(Clearwisdom.net) The Journalists of Color Convention & Career Expo was
held at Washington Convention center from August 4 to 8, 2004. The convention
and Expo attracted more than 8000 black, Hispanic, Asian-American and American
Indian journalists across the country. Practitioners in greater Washington DC
area took it as a great opportunity to raise awareness of the persecution. On
August 7, about 150 practitioners from Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC
staged an anti-torture exhibition using real-life models. They set up banners
and poster boards, distributed CDs, Falun Dafa Readers, lotus flowers, etc.
St Petersburg Times (FL) reported practitioners' effort and described the
torture exhibition in detail: "The man dressed as a police officer slowly
hammers bamboo sticks stuck under a woman's fingernails..."
The reporter also noted practitioners' tireless efforts in exposing the
persecution: "Practitioners of a meditation technique called Falun Dafa, better
known as Falun Gong, have been bringing their demonstrations to large national
gatherings, including the Democratic Convention in Boston. The group accuses the
Chinese government of torturing and killing practitioners."
Practitioner Ming Chen, a North Carolina resident, told another reporter:
""Please tell people about us. That's the journalists' mission."