On May 13, practitioners from Minnesota held a grand ceremony inside of the State Capitol Building in Saint Paul. State government officials, Dafa practitioners and their friends attended the celebration. State Senator Ellen Anderson delivered a speech calling for an end to the brutal persecution. Practitioners read a letter from State Senator Sandy Pappas and a Proclamation from the City of Bloomington. After the ceremony, practitioners practiced Dafa exercises and sent forth righteous thoughts outside the building.
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