ALABAMA

The Birmingham Bosnia Task Force
1219 17th Avenue S.
Birmingham, Alabama 35205
Tel: 205-933-2159
Email: mailto:bbtf@alabama.com
Web Site: http://www.alabama.coom/bbtf/
Contact: Jay Craig

The Birmingham Bosnia Task Force is a nonprofit, interfaith network of concerned professionals in the architecture, urban planning and engineering, and cartography fields, formed to help plan the rebuilding of Sarajevo through the application of urban design techniques. It pulls together university students, instructors and practicing professionals whose goodwill, resources and expertise can be mobilized to make a better tomorrow for the people of Sarajevo. The Task Force works with university students to develop land planning studies, produces a newsletter, and maintains a web site on the Internet.

The Global University for Rebuilding Bosnia
1219 17th Avenue S. Birmingham, Alabama 35205 Tel: 205-933-2159 Contact: Jay Craig The Global University for Rebuilding Bosnia is a loose consortium of landscape architecture academics whose members are participating in mapping projects for Bosnia. The group is presently producing a Reconstruction Handbook, authored by a dozen leading professors in pertinent fields. KEY WORDS: Bosnia, Education; Reconstruction. ARIZONA Americans for Bosnian Human Rights—Main Office 1417 E. Briarwood Terrace Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Tel: 602-460-4455 Fax: 602-893-1167 Contact: Ilyas Dedic Americans for Bosnian Human Rights is a network of grassroots, all-volunteer organizations in the U.S. and Canada. They hold demonstrations and meet with local, state and Federal officials to press for improving human rights throughout the Balkans. They have organized large scale food, clothing and medical drives to send humanitarian aid to Bosnia and Croatia. ABHR also has regional offices in Tucson, Arizona; Chicago, Illinois; Paramus, New Jersey; and Charleston, South Carolina. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Human Rights; U.S. Policy. Americans for Bosnian Human Rights—Tucson 121 Four Horses Place Tucson, Arizona 85704 This Tucson office is part of a national network. The main office is in Phoenix. For a full description, see the listing for Americans for Bosnian Human Rights—Main Office under ARIZONA. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Human Rights; U.S. Policy. Bosnian-American Cultural Association 1417 E. Briarwood Terrace Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Tel: 602-460-4455 Fax: 602-893-1167 Contact: Ilyas Dedic The Bosnian American Cultural Association is an organization based in the local refugee community to help recently migrated refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina. They are very clear that their efforts are to help refugees of every ethnic origin and religion. They help with resettlement, translations, food, transportation, and housing. They have given special attention to assisting with medical cases, from regular doctor visits to amputations and prosthetics. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Diaspora; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Refugee Assistance. Bosnian Information Services P.O. Box 9098 Prescott, Arizona 86313 Tel: 602-717-2612 (Majda) Fax: 602-445-9759 (Attn: Eric A.) Email: (Steven Forman in Sarajevo) Contacts: Eric Adams, Majda Jarovic The mission of the Bosnian Information Service is to provide practical information about Bosnia, particularly Sarajevo, to people who are traveling there out of concern for the war and its victims. BIS will help visitors with transportation from Croatia and within Bosnia; translators and guides; culture and language training; assistance in finding home-stays; assistance in finding business contacts; and contacts with people of similar interests. BIS has produced a booklet with cultural information, useful telephone numbers, standard prices to expect, and how to volunteer. BIS is a project created by Bosnian refugees in Arizona who want to share their love of their country and introduce Bosnia to visitors from abroad. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Refugee Assistance. . Food For the Hungry 7729 E. Greenway Road Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 Tel: 800-2-HUNGER Contact: Sally Diggs Food for the Hungry is sending relief supplies to orphanages in Bosnia. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Humanitarian Relief. Tucson Balkan Peace Support Group 428 E. Adams Street Tucson, Arizona 85705 Tel: 520-623-8905; 520-748-1551 Email: Contact: Gloria McMillan The Tucson Balkan Peace Support Group works to rebuild human contacts among the Balkan ethnic groups living in the U.S. and abroad. They hold monthly meetings, raise funds for conflict resolution efforts in the region, and offer English as a Second Language classes for recent Bosnian arrivals. They produce a one-page monthly newsletter and periodically distribute The Internet Gazette with articles from Balkan news agencies. KEY WORDS: Conflict Resolution; Diaspora; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Inter- Ethnic Dialogue; Peace/Anti-War; Refugee Assistance. ARKANSAS Heifer Project International P.O. Box 808 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 Tel: 800-422-0474 Contact: Pat Stanley Many families in Bosnia have lost their farm animals to the war. Heifer Project International, in partnership with the United Methodist Committee on Relief, is replacing livestock. Each family also receives training in sustainable agriculture and “passes on the gift” of one or more of their animal’s offspring to another struggling family. