazing effects in improving health.
Ms. Ye began practicing Falun Dafa in China in 1998. Her health soon improved and she became illness free. What she cherishes even more is that she now understands the meaning of life.
She said, “Twenty-six years ago, kind-hearted practitioners, who wanted to be good people from the bottom of their hearts, petitioned the government peacefully and rationally—they trusted the government. However, they were viciously slandered and persecuted by the CCP.”
While she was in China, Ms. Ye knew many Falun Dafa practitioners who were persecuted by the CCP, “Some of them were tortured to death or disabled. Some lost their families, and others lost their jobs, but they never gave up their belief.
“We will continue to persevere without fear, and persist in exposing the CCP’s crimes, telling people the truth in a peaceful and rational way, calling for conscience and kindness, and bringing light and hope to the world.”
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Julia Harlan, a Chicago resident, thanked practitioners for telling her about Falun Dafa and it’s core values of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, which she thought were great. She praised practitioners’ peaceful and rational way of exposing the persecution and signed a petition calling to stop the CCP’s brutality
Julia Harlan supports Falun Dafa.
Marlyssa Crow and Isabel Gottlieh said that practitioners’ protests were thousands or even tens of thousands of times more peaceful than other protests they’d seen. They want to help practitioners and said they hope the persecution of Falun Dafa stops immediately.
Marlyssa Crow (left) and Isabel Gottlieh (right)
Itza Martinez and Anthonio MaLvonavo said they supported practitioners’ peaceful protest and wished to learn more about Falun Dafa.
Itza Martinez (left) and Anthonio MaLvonavo (right)
Michael Ronnenberg and Grace Wang praised practitioners’ persistence and practice of their beliefs, as well as their efforts to expose the CCP and protest the persecution. They shared their experiences and observations, saying that none of the communist party’s systems has been successful.
Chance Ueckert and his sister Brooke Ueckert from Dallas, Texas, learned about the CCP’s persecution for the first time and signed the petition against the persecution without hesitation.
Chance Ueckert (left) and sister Brooke Ueckert (right)
Practitioners’ meditation exercises and peaceful protest drew many passers-by to stop and watch. People read the banners and display boards, asked practitioners for more information, and signed the petition calling for an end of the CCP’s persecution.
A passer-by learns about Falun Dafa and the CCP’s persecution.
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