TO PUT PRESSURE ON SENATORS TO PASS RESOLUTIONS ON SYRIA 72 HOUR DEMONSTRATION HELD OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE,WITH MEMBERS OF SYRIAN AMERICAN COUNCIL AND MSA RECITING NAMES OF 100,000 PEOPLE KILLED IN JIHAD IN SYRIA

Bayanne Kanawati made an impact in Washington D.C. last week by participating in a 72-hour demonstration outside the White House, helping to recite 100,000 names of those who have died in the ongoing conflict in Syria.


Kanawati, a 19-year-old biology major and member of the Cal State Fullerton Muslim Student Association (MSA), is part of the Syrian-American Council (SAC), a nonprofit organization devoted to raising awareness and empowering the youth to help build a democratic, free Syria.



Since March 12, Kanawati has been in the nation’s capital, bringing awareness to the third anniversary of the Syrian revolution. Kanawati and other SAC members have met with members of Congress and senators to bring up issues with the status of Syria.



“It’s been three years now of what’s been going on in Syria and there hasn’t been any change yet,” Kanawati said. “Even the resolutions that were being worked on … haven’t been passed yet.”



SAC also held a fundraising dinner that raised over $560,000. That money will be donated to the Syrian residents who have lost their homes and families from the violence occurring there.



Kanawati and other SAC members took alternating shifts, ranging from 30 minutes to an hour, throughout the demonstration.



The emotional reading grabbed tourists attention as well as some important Capitol Hill figures.



After hearing the personal stories from those Syrian advocates, SAC was able to grab the attention of senators.



Senators wrote letters to the Obama administration the second day while Kanawati and SAC members were out in D.C. stating they support their cause.



Support was not only shown in Washington, but members of the Cal State Fullerton MSA were extremely proud of the work Kanawati was doing.



Students have also shown major support for all the work that Kanawati and the CSUF MSA has been doing for Syria.



“I felt that our school do support us for what we are doing,” Kanawati said. “The positive feedback we get … is just amazing … either if it’s just for MSA or for Syria we’re always getting those smiles, donations or whatever that people are giving us … it’s just great.


THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO BLAME AMERICA FOR ALL THE JIHAD TROUBLES IN THEIR COUNTRIES.


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