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Three Americans who have recently visited Syria multiple times provided Oct. 12 at a special dinner presentation at the National Press Club views of the people, the government and the civil war that differ sharply with mainstream media accounts in Western and Gulf monarchy-controlled news media.
They included a Virginia state senator with a long military background in the U.S. Marines, a Bolivian-born film documentary maker and film star who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, and someone who describes herself as a "housewife" who felt obligation to learn more about the war-torn nation.
The three speakers each offered a unique and deeply personal account of their on-the-ground experiences, traveling around Syria, interviewing people from all backgrounds and walks of life, including many internally displaced persons.
Their presentation "Syria: Three Personal Accounts” was delivered to nearly 30 attendees of the McClendon Group, a speaker society named for the late White House correpondent Sarah McClendon that presents alternative views of important issues. This editor is a press club member and deputy chair of the McClendon Group, which is not formally affiliated with the club.
The speakers were: Virginia State Senator Richard Black (13th District), who has served in the Virginia House and Senate for 14 years. He served 32 years in the Marines and, after obtaining a law degree, in the US Army JAG Corps. He served in the Office of the Judge Advocate General at the Pentagon and prepared Executive orders for the President, advised the Senate Armed Services Committee and testified before Congress. Senator Black has traveled twice in the past three years to Lebanon and Syria, where he has met privately with the presidents and senior government officials, attempting to end the bloodshed in the region. His most recent visit was in August-September 2018.
Carla Ortiz is an internationally known actress, producer and philanthropist. Born in Bolivia, Carla began her acting career at age 15. After achieving stardom in Latin America and Hollywood, she turned to documentary filmmaking. She has produced documentaries on the plight of the innocent victims of the Syrian war, spending much of the past two years on the ground in Syria, visiting some of the most devastated war zones. Carla was recently appointed Special Envoy to the Middle East Commissioner of the International Human Rights Commission in Geneva.
Janice Korthkamp is an independent writer and activist who has studied the Syria crisis extensively for the past five years. She has visited Syria five times in the last two years, leading four fact-finding tours for small groups of activists, researchers and journalists. She administers the Syria Resources Archive (www.syriaresources.com). She has been featured on One America News Network. Her November 2017 speech before the Syrian American Forum in Boston, “American Housewife in Syria,” has been widely viewed on YouTube.
The moderator was Dr. Reuben Egolf, a co-founder and Chairman of the United States global Leadership Council, an organization dedicated to the development and improvement of infrastructure through advanced business strategies and sustainable solutions. He is Chief Administrator of Operations of Project One, Inc., an NGO with consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the UN. Dr. Egolf is senior pastor of Mt. Calvary Tabernacle and is the author of five books.
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