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Thought of the Day…Submitted by: Cher Murphy…02/25/26

Austin Tang — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:45:48 +0000

“RAIN IS FROZEN WATER, TOUCHING MOTHER EARTH.” -Reverend Paul Sladkus, All Faiths & Spiritual. Join us www.pausetheworldforpeace.org for Earth Day in Times Square, April 22, 2026.

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Science 120 vs Denial 1 — The Real Story from Climate Week NYC

Austin Tang — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:44:23 +0000

A Tale of Two Realities at
New York Climate Week

New York Climate Week 2025 was a study in contrasts. On one side of the UN General Assembly, Donald Trump — the host country’s president — called the green transition “the biggest con ever.” On the other, more than 120 countries used the same stage to raise their ambition.

It was raining new climate plans: China announced 7–10% cuts by 2035 and a six-fold expansion of solar and wind; the EU raised its target to 66–72%; Australia, Nigeria, and Pakistan set new 2035 goals; and a wave of smaller nations from Liberia to Vanuatu unveiled updated plans. In total, 49 countries have now updated their NDCs, covering a quarter of global emissions — with China and the EU set to deliver even more detailed plans ahead of COP30 in Brazil this November.

And in a powerful twist, Colombia — an oil-producing country — announced it will host the world’s first fossil fuel phase-out summit in 2026.

Out in the city, the streets buzzed with thousands of business leaders, activists, and scientists pushing for more action. And thanks to our broadcast, more than 8.5 million viewers joined the conversation.

Re-watch New York Climate Week

Highlights from our broadcast

Make Science Great Again — Live from Stockholm, we heard the unfiltered voices of scientists who refuse to be silenced. One powerful message: Donald Trump is not a climate denier, but a liar—he knows the science, but chooses to deceive. We also heard from a U.S. scientist who fled her home country to Sweden—just to keep doing her research free from political pressure.
Business Determination — Companies are coming together around a new, science-based Carbon Removals Action Guide from the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, Oxford Net Zero, and partners. The message is clear: it’s not either/or. We must cut emissions and scale removals to reach net zero on time.

The Solar Revolution — Legendary activist Bill McKibben joined us to launch his new book “Here Comes The Sun” and film on the unstoppable rise of solar power. In one of the most inspiring moments, our own moderator Nick Nuttall sat down with McKibben to discuss why solar may be the last chance for civilization as we know it. Their dialogue—and the image of them together—captured the spirit of Climate Week: determined, hopeful, and human.

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Meanwhile, the world kept moving forward

While Trump shouted, the world delivered. Just look at what happened this September alone reported weekly on We Don’t Have Time by Assaad Razzouk — a tidal wave of climate progress that no single speech can erase:

The High Seas Treaty entered into force, protecting 61% of our oceans for the first time in history.
Colombia announced it will host a fossil fuel phase-out summit in 2026 — a groundbreaking step for an oil-producing nation.
Germany locked in 80% renewables by 2030 — in Europe’s largest economy.
Australia raised its climate targets: 62–70% cuts by 2035, net-zero by 2050.
India’s power-sector CO₂ fell in the first half of 2025 — only the second time in 50 years.
China passed 40 million EVs sold, with sales up 36% year-on-year.
Clean energy delivered 82% of all new U.S. energy jobs in 2024 — growing three times faster than the rest of the economy.
Saudi Arabia launched a 5.3 GW solar and wind tender — in the heart of oil country.
The ozone layer is on track to recover to 1980s levels by mid-century, says WMO.
Germany’s EV market jumped to 30.6% of new sales, up from 20.6% last year.
UK households set new records in August for installing heat pumps, batteries, and solar.
Two California oil refineries announced closure as gasoline demand enters permanent decline.
China’s EV charging stations surged 54% year-on-year, now totaling 17 million units.
California extended its carbon market through 2045 — one of the toughest in the world.
Australia is set to smash its 2030 rooftop solar target of 37.2 GW.
The U.S. National Academies declared GHG harm to human health “beyond scientific dispute.”
India allocated $570 million to help its steel industry decarbonize.
200 shipping companies demanded the first-ever global fee on shipping emissions.
China will double energy storage to 180 GW by 2027, up from 95 GW today.
A next-generation geothermal pilot will be built in Utah, unlocking 24/7 clean energy.
20 U.S. states sued FEMA for terminating a climate adaptation funding program — showing climate denial now faces legal pushback.
Youth activists are taking the U.S. Administration to court over its anti-environment agenda.

