Jessica Buchanan
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\n\n11 - 10 \;-2024
\nTHIS SHOW MOVED FROM JUNE 2 TO NOV 10.
\nALL TICKETS WILL AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER.
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\nThe Bull Run Speaker Series presents: Jessica Buchanan
\nCo-hosted by SWAM.org\, a non-profit raising money to strengthen and support the organizations that support and honor our Veterans.
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\nJessica Buchanan \;is a Teacher\, Author\, Humanitarian\, Speaker\, Founder\, and Survivor.
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\nOn October 25\, 2011\, while on a routine field mission in Somalia\, working as the Education Advisor for her non-governmental organization\, Jessica was abducted at gunpoint and held for ransom by a group of Somali pirates for 93 days. Forced to live outdoors in deplorable conditions\, starved\, and terrorized by more than two dozen gangsters\, Jessica&rsquo\;s health steadily deteriorated until\, by order of President Obama\, she was rescued by the elite SEAL Team VI on January 25\, 2012.
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\nJessica&rsquo\;s ordeal is detailed in her New York Times bestselling book\, &ldquo\;Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six.&rdquo\;
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\nJessica is now a highly sought-after inspirational speaker\, TEDx Speaker\, and was named one of the &lsquo\;150 Women Who Will Shake the World&rsquo\; by Newsweek. Her story was the most highly viewed 60 Minutes episode to air to date. Jessica is also the founder of Soul Speak Press\, a non-traditional publishing company for women who have been through something and now they know something. Her second book is a bestselling anthology titled &ldquo\;Deserts to Mountaintops: Our Collective Journey to (re)Claiming Our Voice.&rdquo\;
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\nJessica works as a family liaison volunteer for the non-profit organization\, Hostage US\, supporting former hostages and their families during captivity to eventual return. She continues to serve as a dedicated Ambassador for the Navy SEAL Foundation which works to support families of fallen SEALs. She is married to a native Swede\, has two children\, and now resides in the DC Metro area.
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\n&bull\; Doors open &\; Brunch is available from 10AM.
\n&bull\; There will be no Brunch Service once the program begins @ 12noon.
\n&bull\; Ticket price does not include Brunch.
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\nBUY TICKETS\nTHIS SHOW MOVED FROM JUNE 2 TO NOV 10.
\nALL TICKETS WILL AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER.
\n
\nThe Bull Run Speaker Series presents: Jessica Buchanan
\nCo-hosted by SWAM.org\, a non-profit raising money to strengthen and support the organizations that support and honor our Veterans.
\n
\nJessica Buchanan \;is a Teacher\, Author\, Humanitarian\, Speaker\, Founder\, and Survivor.
\n
\nOn October 25\, 2011\, while on a routine field mission in Somalia\, working as the Education Advisor for her non-governmental organization\, Jessica was abducted at gunpoint and held for ransom by a group of Somali pirates for 93 days. Forced to live outdoors in deplorable conditions\, starved\, and terrorized by more than two dozen gangsters\, Jessica&rsquo\;s health steadily deteriorated until\, by order of President Obama\, she was rescued by the elite SEAL Team VI on January 25\, 2012.
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\nJessica&rsquo\;s ordeal is detailed in her New York Times bestselling book\, &ldquo\;Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six.&rdquo\;
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\nJessica is now a highly sought-after inspirational speaker\, TEDx Speaker\, and was named one of the &lsquo\;150 Women Who Will Shake the World&rsquo\; by Newsweek. Her story was the most highly viewed 60 Minutes episode to air to date. Jessica is also the founder of Soul Speak Press\, a non-traditional publishing company for women who have been through something and now they know something. Her second book is a bestselling anthology titled &ldquo\;Deserts to Mountaintops: Our Collective Journey to (re)Claiming Our Voice.&rdquo\;
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\nJessica works as a family liaison volunteer for the non-profit organization\, Hostage US\, supporting former hostages and their families during captivity to eventual return. She continues to serve as a dedicated Ambassador for the Navy SEAL Foundation which works to support families of fallen SEALs. She is married to a native Swede\, has two children\, and now resides in the DC Metro area.
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\n&bull\; Doors open &\; Brunch is available from 10AM.
\n&bull\; There will be no Brunch Service once the program begins @ 12noon.
\n&bull\; Ticket price does not include Brunch.
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