Falun Gong Workshop Receives Warm Welcome in an American College Classroom (Photos)
By a practitioner from Miami Florida
(Clearwisdom.net) On November 28-29, 2005, Professor Mary McKinney of
Broward Community College invited Miami Falun Gong practitioners to introduce
Falun Gong in the classroom of her religion course. In the spring of 2005, Falun Gong practitioners in Miami gave two Falun Gong
workshops in Professor McKinney's classrooms. Her students learned about Falun
Gong, its development in China and its spreading to the world, as well as the
persecution in China. Ms. McKinney received positive feedback from the students.
Some students often joined the group exercise practice. Ms. McKinney mentioned one thing that happened to a student. The student had
some problems with his leg so he couldn't walk smoothly. After 20 minutes of
learning the exercises, he could run. So she believed these exercises are
magical. She had her own religious faith but she is also reading the book Zhuan
Falun and beginning to acquire a deeper understanding of Falun Gong.
She wished that all her students could have some knowledge about it and be aware
that such a pure belief is now persecuted at its origin by the Chinese Communist
Party. In the fall of 2005, Professor McKinney taught four classes of about 30
students each in her religion course. All the students had a chance to learn the
truth about Falun Gong. They asked all kinds of questions that showed they were
serious and eager to learn the truth. They wanted to know how they could help to
end the persecution. When the Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the
exercises, the students were excited and watched carefully. Many said it was
beautiful and two students said they "felt the Falun spinning." Professor McKinney has included the Falun Gong workshops in the long-term
planning of her religion courses and discussed with Falun Gong practitioners
about how to improve the teachings so that her students can learn the beauty of
Falun Dafa. Broward Community College awarded a certificate to the three practitioners
who gave the workshop.
Falun Gong lecture in the classroom
Students are learning the exercises on campus
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/12/6/115930.html
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