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The bigger picture

History is clear: those who tried to block progress—the ones who fought the spinning jenny—never won. They won’t win this time either. One man shouting at the UN won’t stop the momentum. In fact, it may only fuel it.
According to studies, 89% of citizens now want strong climate leadership from their politicians.

But here’s the challenge: as long as this vast majority remains silent, we won’t hear about this progress loudly enough. And in that silence, the anti-science minority grows louder and more dangerous.

Just look at Germany: One of Germany largest political party AfD recently tried to strip funding from the world-renowned Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) — one of the most respected scientific institutions on Earth. They failed, but their attempt is a warning: science itself is under attack.
That is why it matters that we aired the latest science from PIK during Climate Week, together with Nick Oldridge, Co-founder of Climate Science Breakthrough, who plans to bring emergency climate briefings to the UK Parliament. It shows what the deniers fear most: science informing politics, and truth shaping decisions.
This is why we must act. The 89% must step forward and defend science. We must raise our voices louder than the deniers. Louder than the lies. Louder than the attacks.
This is what #MakeScienceGreatAgain is all about: giving attention to the cause, amplifying truth over denial, and building unstoppable momentum.
We need you to be loud. We need you now.

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From the U.N. to the Vatican:

Raising Hope for the Climate

Next week, October 1–3, Pope Leo XIV has invited climate leaders to his summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, for a landmark gathering: Raising Hope for Climate Justice. By opening his home, the Pope is underscoring both the urgency and the moral weight of the climate crisis.

Among those invited is former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a pioneering political leader on clean energy, Bill McKibben, trailblazing climate author and advocate; Katharine Hayhoe, award-winning climate scientist and communicator; Bianca Pitt, leading voice for gender equality in climate leadership; and our very own founder and CEO, Ingmar Rentzhog, driving climate action from the business community and civil society.

They will join faith leaders, Indigenous representatives, scientists, activists and business leaders from all parts of the world, forming a rare coalition united around climate justice.

If the UN General Assembly showed that most of the world is determined to act despite obstruction, the Vatican sends an even stronger signal: the climate fight will only be won through cooperation that transcends borders, ideologies, and institutions — underpinned by science and moral leadership.

We Don’t Have Time will be there to carry these voices far beyond the Vatican.

And you can be part of it, too: some sessions will be available to join online.

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Thought for the Day…06/05/24

Austin Tang — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 19:57:24 +0000

94-year-old *Clint Eastwood* is ‘telling’ us… “Do not look for luxury in watches or bracelets, do not look for luxury in worldly things”. “Luxury is laughter and friends, .. luxury is rain on your face, .. luxury is hugs and kisses. .. luxury is a healthy life..” “Don’t look for luxury in shops, don’t look for it in gifts, don’t look for it at parties, don’t look for it at events.” “Luxury is being loved by people, luxury is being respected, luxury is having parents alive, luxury is being able to play with your grandchildren, luxury is what money can’t buy. *Luxury is HEALTH*!!”

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He’s Got a Plan for Cities That Flood: Stop Fighting the Water

Austin Tang — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 19:29:01 +0000

A landscape architect in China has a surprising strategy to help manage surges of water from storms supercharged by climate change.

Kongjian Yu at his office in Beijing. “We’ve been using the conventional drainage infrastructure for 200 years and we haven’t solved the flooding problem,” he said.Credit…Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press

By Richard Schiffman
Published March 28, 2024
Updated April 3, 2024

Cities around the world face a daunting challenge in the era of climate change: Supercharged rainstorms are turning streets into rivers, flooding subway systems and inundating residential neighborhoods, often with deadly consequences.

Kongjian Yu, a landscape architect and professor at Peking University, is developing what might seem like a counterintuitive response: Let the water in.

“You cannot fight water,” he said. “You have to adapt to it.”