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Humanitarian Relief; Reconstruction. CALIFORNIA The Balkan Archive 914 Westwood Boulevard, #568 Los Angeles, California 90024 Tel: 310-474-2111 Fax: 310-474-8773 Email: Contact: Anne Harringer, Project Director The Balkan Archive is a research archive and sophisticated computer analysis system of over 700 hours of film and videotape received from worldwide sources related to the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, with a particular emphasis on the human rights abuses which have occurred. The Archive has been used successfully by journalists, human rights groups, researchers, educators, and students seeking information. For its material, it has requested assistance from TV networks and independent producers and has pursued individual filmmakers and photographers as well as NGOs in former Yugoslavia. Many films have not only been catalogued, but also analyzed in the Archives’s database. The Archive strives to present a balanced collection and incorporates material created by and depicting all parties to the conflict. KEY WORDS: Education; Film/Video; Human Rights; Media. Bosnia Home Page c/o Ayhan Infanoglu California Institute of Technology Caltech 104-44 Pasadena, California 91125 Email: Web Site: http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~bosnia/ Contacts: Ayhan Irfanoglu, Ahmet Kirac & Zehra Cataltepe The Bosnia Home Page on the Internet serves as a door to web sites about Bosnian history and culture, details about the war, and channels for support of civilian war victims. It includes a detailed list of web sites for news sources about the region and of related computer sources. It includes a up-to-date list of requests for tangible help, from donations to volunteers, for Bosnian reconstruction projects, refugee assistance efforts, and the like. The Bosnia Home Page is updated regularly. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Computers; Humanitarian Relief; Media; Reconstruction; Refugee Assistance. Bosnia Briefings P.O. Box 27725 Los Angeles, California 90027 Tel: 213-668-1811 Fax: 213-668-1033 Email: Web Site: http://www.ikon.com/bosnia Contact: Nalini Lasiewicz Bosnia Briefings is a media service, sponsored by the Lasiewicz Foundation, which collects information concerning the war in Bosnia and brings items of interest to the attention of media, civic leaders and the general public. BB maintains a reference library and connects potential volunteers with organizations that can use their in-kind donations and services. Highlights include: Balkan Book List; Balkan Film Resources; Producer Resources, consultations for filmmakers in the region, NGO project updates and public event notices, and “Grading Dayton,” a monitoring and recommendation program. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Film/Video; Media; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy. Bosnia Humanitarian Aid 2531 Sawtelle Boulevard, Suite 141 Los Angeles, California 90064 Tel: 310-838-4933 Fax: 310-838-7253 Contact: Zahid Sulejmanagic, Coordinator Bosnia Humanitarian Aid is a non-profit organization which distributes food, medicine, crutches and other items needed by Bosnian communities. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Humanitarian Relief. Chico Peace & Justice Center P.O. Box 4480 Chico, California 95927 Tel: 916-345-7590 Contact: Chris Nelson The Chico Peace Center follows the situation in former Yugoslavia closely and educates the local community about the conflict as part of its broader peace education program. Since the war began, the Center has mobilized its local membership to hold Women-in- Black vigils and other protests against the war, organized community forums, and provided support to independent media and draft resisters in the region. Their recent work has included support for local Bosnian refugees. KEY WORDS: Education; Human Rights; Media; Peace/Anti-War; Refugee Assistance; U.S. Policy; Women’s Issues. Convoy Bosnia P.O. Box 27725 Los Angeles, California 90027 Tel: 213-668-1811 Fax: 213-668-1033 Email: WebSite: http://www.ikon.com/bosnia Contact: Nalini Lasiewicz Convoy Bosnia is a fundraising campaign, sponsored by the Lasiewicz Foundation, to bring together small donors in the United States with relief groups already functioning in Europe to proved humanitarian aid, reconstruction and other needed services to remote and ignored areas of war-torn Bosnia. Convoy Bosnia carefully screens all its partner organizations and regularly monitors their progress. Only those agencies with a track record in successfully delivering aid and programs receive funding. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Humanitarian Relief; Reconstruction; Refugee Assistance. Crabgrass-Working for Social Change 3181 Mission Street #30 San Francisco, California 94110 Tel: 510-428-0240 Fax: 510-601-5683 Email: Contacts: Tova Green Crabgrass builds on the idea that human beings, like crabgrass, may appear to be separate individuals but we are all deeply connected and inseparable. Crabgrass builds on this connection by creating support systems for communities in need, particularly among women. They gather support for women’s projects in all parts of the former Yugoslavia: refugee projects, health clinics, educational programs for girls, and economic development efforts. They build support in the U.S. through public speaking, articles in progressive publications, and a periodic newsletter. KEY WORDS: Economic Development; Education; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Human Rights; Peace/Anti-war; Refugee Assistance; Women’s Issues. Croatian Internet Network P.O. Box 4156 West Hills, California 91308 Email: Web Site: http://www.hrnet.org/CIN/ Contact: Matija Gotovac The Croatian Internet Network uses the power of the Internet to facilitate communication and information exchange among Croatian