Sandy Marquette
I was born in this country, in Chicago, IL, and have been familiar with Serbs and Serbian culture and history all of my life, often very directly. I knew Serbs and who they were and are before any of this horrible mess began happening back in 1991. It was, however, in the Winter of 1991 that I began to get actively involved in the "Serbian Cause." My involvement has been mainly to try to educate both Serbs and non-Serbs about different issues regarding the situation in the former Yugoslavia as it has evolved from a provocative perspective, rather than a whitewashed one. I have tried to provide an alternative way of interpreting the problems over there that has been so effectively ignored and rejected by the vast majority of the media and by those in positions to influence policy towards the peoples of that small corner of the world that has become so very important to the New World Order. I hope that with all my writings -- and issuing of self-published extensive reports and essays -- I have reached at least some of those people who either were ignorant or who have drawn the wrong conclusions. If I have, then I have succeeded. If not, then I just keep pushing on, contributing to the dialogue and hopefully at least something I produce will be seen as worthy of honest discussion.
I have also planned and put on, along with my father, several events in the Chicago area paying respect to the honorable history of the Serb people and their relationship with others in the world, particularly the Allied airmen whose lives were saved by the hundreds in World War II due to the efforts of General Mihailovich and his Chetniks and the Serbian peasants who were loyal to them. General Mihailovich has been a very big focus of my work. So, I guess you could say that one half of what I do relates to the current situation that has evolved over the last decade, and the other half relates to honoring a man who has never received his proper or deserved due in the annals of history.
My father is still living and is a veteran of World War II. It is through him that I learned of General Mihailovich and his Chetniks, and it is with him that I have joined to make sure that the day will come when all the world knows who General Mihailovich was.
I am a graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, the Class of 1984. My degree is a Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies from the School of Speech. I feel that my education there greatly aided me with the work that I have been doing over the course of the last decade, because I learned back then just how vital rhetoric was in terms of how people draw their conclusions and how they view the world and the players in it.
I currently live and work in Chicago. My goal is to become a published writer on a national and international level, and hopefully for my words to affect and educate people, and move them to further explore the truths that have been so well-hidden and distorted through all these years. My dream, too, is to affect people on an emotional level with my writing and to inspire them to see things from a different perspective than they might be used to.
Sandy welcomes any thoughts or comments. Her e-mail address is marquette2000@hotmail.com