Instead of putting in more drainage pipes, building flood walls and channeling rivers between concrete embankments, which is the usual approach to managing water, Mr. Yu wants to dissipate the destructive force of floodwaters by slowing them and giving them room to spread out.

Mr. Yu calls the concept “sponge city” and says it’s like “doing tai chi with water,” a reference to the Chinese martial art in which an opponent’s energy and moves are redirected, not resisted.

“It’s a whole philosophy, a new way of dealing with water,” he said.

Through his Beijing-based company, Turenscape, one of the world’s largest landscape architecture firms, Mr. Yu has overseen the development of hundreds of landscaped urban water parks in China where runoff from flash floods is diverted to soak into the ground or be absorbed into constructed wetlands.

Mr. Yu said growing up in a village in Zhejiang Province toward the end of the Cultural Revolution showed him how earlier generations in rural China had “made friends with water.” Farmers in his region built terraces, berms and ponds to direct and to store excess water during the rainy season.

That stood in sharp contrast to the urban landscapes in modern China. Traditionally, cities in China would set aside areas capable of absorbing floodwaters. But such nature-friendly urban design largely ended with the Industrial Revolution, Mr. Yu said. More recently, millions of acres have been paved over to build cities, some of them rising up virtually overnight.

Shanghai Houtan Park in 2006.Credit…Courtesy The Cultural Landscape Foundation

The same area in 2018.Credit…Courtesy The Cultural Landscape Foundation

“We’ve been using the conventional drainage infrastructure for 200 years and we haven’t solved the flooding problem,” he said, noting that much of China has a monsoon climate subject to extremely heavy bursts of rain that pose an increasing hazard as climate change advances. That’s because warm air can hold more moisture, resulting in heavier rainstorms.

Currently, 65 percent of urban areas in China experience some degree of flooding each year, according to Mr. Yu. The country is currently the world’s largest producer of greenhouse gases. The United States is the largest historical emitter .

“The concrete drainage systems that came here from the West just can’t handle it,” Mr. Yu said. “We need a new solution.”

The sponge city program was formally inaugurated by President Xi Jinping in 2015 with pilot projects in 16 Chinese cities and has since expanded to more than 640 sites in 250 municipalities around the country.

You can see the concept in Houtan Park, a mile-long strip of greenery along the Huangpu River in Shanghai that Mr. Yu designed on a former industrial site.

Terraces planted with bamboo and native forbs and grasses are bisected by wooden walkways that zigzag between ponds and constructed wetlands. The wetlands filter water, slow the river’s flow and provide habitat for waterfowl and spawning fish.

The goal, at least on paper, is that by 2030, 70 percent of the rain that falls on China’s sponge cities during extreme weather events should be absorbed locally rather than accumulate in the streets.

Whether enough land can be converted is a key question.

Mr. Yu, who studied landscape architecture in China and at Harvard, with hand-drawn landscape designs. Credit…Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press

Edmund Penning-Rowsell, a research associate at the University of Oxford who focuses on water security, said the scale of the sponge city projects would have to be huge to cope with flooding on their own. “Take New York City,” he said. “How many Central Parks would you need to absorb this kind of problem? You’d probably need half of Manhattan.”

Zhengzhou, in northeastern China on the banks of the Yellow River, was an enthusiastic early adopter of the sponge city concept, spending hundreds of millions of dollars building related projects from 2016 to 2021. But torrential rains inundated much of the city in July 2021, creating scenes of destruction and killing hundreds, including at least 14 in a subway tunnel.

Why were the floods so disastrous in Zhengzhou? Mr. Yu said some of the money earmarked for sponge projects was diverted to other programs and that the land set aside for them was insufficient. If permeable surfaces or green spaces make up 20 to 40 percent of a city’s area, he said, “you can virtually solve the problem of urban inundation.”

Niall Kirkwood, a professor of landscape architecture at Harvard who has known Mr. Yu for years, acknowledged that it can be difficult, and sometimes impossible, to convert land in city centers that have already been densely built. Still, he said, Mr. Yu’s impact as a innovator has been incalculable.

“He’s created a clear and elegant idea of enhancing nature, of partnership with nature that everyone, the man on the street, the mayor of a city, an engineer, even a child, can understand,” Professor Kirkwood said.