immigrant communities around the world. CIN expresses an interest in tying together a wide variety of Croatian organizations, creating a diverse place with diverse people. It must be noted that the information CIN posts directly from Croatia reflects a nationalistic point of view. However, in the efforts it is making in the U.S. CIN expresses a commitment to ethnic diversity and a variety of political opinions. KEY WORDS: Computers; Croatia; Diaspora; Education; Media. Direct Relief International 27 South La Patera Lane Santa Barbara, California 93117 Tel: 800-862-7070 Direct Relief donates and delivers medical goods to health facilities in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia. Items include antibiotics, vitamins, orthopedic hardware and software, surgical and trauma supplies, and medical equipment to both urban and field hospitals. All aid is extended on a non-sectarian basis. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Serbia. Global Children’s Organization 4801 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 221 Los Angeles, California 90010 Tel/Fax: Contact: Judith Jenya Global Children’s Organization reaches out to refugee children who are suffering psychologically from the wars in Croatia and Bosnia. Every summer since 1993, GCO has run the Island to Island Summer Camp on an island in the Adriatic where children can begin to relax and heal. The organization is also planning the development of a community center for children and families in Sarajevo. KEY WORDS: Bosnia, Children/Youth; Croatia; Mental Health; Refugee Assistance. Global Children’s Organization—Northern California Contact 768 Contra Costa Avenue Berkeley, California 94707 Tel/Fax: 510-526-4476 Email: Contact: Edie Heartshorne Global Children’s Organization works with Croatian and Bosnian refugee children. Edie Heartshorne is available for speaking about the project and about support for children experiencing war-trauma. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Croatia; Mental Health; Refugee Assistance. International Medical Corps 12233 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 280 Los Angeles, California 90064 Tel: 310-826-7800 Contact: Karen Gerst International Medical Corps runs emergency medical and mental health programs in Zenica, Tuzla, Bihac, Gorazde, and outlying areas. At the Zenica Hospital, it set up a training program for Bosnian doctors and nurses in emergency care. It runs immunization programs and provides counseling and therapeutic activities for war-traumatized Bosnian children. IMC-trained Bosnian mental health workers have created their own independent NGO, called Sezam. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health. Internews Network P.O. Box 4448 Arcata, California 95518 Tel: 707-826-2030 Email: Contact: Lorraine Dillon Internews is an international non-profit organization that uses television technology to build bridges of understanding. Much of its work supports non-governmental television, radio, and print media in the emerging democracies in the former Soviet Union. Internews has arranged the only television broadcast of the proceedings of the International War Crimes Tribunal that can be viewed in former Yugoslavia. These broadcasts are considered a crucial part of the healing process: letting people in the countries where there are victims know that justice is being carried out. Internews is conducting training programs for television and radio professionals in Bosnia and Serbia. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Education; Film/Video; Human Rights; Media; Serbia; War Crimes Tribunal. Miles to Go 277 Alma Street Palo Alto, California 94306 Tel: 415-324-3335 Fax: 415-725-7243 Email: Contact: John Randazzo Miles to Go is a nonprofit organization at Stanford University which raises funds and gathers medical supplies to be distributed to communities and refugee camps in Bosnia. The project collaborates with MediBank, a San Francisco Bay Area organization that operates like a food bank, stockpiling and distributing supplies that hospitals can no longer use because of advances in technology and lack of need. In the summer 1996, a group of students accompanied the Miles to Go shipment, remained to work in the refugee camps and established the Velenje Project which helps develop youth and community centers. The group feels that while they cannot match the volume of aid distributed by major organizations, they can provide a personal ongoing involvement. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health; Refugee Assistance. Muslim Americans Voter Association P.O. Box 20127 San Jose, California 95160 Tel: 408-997-0144 Email: Contact: Shakib Misherghi The Muslim Americans Voter Association’s activities include activism to convince elected officials in the U.S. to support Bosnia, coordination of the U.S. Muslim community to help Bosnian refugees and coordination with other organizations to provide humanitarian aid to the victims of war in Bosnia. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Humanitarian Relief; Refugee Assistance; U.S. Policy. Operation USA 8320 Melrose Avenue, Suite 200 Los Angeles, California 90069 Tel: 800-678-7255 Email: Operation USA ships medical supplies and pharmaceuticals to Bosnia and Croatia. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Health; Humanitarian Relief. Pacific Life Research Center 631 Kiely Boulevard Santa Clara, California 95051 Tel: 408-248-1815 Fax: 408-985-9716 Contact: Bob Aldridge The Center seeks to inform the public about technical issues with regard to wars and militarism, that are not easily understood and to explain these issues in understandable terms. Current focus is on the Trident submarine/missile system and peace in the Balkans. KEY WORDS: Education; Peace/Anti-war; U.S. Policy. Students Against Genocide (SAGE) P.O. Box 9248 Stanford, California 94309 Tel: 415-725-7243 Fax: 415-725-7243 Email: Web Site: http://www-leland.stanford.edu/group/SAGE Contact: Sheri Fink SAGE is involved in educating and empowering students on campuses across the country, and internationally, to counter genocide—in former Yugoslavia and in other regions. It encourages them to take action through a variety of projects: humanitarian aid, local refugee outreach, support for the International War Crimes Tribunal, and direct action. SAGE provides an electronic mail network and a World Wide Web site, a newsletter called Sage Update, and an information packet. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Genocide; Humanitarian Relief; Human Rights; Media; Refugee Assistance; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy; War Crimes Tribunal; Women’s Issues. World Without War Council, Inc. 1730 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way Berkeley, California 94704 Tel: 510-845-1992 (days) Fax: 510-845-5721 Email: Contact: Robert Pickus The World Without War Council identifies individuals and organizations in the U.S. with connections to the former Yugoslavia, identifies democratic, human rights,and peace- oriented leaders and groups in former Yugoslavia, and then helps to establish links between the two. They want to help the individuals and agencies in former Yugoslavia by linking them to interested American organizations. The WWWC also maintains an office in Chicago; see listing under ILLINOIS. KEY WORDS: Conflict Resolution; Education; Human Rights; Inter-Ethnic Dialogue; Peace/Anti-War; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy. COLORADO Bosnian International Community Padraic Kenney Department of History, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 80309 Tel: 302-492-8941 Email: Contact: Padraic Kenney The Bosnian International Community is a group of concerned citizens from the Boulder area who have developed an ongoing support relationship between the University of Colorado and other institutions in the Boulder area with the University of Mostar in Bosnia. The project seeks to support the university as a uniting factor in this city divided between nationalist Croat and Muslim elements. Support includes providing technical and scientific literature and equipment, computers, and exchanges for both faculty and students. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Computers; Education; Exchanges; Reconstruction. CONNECTICUT Connecticut Citizens Against Genocide P.O. Box 2012 Saugatuck Station Westport, Connecticut 06880 Tel: 203-846-4403 Email: Contacts: John Levin or Diane Keefe Connecticut Citizens Against Genocide is a grassroots organization devoted to educating the Fairfield County community about recent and current events in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to motivating Connecticut citizens to lobby the U.S. government to change its foreign policy. Activities include leafleting at films like Schindlers List, “guerrilla postering,” organizing teach-ins and forums, distributing videos on Bosnia to school faculties, and responding to local media inquiries relating to U.S. policy in the Balkans KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Genocide; U.S. Policy. Greenwich Coalition for Peace in Bosnia 65 Perkins Road Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 Tel: 203-629-9765 Fax: 203-869-4860 Contact: Carol Schaefer The Greenwich Coalition is a grassroots organization in Fairfield County with four goals: to help reduce the human suffering in Bosnia, to increase public awareness, to urge the re-imposition of sanctions on states that violate the Dayton Peace Accords, and to create public pressure for the apprehension and bringing to justice of those indicted by the War Crimes Tribunal. The Coalition sponsors humanitarian aid projects in conjunction with Children in Crisis (New York/Tuzla) and markets hand-made items from Bosnian refugees. Its educational work includes forums, interfaith events, and protests and letter- writing campaigns addressed at the media and the U.S. government. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Refugee Assistance; U.S. Policy; War Crimes Tribunal. Rape/Genocide Law Project P.O. Box 6413 Hamden, Connecticut 06517 Contact: Natalie Nenadic KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Education; Human Rights; Rape/Genocide; War Crimes Tribunal; Women’s Issues. Save the Children Ex-Yugoslavia Relief P.O. Box 975 Westport, Connecticut 06881 Tel: 203-221-4161 Fax: 203-221-4210 Contact: Peg Blackburn Working with displaced and refugee families, Save the Children has established 475 preschool groups (serving approx. 13,000 children) in Bosnia and southern Croatia. Parents are involved in all aspects of the project, from finding and rehabilitating suitable facilities to managing the operations. Save the Children provides basic school materials, teacher training, and guidance in making the school financially self-sustainable. Through this program, young war-affected children are provided with a supportive educational environment which also addresses their emotional needs. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Children/Youth; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health; Reconstruction. DELAWARE Delaware Coalition for Bosnia c/o Second Baptist Church 2800 Silverside Road Wilmington, Delaware 19810 Tel: 302-478-5921 Fax: 302-478-5995 Contact: Mark Smith The Delaware Coalition works in the areas of public education and humanitarian aid to raise public awareness and understanding of the war in former Yugoslavia and its effect on civilians. They make public presentations to schools, university classes, and civic organizations. Their aid campaign in the winter of 1995-96, Blankets to Bosnia, provided 3000 new blankets plus hundreds of glove sets and coats to displaced families and refugees. They are now exploring both direct aid and economic development efforts in Bosnia. