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May 2015, New York Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference

We warmly welcome Falun Dafa practitioners from all over the world to attend this grand Fahui and to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day in New York City. The following are activities scheduled for your reference. Please also help us with your righteous thoughts to make the event a great success. Thank you very much!

Recent Updates
5/8, 2am Dress code PDF added. Hotels removed.
5/8, 3am Wed, Thurs schedule basics added.
5/11, 10am Schedule details added.

中文
SCHEDULE SUMMARY Important Information to know before
you leave for New York

Tues. May 12
12:00 - 2:00 pm: Press Conference in City Hall Park
5:00pm - 8:00pm: FZN & Practice at Chinese Consulate

Wed. May 13
7:00 - 11:00am: Character forming at Gantry Park
8:00 - 10:00am: Walk across Brooklyn Bridge
9:00 - 11:00am: Exercises at Foley Sq.
11:00 - 3:00pm: Falun Dafa Day performances at Foley Sq.
1:00 - 5:00pm: Exercises at Time Square
5:00 - 8:00pm: Exercises and FZN and Chinese Consulate

Thurs. May 14
7:00am - 8:00am: Morning Exercises at Union Square Park
9:15am - 6:15pm: Experience Sharing Conference
7:00am - 9:00pm: FZN at Chinese Consulate

Fri. May 15
9:00am - 10:00am: Practice at UN
10:00am - 11:00am: Rally at UN
11:00am - 3:00pm: Grand Parade starting at the UN
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Exercises at Time Square
5:00pm - 8:00pm: FZN at Chinese Consulate

HINT: Use this Tripplanner to help find the best route on NYC Subways, buses and trains. It's really useful!

Before you leave, make sure you pack the following in your luggage:

For the events:
* Yellow T-shirt / white shirt. Khaki or light-colored pants. Dark colored shoes preferred.
* Ethnic costume (if any)
* Your smart phone loaded with social media apps

For the Conference:
* Business attire (See dress code PDF with samples)
* Photo ID (government issued)

HOTELS, CAR SERVICE & RESTAURANTS

Restraunts that are Epoch Times Clients.
If you want to support EET, you can dine at these places and tell them you them from seeing an Epoch Times ad:
Map with marker placement of restaurants (click here)
List of restaurants and contact info (click here)

 
Project Meetings & Truth Clarification

Project Meetings; TBA
Experience Sharing Papers
Please send experience sharing papers to: fahui2015@nycproject.com

Tuesday, May 12

12:00 - 2:00 pm: Press Conference & Exercises at City Hall Park

Dress: Yellow T Shirt or business casual
Directions: Take 4,5,6 subway to Brooklyn Bridge & City hall
Contact: Betty, David (sound/banners)

5:00pm - 8:00pm: FZN, Practice, Vigil in front of Chinese Consulate

Where: 42 St. & 12 Ave.  
Directions: Subway to Time Square, then walk or take bus.
Contact: Tuidang Center, Michael; Wang Zhiyuan; Ms. Hong

Wednesday, May 13

7:00am - 11:00am: Character Forming at Gantry Park

Location: Gantry Park at 4-09 47 Rd, Long Island City, and NY 11101
Attire: Bright yellow long sleeve T-shirt & off-white or kaki pants.
Subway: 7 Train to Vernon Blvd. & Jackson Ave; walking towards the East River
Contact: Tuidang Office Jiang Wei & Sha Quan

9:00am - 3:00pm: World Falun Dafa Day Celebration

Times: 9:00am - 11:00am Exercises, 11:00am - 3:00pm: Performances
Location: Foley Square 111 Worth St., New York, NY 10013‎
Directions: Subway 4, 5 or 6 to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall; A, C, 1,2,3 to Chambers Street
Attire: Yellow shirt or business casual
Contact: Crystal Liu & Tuidang Center Michael Yu

8:00am - 10:00am: Walk across Brooklyn Bridge

Location: Borough Hall to Foley Square (meet at Camden Plaza & Trillary Street)
Start at Cadman Plaza Park (2,3,4,5,R to Borough Hall, across bridge to Foley Square
Attire: Yellow-shirts (need Pudu Jishi music/banners/truth material)
Contact: Betty & David