Where large tracts of land are not available, sponge city projects are replacing concrete and asphalt with permeable pavement, installing green roofs and creating trenches called bioswales that channel storm-water runoff and use vegetation to filter out debris and pollution.

The sponge city concept is not unique to China. One of Mr. Yu’s projects abroad is the Benjakitti Forest Park, a maze of ponds, trees and miniature islands in Bangkok that was opened to the public in 2022 and occupies more than hundred acres on the site of a former tobacco factory.

Separately, in 2007 the Dutch government began a program called Room for the River that consists of more than 30 projects around four rivers, including the Rhine. The idea is to restore natural floodplains in key areas around sites that need protection. The Danish capital, Copenhagen, is using “floodable parks” that turn into temporary ponds during heavy rains. Philadelphia and Malmo, Sweden, also have projects.

The site of Benjakitti Forest Park in Bangkok in 2020.Credit…Courtesy The Cultural Landscape Foundation

The park, which was rehabilitated by Mr. Yu’s firm, in 2022.Credit…Lauren DeCicca for The New York Times

In addition to flood control, these projects have the advantage of being an inexpensive way to recharge local aquifers and a low-tech adaptation to help overheated city neighborhoods, because evaporating water has a cooling effect.

John Beardsley, the curator of the Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize, which was awarded to Mr. Yu last year, echoed Professor Kirkwood, saying Mr. Yu’s impact on policy in China, a country that has been more likely to imprison environmental activists than take their messages to heart, has been astonishing.

Mr. Beardsley attributes this to Mr. Yu’s adroit political skills and infectious enthusiasm, as well as the Chinese government’s powerful incentive to appear to be addressing the problem of urban flooding, which has grown alarmingly in recent years.

“Kongjian has managed to be very critical of the government’s environmental policies while still maintaining his practice and his academic appointments,” he said. “He’s both brave and deft in this regard, threading a very narrow needle.”

“Sponge cities isn’t a total solution, but it makes a significant impact,” Mr. Beardsley said. “I mean, we need to start doing something.”

Courtesy The Cultural Landscape Foundation

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Courage and Conviction Holocaust Remembrance Event

Austin Tang — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:02:25 +0000

January 21, 2024 – In Commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Am Yisrael Chai presents a powerful and unforgettable event:

COURAGE and CONVICTION – The Holocaust in Lithuania.

Keynote speakers: Elly Gotz, Grant Gochin and Silvia Foti.

The Holocaust in Lithuania resulted in an almost complete annihilation of the Jewish community. More than 95 percent of Lithuania’s Jewish population (approximately 200,000 Jews) were murdered by the Nazis and their Lithuanian collaborators during the War – mostly between June and December of 1941. This was a more complete destruction than befell any other country affected by the Holocaust. A deep and simmering level of antisemitism fueled this destruction in Lithuania – and sadly, it is not unlike the deepening and unbridled antisemitism we are experiencing around the world today.

Elly Gotz was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1928. During the War, life became increasingly difficult for Jews. Elly survived 3 years in the Kovno ghetto and was later deported to Dachau. Elly is an author and passionate Holocaust educator.

Grant Gochin is a South African born Jew who lost more than 100 members of his family inLithuania. He is a philanthropist, author, journalist, politician and activist. He is the Honorary Consul to the Republic of Togo, and the Vice Dean of the Los Angeles Consular Corps.

Silvia Foti is a devout Catholic from Chicago, who discovered that her grandfather – who was considered a war hero in Lithuania, was complicit in the murder of Lithuanian Jews. Silvia is the author of Storm in the Land of Rain, journalist, and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee (2023). Together, Grant and Silvia expose the truth about the mass murders and killings across Lithuania. Their story is told in the movie – J’Accuse that gives a voice to the victims so cruelly murdered.

Please join us for the movie J’Accuse followed by the Courage and Conviction event featuring Elly Gotz as well as Grant Gochin, Silvia Foti and movie producer, Michael Kretzmer and that includes a panel discussion hosted by Nadia Bilchik.

Date: Sunday, January 21, 2024

Time: 7:00pm — 8:30pm EST – Online event

After signing up, you will receive a link to the movie, and for the online event.