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Economic Development; Humanitarian Relief. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Action Council for Peace in the Balkans P.O. Box 28268 Washington, DC 20038 Tel: 202-737-1414 Fax: 202-737-3005 Email: Contacts: Marshall Harris, Steven Walker The Action Council is a group of prominent Americans dedicated to promoting democracy, political stability and economic development in the Balkan region. Members come from every ideological persuasion on the political spectrum and from a wide range of disciplines, including former veteran diplomats, noted intellectuals, religious leaders, human and civil rights activists, former Cabinet-level officials and Members of Congress. Its members seek to develop strategy and policy recommendations to ensure a sustainable peace and increase public awareness of current events in the Balkan region. They seek to persuade policy makers, the media and the public that the U.S. can and must exert international leadership in opposing aggression and genocide and bringing the conflict to an end. The Council’s focus embraces Macedonia and Kosovo/a as well as Bosnia. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Genocide; Kosovo/a; Macedonia; U.S. Policy; U.N.Policy. AICF/USA International Action Against Hunger 1511 K Street NW, Suite 1025 Washington, DC 20005 Tel: 202-783-5947 AICF works in Central Bosnia; its base of operations is in Bugojno. It’s humanitarian work focuses on agricultural, economic and environmental development, reconstruction, health, and ethnic reconciliation. It has provided seeds and tree seedlings, provided children with art therapy to address war trauma, and helped local people create sustainable businesses. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Economic Development; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health; Reconstruction. American Bar Association and Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI) 740 15th Street NW, 8th Floor Washington, DC 20005-1009 Tel: 202-662-1950 Fax: 202-662-1597 Email: Web Site: http://abanet.org/ceeli/home.html Contacts: Mark Ellis, Executive Director; Margaret Zokowski, Program Assistant CEELI is committed to advancing the rule of law and the legal reform process in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union. With resident liaisons stationed in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and 17 other countries, CEELI makes available the legal expertise of U.S. and international judges, lawyers and law professors to assist countries in modifying or restructuring laws and legal systems. KEY WORDS: Citizenship; Human Rights; Legal Reform; Reconstruction. American Red Cross International Response Fund For Donations: P.O. Box 37243, Washington, DC 20013 Tel: 800-HELP-NOW For Information: 8111 Galeborn Road, Falls Church, Virginia 22042 Attention: Public Inquiries Tel: 703-206-7090 The International Red Cross has provided emergency food and water and medical assistance to the victims of the war and “ethnic cleansing,” helped establish contact between separated family members, and sought to determine the fate of missing loved ones. The American Red Cross provided funds and commodities, initiated a major feeding project in Central Bosnia and handled thousands of messages between people in Bosnia and their families in the U.S. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Humanitarian Relief; Refugee Assistance. American University Bosnia Support Committee c/o Prof. Joshua Goldstein School of International Service, American University Washington, DC 20016 Tel: 202-885-2457 Fax: 202-882-0262 Email: The Bosnia Support Committee at American University, formed in 1994, works to provide political and humanitarian support to multi-ethnic Bosnia. It has sponsored a teach-in, various speakers and forums, and political demonstrations. The BSC/AU supports changes in U.S. policy to more effectively confront ultra-nationalism and aid the victims of genocide—including stronger support for the War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague and robust use of IFOR to ensure human rights and freedom of movement. The BSC/AU helped to support a Bosnian student at American University in 1995. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Exchanges; Genocide; U.S. Policy; War Crimes Tribunal. Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team P.O. Box 56466 Washington, DC 20040 Tel: 202-829-8676 Contact: Peter Sage Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team has been providing basic foodstuffs to people in Western Slavonia in Croatia, as well as sending women’s hygiene items to refugee camps in Croatia. KEY WORDS: Croatia; Humanitarian Relief; Refugee Assistance; Women’s Issues. The Balkan Institute P.O. Box 27974 Washington, DC 20038 Tel: 202-737-5219 Fax: 202-737-1940 Email: Web Site: Http://users.aol.com/BalkanInst/home.html Contacts: Marshall Harris, Stephen Walker The Balkan Institute is engaged in public education efforts on the nature of the Balkan war and its consequences, by providing informative historical accounts of how the crisis evolved and thoughtful analyses of the current situation. It produces a weekly news summary, Balkan Watch, background and analytical papers, and two regular analytical publications, Balkan Monitor and Military Watch. The Institute sponsors fact-finding missions, research projects, and public seminars and conferences. KEY WORDS: Education; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy. Bosnia Support Committee P.O. Box 18712 Washington, DC 20003 Tel: 202-546-5672 (Dede Faller) or 202-333-2823 ( Andrew Eiva) Fax: same as phones but call first. Email: <200-7618@ mcimail.com> Contacts: Dede Faller, Andrew Eiva The Bosnia Support Committee centers its work on urging elected U.S. leaders to support a multi-ethnic Bosnia within its pre-1992 borders. BSC organizes demonstrations and distributes leaflets and videos. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy. British American Security Information Council (BASIC) 1900 L Street NW #401 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: 202-785-1266 Fax: 202-387-6298 Email: Web Site: http://www.igc.apc.org/basic/ Contact: Dan Plesch The British American Security Information Council seeks to strengthen the non- nationalist voices in the Balkans and enhance security in the region through dialogue and arms control. BASIC conducts independent analyses of policies and disseminates information internationally to NGOs, policy makers, and the media. KEY WORDS: Education; Media; Peace/Anti-War; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy. Center for Civil Society in Southeastern Europe 1319 18th Street NW Washington, DC 20036 Tel: 202-785-1309 Fax: 202-833-3372 Email: Contact: Gregory J. Simpson, Washington Director The Center for Civil Society in Southeastern Europe (CCS), formerly the Croatian Democracy Project, is a Washington DC-based private voluntary organization, established in 1990 to assist in the social, political,and economic development of the emerging democracies in former Yugoslavia. CCS offers over six years of experience working in the region and managing democracy-building efforts, visitors/training, and humanitarian assistance programs. CCS works closely with community, political, and religious leaders to promote the development of vibrant civil societies dedicated to political liberty, economic freedom, and inter-ethnic reconciliation. CCS has founded two Centers for Ethnic Reconciliation in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: local-level, indigenous civic organizations designed to encourage respect for human civil and minority rights, promote inter-ethnic cooperation, and bolster the development of civil society at the grass-roots level, through community development programs which benefit all citizens regardless of ethnicity. CCS publishes a quarterly newsletter.($25 donation). KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Citizenship; Conflict Resolution; Croatia; Economic Development; Education; Human Rights; Inter-Ethnic Dialogue; Media; U.S. Policy. Center for Strategic and International Studies Project Conflict Resolution Training for Religious Representatives from the Former Yugoslavia 1800 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 Tel: 202-775-3154 Fax: 202-775-3199 Email: Contact: Dr. David A. Steele The Project seeks to foster inter-ethnic and inter-religious community building by conducting 3-4-day training seminars in community building and conflict resolution in Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia. It produces written reports and proposals which are available on request and is in the process of developing a training manual. Key Words: Education; Conflict Resolution; Inter-Ethnic Dialogue; Religious Community; Peace/Anti-War. Coalition for International Justice American Bar Association 740 Fifteenth Street NW, 8th Floor Washington, DC 20005 Tel: 202-662-1595 Fax: 202-662-1597 Email: WebSite: http://www.cij.org/cij/ Contact: John Heffernan The Coalition for International Justice, developed by the American Bar Association, is an international, non-profit organization that provides financial and in-kind support and technical legal assistance to the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. The CIJ also coordinates support for the Tribunals from interested non-governmental organizations and provides advocacy and public education about the role of the Tribunals in maintaining international security and in establishing the rule of law. The CIJ has headquarters in Washington, D.C., with a sister organization in The Hague and a liaison office in Brussels, Belgium. KEY WORDS: Education; Human Rights; Legal Reform; War Crimes Tribunal. Mary Haney Haney Associates 4353 Verplanck Place NW Washington, DC 20016 Tel: 202-966-7737 Fax: 202-364-8452 Mary Haney has been working since the war began to raise public awareness of women’s experience of the conflict. Early in 1993, she established the D.C. Ad Hoc Coalition to Oppose War Crimes Against Women in the Former Yugoslavia. She was active in organizing for the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing where the Platform for Action cited rape as a war crime. She is available for public speaking on these issues and on broader topics related to women in Central and Eastern Europe and to follow up to the Beijing Conference. KEY WORDS: Education; Rape; U.N. Policy; Women’s Issues. Humanity International International Square 1825 I Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: 202-429-2733 Fax: 202-429-9574 Contact: Daniel Aulicino Humanity International is helping with the distribution of excess medical equipment and supplies to hospitals in Bosnia. As reconstruction begins in Bosnia, HI is developing a program to provide new medical clinics with lab equipment and to provide computers and computer training for Automated Learning Centers. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Computers; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Reconstruction. Immigration and Refugee Services of America 1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW. Suite 701 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: 202-797-2105 Immigration and Refugee Services of America provides preventive mental health and social service programs to displaced Bosnian and Croatian children in private accomodation in Croatia. This program, called “Prilatelj” (Friends), operates two community centers for youth and families. The program also offers leadership training and is transferring the operation to local professionals while exploring other possibilities in Bosnia. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Croatia; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health; Refugee Assistance. International Catholic Migration Commission 1319 F Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20004 Tel: 202-393-2904 The International Catholic Migration Commission operates the U.S. Refugee Processing Program Office in Zagreb which assists refugees throughout Croatia who are seeking resettlement in the United States. Its Cultural Orientation Program provides pre-arrival training. It is now developing programs to help reintegrate refugees and displaced persons within Bosnia, focusing on economic development activities and assistance to displaced women. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Economic Development; Refugee Assistance; Women’s Issues. National Organization for Victim Assistance 1757 Park Road NW Washington, DC 20010 Tel: 202-232-2282 Fax: 202-462-2255 Email: Web Site: http://www.access.digex.net/~nova NOVA has organized “Trauma Relief Teams” in refugee centers in Bosnia. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Mental Health. Network of East-West Women 1601 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 701 Washington, DC 20009 Tel: 202-265-3585 Fax: 202-265-3508 Email: Former Soviet Union Program Email: Web Site: http://www.igc.apc.org/neww/ Contact: Dorota Majewska The Network of East-West Women is an international communication and resource network, supporting dialogue, informational exchange, and activism among those concerned about women’s swiftly changing situation in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The Network has forged strong links with women’s groups throughout former Yugoslavia. Its primary projects include NEWW On-Line, an electronic communications network that maximizes informational exchanges, develops technical skills, and coordinates research and activist projects. The East-East Legal Coalition monitors the legal impact of the post-communist transition on women’s lives. NEWW publishes a membership directory, the On-Line User’s Guide and a periodic newsletter. KEY WORDS: Computers; Education; Human Rights; Legal Reform; Media; Women’s Issues. Psychologists for Social Responsibility 2607 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, DC 20008 Tel: 202-745-7084 Contact: Anne Anderson Since 1993, Psychologists for Social Responsibility has produced and distributed a brochure, Ratna Trauma I Oporavak, which advises people in former Yugoslavia on war trauma and recovery. PSR hosts occasional meetings and forums on how psychologists can find ways to support their professional colleagues in the region and best make their skills of use. KEY WORDS: Education; Mental Health. Refugees International 21 Dupont Circle NW Washington, DC 20036 Tels: 212-828-0110 or 1-800-REFUGEE Fax: 212-828-0819 Email: Web Site: http://www.clark.net/pub/ri/ri.html Refugees International seeks to serves as the advocate of the unrepresented—the refugee—and to provide early warning in crises of mass exodus, mixing quiet diplomacy and the power of the press to mobilize governments and the U.N. It contributes on-the- ground emergency assessments which can pave the way for relief agencies and human rights organizations. Among its 30 emergency missions in the last four years, it launched a major effort to help the war victims in Bosnia. In 1994 and 1995, RI produced and distributed a regular news sheet summary, Bosnia Relief Watch. It continues to send observer delegations to monitor the delivery of assistance. In 1996, it produced a video clip on the survivors of Srebrenica and a bulletin on the need for seeds during Bosnia’s spring planting season. KEY WORDS: Education; Humanitarian Aid; Refugee Assistance; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy. Search for Common Ground 1601 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20009 Tel: 202-265-4300 Fax: 202-232-6718 Email: Contact: David Schorr Search for Common Ground carries out an extensive program aimed at helping resolve ethnic conflict in Macedonia. They have begun program exploration efforts in Bosnia. Search for Common Ground in Macedonia co-sponsors a program bringing together journalists from different ethnic groups in seminars and promoting improved coverage across ethnic lines through joint reporting projects. They have helped develop conflict resolution training programs and materials for teachers and students in local schools, co- produced a television series focused on ethnic issues, and launched two environmental projects based on inter-ethnic cooperation. The Washington, DC office hosts regular Macedonia Policy Forum meetings for policy makers and NGOs. