On Sunday, August 17, 2008, at Hacienda Christian Fellowship (HCF) in La Puente, Ca, 200+ people turned up at our own âattention-gettingâ event. Members of HCF, other churches, and people from the Chinese community showed up in support of pastor Eddie and The Gadfly Project. In a bold statement, their event mirrored Gadflyâs controversial protest in which he painted 2 hotel rooms in Bejing one week before the start of Olympics. After asked why they were there, many people wanted to amplify and echo the message that was painted on the walls in Gadflyâs protest. They were standing with the message of Ratify & Release, The Gadfly Projectâs goal which is for China to Ratify the ICCPR, and as a token of good faith, to release 5 prisoners who are unjustly being held captive.