RSVP required; Signup/Donate at: https://bit.ly/AYCEvent

This event is free and open to the public.

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Thought For The Day…

Austin Tang — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 21:47:30 +0000

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Heavy rains remind us of challenges in life. Never ask for a lighter rain, just pray to God for a better umbrella. – That is the attitude!
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Life is not about finding the right person, but creating the right relationship. It’s not how we care in the beginning, but how much we care till the very end.
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Some people always throw stones in your path. It depends on what you make with them; a Wall or a Bridge? – Remember you are the architect of your life.
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Search for a good heart, but don’t search for a beautiful face, coz beautiful things are not always good, but good things are always beautiful.
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It’s not important to hold all the good cards in life, but it’s important how well you play with the cards you hold.
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Often when we lose all hope & think this is the end, remember God and pray, it’s just a bend, not the end.’ –
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Have faith and have a successful life. One of the basic differences between God and humans is, God gives, gives and forgives. But the human gets, gets, gets and forgets. Be thankful in life…
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If u think it is your alarm clock that woke you up this morning, try putting it beside a dead body and you will realise that it is the Grace of God that woke you up.
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If you are reading this, remember that it is JUST BY THE GRACE OF God that we are alive…

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Art, Art, Art

Austin Tang — Thu, 20 May 2021 13:39:09 +0000

Listen to “Art, Art, Art” on Spreaker.

10 most amazing Art Sculptures in the world

1, London Booster
2, A Giant Baby
3, Antony Howe
4, Melting Woman Face
5, The Floating Tap
6, Kon Sun
7, The Disappearing Sculpture
8, The Kinetic Rain Sculpture
9, The paper Kinetic Sculpture
10, Derek Hugger

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Come join us on EARTH DAY Thursday, April 22, 2021 Globally Online for A Very Special Evening with our Conscious Community as we Gather in Unity Honoring Mother Earth!

Austin Tang — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 15:57:04 +0000

Thursday April 22nd, EARTH DAY
7-10:30PM EST

FREE globally online
Watch LIVE or the Recording HERE:

https://www.facebook.com/thewecampaign

Like this page to get notified for the Event and please share!

Featuring:
Mitchell Rabin, MC
Rick Ulfik
Andrew Kaen
Hazel Henderson
Dr. Leslie Field
Dahr Jamail
Kathryn Davis
Heidi Little
Laurell Eden
Laurelle Rethke
Monica Willard
Patricia Anne Davis
Premik Russell Tubbs
and Missy Galore
Intergenerational Panel with:
Adrian Alvarez
Brianna Rain Skuldum
Grandmother Shannon Crossbear
Jim Graywolf Petruzzi and
Sue Blythe

For more info on presenters
Visit www.PlanetHeart.org

Listen to Inspirational Talks with Spiritual, Indigenous and Environmental Leaders, and Experience Live Music Performances!
There will be Celebrations & Prayers for World Peace, Planet Earth & All Inhabitants. All Are Welcome!
Due to the coronavirus we will be hosting our event again online this year!!

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11th Annual 5K Lindsey Run/Walk

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 21:23:03 +0000

ONLY DAYS LEFT TO PRE-REGISTER!
Don’t get caught in lines next Sunday!
Pre-Registration will close Tuesday at 11:59 p.m.

Come Rain or Shine!
8:15 a.m.
Check-in/Registration
9:15 a.m.
Run/Walk Start
9:30 a.m.
Breakfast Opens
10:30 a.m.
Race Awards
11:15 a.m.
Raffle & Silent Auction
Current fees: $40 Adult (22+ years)
$30 Student (12-21 years) / $20 Child (5-11 years)
Join us for this great USATF Certified 5K Run which includes electronic timing for all runners. Be sure to arrive for a pre-race stretch and
warm-up and then stay after for the LEGENDARY hot catered breakfast, after-race massages, live entertainment,
raffle and silent auction!

