Colorado
Falun Dafa Activities
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[Note: This is a brief summary of Falun Dafa activities in Colorado. Volunteers have held numerous workshops and have setup several exercise practice sites across Colorado since 1998. All activities are free of charge and open to the public.]
Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in Aspen Winter Festival Parade on January 14, 2006 (Photos)
Colorado Falun Gong Practitioners at Veteran's Day Parade on November 05, 2005 (Photos)
Practitioners Participate in a Parade in the Mile High City on September 17, 2005 (Photos)
Practitioners Clarifying the Truth in Downtown Denver on September 14, 2005 (Photos)
The
Old City of Santa Fe Embraces Falun Dafa on June 11, 2005 (Photos)
Colorado
Practitioners Participate in Denver's Annual Memorial Day Parade on May 28,
2005 (Photos)
Colorado,
USA: Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day on May 13, 2005 (Photos)
Colorado:
Falun Gong in Lafayette Parade on May 7, 2005 (Photos)
Practitioners
Participate in Christmas Parade of Lights in Grand Junction, Colorado on
December 4, 2004 (Photo)
Colorado:
Falun Dafa Practitioners Participate in the 2004 Gateway to Rockies Parade
(Photos) (September 18, 2004)
Colorado:
Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in Fort Morgan Summer Parade (Photos)
(July 2004)
Scientific
Research on Falun Dafa Presented at an International Medical Conference
(Photos) (July 2004)
Colorado:
Falun Gong Practitioners Rally in Front of Denver City Hall to Condemn the
Jiang Regime's Terrorist Act of Hiring Thugs to Shoot at Falun Gong
Practitioners (Photos) (July 7, 2004)
Colorado,
USA: Falun Gong Practitioners Warmly Received at Greeley's Rocky Mountain
Stampede (Photos) (July 2004)
Colorado,
USA: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in the "Eagle Flight Days"
Parade (Photos) (June 27, 2004)
Colorado, USA: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in Blue Paddle Festival Parade (Photos) (June 19, 2004)
Denver, Colorado: Practitioners in the Rocky Mountain Region Hold an Experience Sharing Conference (Photos) (June 13, 2004)
Photo
Report: Colorado Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in Park County Parade
(June 12, 2004)
"Van Tour to Support the Lawsuit
Against Jiang" Wins Support from People of Several States along the Way
(Photos)
Colorado:
Dafa Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day (Photos)
On the morning of May 13, 2004, Colorado Dafa practitioners joyfully gathered outside the front gate of the Denver State Capitol to celebrate the fifth World Falun Dafa Day and Colorado Falun Dafa Month. As Falun Gong has spread rapidly in Colorado, Governor Bill Owens proclaimed May 2004 to be Colorado Falun Dafa Month.
April 28, 2004 - "Sights and Sounds"
Spring Festival at Auraria Campus
April 2, 2004- Falun Gong workshop at Pitkin
County Library
http://www.aspentimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040402/NEWS/104020013
March 6, 2004 - Denver Minghui Chinese School
Formally Opens
On Saturday
March 6, Denver Minghui Chinese school formally opened. The students range
from babies who just started to learn to speak to adults including Chinese,
Americans and Vietnamese. During the first class, in addition to teaching
students some basic Chinese and short phrases, the teacher also corrected
students' pronunciation of "Falun Dafa Hao" (Falun Dafa is great)
and Chinese words of the formulas for Sending Righteous Thoughts.
Local Falun Gong practitioners have been actively involved in the preparation
of the Minghui Chinese School. They hope that the opening of the Minghui Chinese
School in Denver will provide Colorado children a good environment for creating
their bright futures.
March 2004 - Practitioners Participate in Spring
Festival Parade in Colorado Springs
February, 5, 2004 - Letters to Editor
Most people
would agree that no one should be imprisoned for surfing the web. Yet a recent
Amnesty International report indicates that China is holding at least 54 Internet
users for expressing opinions or reading banned information from the web.
Amnesty’s report also mentions four Falun Gong practitioners that died in
police custody. The reason for their detention: downloading or posting information
about Falun Gong, a spiritual meditation practiced in 50 countries but banned
in China. Of the four was a 56 year old woman named Zhao Chunying, who was
reportedly beaten to death by police for posting information about being tortured
during a previous detention. China’s crackdown on the Internet is only part
of its strategy to control what people read, hear, watch or think.
As for Falun Gong’s case, the state-controlled media hides human rights violations
against the spiritual group while spreading slander intended to justify the
ban on the practice. With no means to respond to unsubstantiated allegations,
educating the Chinese populace has been Falun Gong’s biggest challenge. As
for those who believe China’s one-sided propaganda, the persecution somehow
becomes acceptable to an unknowing public. If more people knew that innocent
people were being unjustly persecuted, things would turn around. Zhao Chunying
lost her life while letting the world know of torture occurring behind closed
doors. When Chinese citizens risk their lives to uncover human rights violations,
those of us living in free societies should at least acknowledge their plight.
Better yet, we should stand by them.
