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New York Tzu Ching help promote Jing Si Publications.

On June 12 and 13, 1999, fifty-three North Headquarters in New York for the first time,
American Tzu Ching from fifteen cities gathered using the opportunity to introduce Tzu Chi’s
in Los Angeles and joined a medical outreach humanistic culture to youth leaders from all
and relief distribution trip to Mexicali, Mexico. around the world. In August 2011, Tzu Ching
When an officer training camp was held the from five states undertook the group’s first
following June, 106 Tzu Chings from twenty-two overseas aid mission, traveling to South Africa
different areas came for the training. All of the for two weeks to deliver donated books,
event planning, curriculum design, registration, support local Tzu Chi volunteers, and learn to
and materials were taken on by North American appreciate their own blessing by witnessing
Tzu Chings themselves. others' suffering.
In May 2002, a team was established to At first, Tzu Ching primarily consisted of
coordinate Tzu Ching affairs across the country. Chinese-speaking students, but as time passed,
In August 2006, US Tzu Ching attended the more and more American-born-Chinese and
annual Youth Assembly at United Nations non-Chinese students joined. To adapt to this

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