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A COLORFUL HONG KONG TRADITION RETURNS TO NEW YORK- THE 24th ANNUAL HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL in NEW YORK

admin — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:00:54 +0000

DRAGONS, MULTI-CULTURAL PERFORMERS,TRADITIONAL ARTS & CRAFTS, INTERNATIONAL FOODS – INVADE MEADOW LAKE, FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, QUEENS, NY– FREE & FUN FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY – SAT 8/9 & SUN 8/10/2014- 9am-5pm. Free, rain or shine- www.hkdbf-ny.org

RECORD NUMBER OF TEAMS ANTICIPATED –180+

In Celebration of the “Year of the Horse,” the Board of Directors of the 24^th Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York (HKDBF-NY) announce that this Free Multicultural Festival and Sporting Event will be held Saturday, August 9th & Sunday, August 10th, 2014. Featuring cash & prizes for competitors in this year’s US Dragon Boat Open Championship. New festival events consist of several Special/Invitational Cup races. Celebrating the anniversary of the World’s Fair, we are holding the World’s Fair Municipal Invitational race featuring various teams from our elected officials, Mayor De Blasio, Queens Borough President Katz, Congresswoman Meng and Assemblyman Kim’s office were invited to field a team as well as the NYC government agencies NYPD, NYFD, DEP and Parks Department. Other special races include the Hong Kong Family Invitational, The Health Care Invitational and The Educational Invitational. This year’s Corporate Invitational looks to be a good one, with ten Corporate Teams joining us to race for their companies. The Festival will be held at Meadow Lake, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, New York rain or shine. Admission is free. HKDBF-NY, an international, multi-cultural celebration and sporting event, the largest multicultural Festival in New York and the largest festival of its kind in the U.S. HKDBF NY keeps up the age old tradition of Dragon Boat Racing in colorful, custom made teak boats, which are virtual works of art gliding on water. Custom made by a small coterie of craftsmen in Hong Kong, weighing one ton each, colorfully painted with a Dragon head at the front and Dragon tail at the rear, the boats are piloted by up to 20 crewmen, including 18 paddlers, a drummer and steers person. For twenty-three successful years HKDBF-NY has attracted a diverse, multi-cultural audience of more than 50,000 attendees throughout North America. With a record number of teams participating 188+ well-trained teams, involving more than 2,500 participants competing from across the U.S. and Canada, this year’s festival is expected to be notable in its scale and fierce competition. With cash & prizes at stake for the US Dragon Boat Open Championships, the festival takes place over two days on the site of the 1964 World’s Fair, featuring events for the entire family. The opening day parade at noon on Saturday, Aug. 9th will be followed by the New York City Heritage Championship Races. The U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship finals will be held Saturday/Sunday, with the teams vigorously competing for their share of the cash & prizes. Racing starts at 9:00 a.m. and events last throughout the day until approximately 5:00 p.m. each day, rain or shine. Other festival events consist of the media invitational, corporate youth, charity race, women’s invitational, and sponsors challenge, a photo contest as well as presentations on the Main Stage of traditional Chinese arts, martial arts demonstrations, the traditional Dragon dance, musical and other diverse performances and demonstrations of folk arts and crafts. An International food court, and booths staffed by sponsors of the event, many of whom will be giving away promotional items, and many community-based organizations participating help make for a unique, action packed, multi-cultural, New York weekend. The tradition of Dragon Boat Racing is an annual Chinese rite commemorating the idealistic poet and reformer Qu Yuan who drowned himself in the third century B.C. to protest against his emperor’s policies. The locals raced in their boats in an attempt to rescue the poet. To prevent fish and water dragons from eating his body, the locals beat their drums and splashed their paddles. This was the beginning of Dragon Boat Racing Admission to the HKDBF-NY is Free, Events take place Rain or Shine. Directions to the Festival by car – take the Long Island Expressway to Van Wyck Expressway to exit 11 south, then stay on service road to the Park. Parking is severely limited. Please take the MTA or car pool. Directions to the Festival by bus/subway –Again this year we’ve worked with the MTA to insure easy and safe transportation to the Festival site. Festival goers can use their MetroCard to take the #7 Train to the CitiField stop and transfer from there to special MTA shuttle buses that will take them directly to the Festival site, or they can walk from the CitiField stop (about 15 minutes) or take the colorful park trolley to the festival site. Parking on-site is limited, you can park at CitiField and take the special MTA shuttle with your MetroCard or use correct change.

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