Source: http://www.vailtrail.com/letterdetail.cfm?OpinionID=287
January 30, 2003 - Practitioners Participate
in Snowdown Light Parade
September 7, 2003 - Dafa Practitioners
in Colorado and New Mexico Participate in the Santa Fe Parade
September 3, 2004 - Colorado Dafa Practitioners Participate in a Holiday Parade in San Pablo
August 28, 2003 - "Car
Tour to Rescue Charles Li" Passes Through Wyoming and Colorado
On August 16, 2004 - Colorado Falun Dafa Practitioners Participate in Annual
"New West Festival" in Fort Collins
July 8, 2004 - Colorado Practitioners Attend Greeley's 81st Independence Day
Parade
June 21, 2004 - Falun Gong at Colorado Springs' Carnival Festival
May 24, 2003 - Colorado Dafa Practitioners Participate in Memorial Day Parade
May 13, 2003 - Colorado Dafa Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day,
Thank State Assembly For Its Resolution Condemning Jiang Regime's Persecution
February
19, 2003 – Workshop in Silverthrone, CO
January 24, 2003 – Workshop at
Vail Library to introduce the practice
January 2003 - Vail Trail
(Colorado): Outlawed in China, legal in Vail Valley
Falun Gong comes
to Vail library
November 23, 2002 – Participated
in the Manitou Springs Thanksgiving Parade
November
9, 2002 – Participated in the Denver
Veterans' Day Parade
October 21, 2002 -
Colorado's University Students and
the Public say "NO" to Human Rights Atrocities in China
--An
Urgent Message to Jiang Zemin, Leader of Chinese Communist
Regime
On Monday,
October 21, 2002, Friends of Falun Gong student organization, students,
government leaders, and the public joined together at the University of Colorado
at Denver to express their concern for the terrible human rights violations in
China and to protest Chinese Communist leader Jiang Zemin's upcoming visit to
the United States on October 22nd. Friends of Falun Gong at Colorado University
at Denver coordinated the event.
This was the
first semester that Friends of Falun Gong student organization was recognized at
the university.
September 28, 2002
–
Participated in the Golden Autumn
Parade
September 17 and 18,
2002
– Participated in the 2002 Fall Festival at the Denver Auraria campus
(University of Colorado, Metro State, CCD).
September 16, 2002 - Participated
in Lafayette, Colorado Parade
Rocky Mountain News, Colorado: Falun Gong devotees laud passage of bill
August 20,
2002
Letters to the
Editor
Falun Gong of
Colorado would like to report the unanimous passage of HR 188 on July 24, which
calls on Jiang Zemin's regime to cease the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
Falun Gong, also
known as Falun Dafa, is an ancient practice for mind and body, originating in
prehistoric China. The practice involves some slow, gentle movements and
mediation. It is easy to learn, enjoyable to practice, and free of charge. A
central component of Falun Gong practice is studying the universal principles of
truthfulness, compassion and tolerance.
Many people find
that the benefits of Falun Gong are simply too good to be kept to themselves.
Thus, almost entirely through word of mouth, Falun Gong has spread and attracted
more than 100 million people from more than 60 countries within the last 10
years.
Falun Gong would
like to thank all of Colorado's congressional representatives who voted for HR
188.
We are
especially grateful to Reps. Tom Tancredo and Mark Udall for presenting
supportive statements at the Washington, D.C., Falun Gong rally on July 23.
We are calling
on all kindhearted people to voice their concerns over the brutal persecution of
Falun Gong.
Vivian Lam
Denver
August 19, 2002 -
Participated in the Colorado
Dragon Boat Festival
August 2002 - Participated in the
Parade in Rifle, Colorado
July 23, 2002 - Congressman Thomas
Tancredo of Colorado: "We cannot gloss it over simply because China is a
powerful country"
--
Speech at Washington DC July 23 Rally
July 23, 2002 - Letter from Congressman Mark Udall of Colorado to July 23 DC Falun Gong Rally
I'd
like to welcome you all to Washington. I'm sorry I can't be here in person to
wish you well, so I'm thankful that Falun Gong representatives from my state of
Colorado will share a few words with you that I've written.
I stand with you
in speaking out against the religious persecution of Falun gong practitioners in
China. Falun Gong representatives believe that over 100,000 Falun Gong
practitioners have been arrested. It has also been reported that tens of
thousands have been thrown into labor camps without trial, that healthy
practitioners have been put into mental hospitals and have suffered illegal
psychiatric abuse, and that hundreds if not thousands have been killed in police
custody.
It is thought
that there are as many as 100 million Falun Gong practitioners worldwide. Falun
Gong believers hold that this spiritual practice instills the three principles
of truthfulness, compassion and tolerance. They would merely like the
opportunity to peacefully practice their beliefs without fear of torture or
imprisonment. Their ability to practice their beliefs both in China and in
countries around the world should not be obstructed.
I know my colleagues in Congress join me in supporting Falun Gong and its practitioners' quest for peace and tolerance. Thanks to all of you for your relentless fight for religious freedom in China.
June
22, 2002 - Participated in the
Strawberry Festival Parade, Glenwood Springs
April 17, 2002 - Letter from
Colorado Congressman Mark Udall to President George Bush
March 20, 2002 - Congressional
Record of Speech Supporting Falun Gong by Colorado Congressman Mark Udall
November
17 to 19, 2001 - SOS! Global RescueWalk to rescue Falun Gong practitioners
persecuted in China, Colorado practitioners initiated a 35-miles walk from
Boulder to Denver
July 10,
2001 -
Support from Two Colorado State
Representatives
State Representative Frank Weddig
State Representative Rob Fairbank
…
December 11 to 17, 2000 -
Proclamation of Falun Dafa Week, City of Broomfield, Colorado