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SPEAKER ADDRESSES YOUTH IN TIME OF ECONOMIC CRISIS |
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March 20, 2009
GROVE CITY, Pa. – Charles Wiley, a speaker with Accuracy In Media and experienced international journalist and war correspondent, will present “Modern Youth In a Time of Economic Crisis” at 7 p.m. March 31 in the Pew Fine Arts Center Recital Hall on the Grove City College campus.
The lecture is sponsored by the Marriage and Family Working Group of The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College and is free and open to the public.
Wiley, known as a dynamic and captivating speaker, has lectured nationwide and on five continents. He has reported from 100 countries and covered 11 wars, including four terms in Vietnam. He reported for NBC, UPI, the “London Express” and numerous other U.S. and foreign news media. His tenacity led to his arrest eight times by secret police, including the KGB, and imprisonment in a Cuban dungeon while he was a correspondent for New York City radio station WOR. He went into Afghanistan with the mujahideen during the war against the Soviet Union. Later during a tour of Kosovo, his visits to troops from many nations included the Russian 13th Tactical Group.
Among his accomplishments, Wiley helped establish guidelines for a free press in Mongolia, was a speaker for the White House Public Outreach Group and lectured in New Zealand at the Civil Defence Academy. He frequently addresses military audiences in the U.S. and abroad, as well as colleges and high schools.
A graduate of New York University, his freelance articles and photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including the “New York Times,” ‘U.S. News & World Report,” “Newsweek,” “National Review” and “Time.” He has appeared on hundreds of network and local programs, including many times on CNN’s “Crossfire” and C-SPAN.
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