(Minghui.org) During the recent 2016 Dragon Festival on July 10, 2016 in St. Paul, Minnesota, Falun Gong practitioners set up a booth to introduce the peaceful meditation. Many attendees were impressed by the gentle exercises.

One Chinese immigrant said that he liked Falun Gong. “It represents traditional Chinese culture and I am really proud of it.” He said that many of the traditional values, such as respect and harmony, were lost since the Communist Party took over power several decades ago.

“To make it worse, the Communist Party did many bad things to harm the Chinese people. Even Hitler did not do things like forced organ harvesting,” he remarked.

Although many Chinese people have been influenced by the hate propaganda from the Party, the man encouraged practitioners to continue their efforts, “Sooner or later, people will understand what's really going on, and stop blindly following the Party—unless they want to sink with the regime.”

Passersby sign petitions to help Falun Gong practitioners end the persecution.

Many people signed petitions calling to end the persecution in China. One physician, who also teaches at a college, said she would pass on the information to her coworkers and friends. In addition, she plans to reach out to some student organizations in the college regarding this important matter.