1:00pm - 5:00pm: Exercises at Time Square

Location: 47th St. and 7th Ave.
Dress: Yellow T-shirt / Free to Meditate, Support Falun Gong
Contact: Dana Cheng

5:00pm - 8:00pm: FZN at Chinese Consulate

Location: 42 St. & 12 Ave
Directions: Subway to Time Square, then walk or take bus.
Contact: Tuidang Office; Jonathan Du

Thursday, May 14

7:00am - 8:00am: Morning Exercises at Union Square Park

Location: Union Square Park, between 14th and 17th Street & Broadway.
Subway: 4/5/6/L/Q/N to 14th St.
Contact: Tuidang Office Michael Yu; Wang Zhiyuan; Sha Quan

9:15am - 6:15pm: Experience Sharing Conference

Access starting at 8:15am
Location: TBA

IMPORTANT: Please read this dress code PDF with samples.

Announcements
1. Young practitioners above 5 years old must register and have their own
tickets. Children younger than 5 years old will not be admitted. Parents
must be together with their kids at all time. If your child meet the age
requirement but cannot stay still in a Fa conference for hours, we advise
against bringing them to the conference. Children should not be playing in
common areas outside the conference room.
2. Please do not bring any luggage. There is no place for luggage and those
come with luggage will be turned away.
3. Business attire required. Gentlemen are required to wear suit, tie and
dress shoes. Ladies must wear suit or dress. Young children are required to
dress up as well. See this PDF with samples.
4. Government issued ID is required to obtain entrance.
5. No one is allowed to take photo, make audio or video recording without NY
FXH issued special pass.
6. If you have to bring cell phone, please put it on airplane mode/turn it
off and remove battery.
7. There is no disabled access. if anybody has special request, please
apply in advance.

7:00pm - 9:00pm: FZN at Chinese Consulate

Location: 42 St. & 12 Ave
Directions: Subway to Time Square, then walk or take bus.
Contact: Tuidang Office Michael Yu; Wang Zhiyuan; Sha Quan

Friday, May 15

9:00am - 11:00am: Group Exercises & Rally at the United Nations

Group Exercises (9 - 10am): line up according to parade assignment.
Rally (10 - 11am): Rally/ Dissolve CCP /Support 200 Million Chinese Renounced CCP.
Location: Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Park at 47th Street & 2nd Ave. (Map)
Transportation: Subway to Grand Central Station, walk to the park.

11:00am - 3:00pm: Grand Parade

Location: Starts at Rally location.
Parade sections:

 Group A: Falun Dafa is Good
(1). Tianguo Band 1
(2). Dafa Book Models
(3). Dragon Dance
(4). Heavily Girls
(5). Float
(6). Small boats
(7). Exercise Demo 1
(8) Falun Dafa is Good banners (Yellow T-shirt)
(9). Falun Dafa Spread to the World (Banners of different languages & National/ethnic costume)
(10) Color Flags
Contact: Tuidang Office; George Wei

Group B: Stop Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners
(1) In memory of Falun Gong practitioners who have died of persecution (White dress &       
Wreath)
(2) Falun Gong Exercise Demo II (Yellow practice shirts & pants)
(3) Banners and pictures boards to stop the persecution, stop organ harvesting etc.
(Yellow Shirt & off white pants, black shoes)
Contacts: Lucy Zhou & Ms. Hong
(4) Free to meditate (special designed shirt)
Contact: Tuidang Office David & Lia

Group C: Support Chinese Renounce Chinese Communist Party
(1). Tianguo Band II
(2). Nine Commentaries on Chinese Communist Party book models & 9 Ping banners
(3). Support 200 Million Chinese who have renounced Chinese Communist orgs/banners
(4) Banners of Global Service Center for Quitting CCP
(5) Lion Dance
(6) Poster boards to expose CCP crimes & support 200 Million Chinese Quit CCP
(7) Color Flags
(8). Waist drum dance
Contact: Tuidang Center, DJY & NTD Bob Chen

3:00pm - 5:00pm: Exercises at Time Square

Location: 47th St. and 7th Ave.
Dress: Yellow T-shirt
Contact: Dana Cheng

5:00pm - 8:00pm: FZN at Chinese Consulate

Location: 42 St. & 12 Ave
Directions: Subway to Time Square, then walk or take bus.
Contact: Tuidang Office, Ms. Hong