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Conflict Resolution; Education; Inter-Ethnic Dialogue; Macedonia; Media; U.S. Policy. STAR Project (Delphi STAR Project) 1090 Vermont Avenue NW, 7th Floor Washington, DC 20005 Tel: 202-898-0950 Fax: 202-842-0885 Email: Contact: Claudia Crawford; Alexandra Detjens The STAR Project provides technical assistance to women’s organizations in the former Yugoslavia in the areas of communications, conflict resolution, economic and organizational development, and public policy advocacy. Working with advisory boards of local women, it seeks to assist local organizations by providing access to training skills, assistance in strategic planning and fundraising, computer technology and know- how, and region-wide workshops and conferences. It seeks to strengthen women’s leadership in the new civil society structures that are emerging in the region, and to assist them in building support networks across ethnic and national lines. KEY WORDS: Computers; Conflict Resolution; Economic Development; Education; Reconstruction; Women’s Issues. . U.S. Committee for Refugees 1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 701 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: 202-347-3507 Fax: 202-347-3418 KEY WORDS: Refugee Assistance. U.S. Institute of Peace 1550 M Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 Tel: 202-457-1700 Fax: 202-429-6063 The United States Institute for Peace is not an NGO. It is a U.S. government supported Institute, operating on funds approved annually by the U.S. Congress. However, it is an important source of support for other non-governmental organizations in the United States: it provides grants, supports scholarly research, organizes conferences, and publishes important findings in the fields of disarmament and nonviolent resolution of international conflict. USIP has taken an active role in monitoring and supporting programs to end the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. In 1996, it began exploring the possibilities of creating an electronic clearinghouse of Online Information on Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation Activities in the Former Yugoslavia. KEY WORDS: Computers; Conflict Resolution; Education; Inter-Ethnic Dialgoue; Peace/Anti-War; U.S. Policy. Women for Women in Bosnia 1725 K Street, NW, Suite 611 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: 202-822-1391 Fax: 202-822-1392 Email: Web Site: http:\\ www.embassy.org\wwbosnia\wwbosnia.html Contact: Zainab Salbi Women for Women in Bosnia provides financial and emotional support to women affected by the war in Bosnia and Croatia. WWB links supporters with individual women in need; more than 700 women have been sponsored through this program in the last three years. The organization also operates a micro credit lending program which aims to help mainly female-headed households start income generating jobs for themselves; it provides small loans to women returning back to their destroyed homes around Sarajevo. WWB publishes Outreach monthly, distributed free to its sponsors. KEY WORD: Bosnia; Croatia; Economic Development; Humanitarian Relief; Reconstruction; Refugee Assistance; Women’s Issues. World Vision International 220 I Street NW, Suite 270 Washington, DC 20002 Tel: 202-547-3743 Fax: 202-547-4834 Contact: Dayton Maxwell Email: This is the International Office for World Vision; the main office for World Vision USA is in Federal Way, Washington. For a full description, see the listing under WASHINGTON STATE. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Economic Development; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health; Reconstruction. FLORIDA People Finder Service c/o Applied Computer Solutions P.O. Box 1742 Tallahassee, Florida 32303 Tel: 904-877-5280 days Tel: 904-877-0620 eves Fax: 904-877-5280 Email: , , Contact: Dubravko Kakarigi People Finder Service records and distributes information about people missing in the Balkan wars, and makes on-line resources available to other tracing services, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross. KEY WORDS: Computers; Refugee Assistance. Sarajevo Project c/o St. Petersburg Friends Meeting 130 19th Avenue SE St. Petersburg, Florida 33705 Tel: 813-531-3401 Fax: 813-531-3401; after the beep press *51 and then Start Contact: Linda Beekman The Sarajevo Project evolved from the personal efforts of Linda Beekman who from 1993-95, hand-delivered over one thousands pounds of material aid into Sarajevo, including musical instruments and ballet shoes—aid overlooked by other organizations. The Project continues to supply this type of aid to Sarajevo and Tuzla. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Bosnia; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health; Peace/Anti-War. WHACH: Worldwide Humanitarian Aid Clearing House P.O. Box 1742 Tallahassee, Florida 32303 Tel: 904-877-5280 days Email: Web Site: http://www.applicom.com/whach/ Contact: Dubravko Kakarigi The Worldwide Humanitarian Aid Clearing House seeks to collect and disseminate information on humanitarian aid to individuals and groups who are interested in offering this kind of assistance. This program is designed by organizers with years of humanitarian aid work in former Yugoslavia, but the clearinghouse focus will be worldwide and it will address a variety of crisis situations. WHACH will carry information about specific humanitarian aid situations and aid organizations as well as general information on the treaties and conventions which one must comply with to provide aid. Information will be organized in a variety of data bases and in a library, including a video library. Information will be disseminated through printed reports, newsletters and alerts, conferences and the Internet. KEY WORDS: Education; Humanitarian Relief; Reconstruction; Refugee Assistance. GEORGIA CARE 121 Ellis Street NE Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Tel: 800-422-7385; 404-422-7385 CARE has provided relief to communities on all sides of the war since it began in 1991. Specific projects have included CARE packages, carpentry and masonry materials for the rebuilding of homes, mobile gynecological clinics and trauma counseling for women, medical care, and water purification. They also operate a Paper Project that gathers in- kind contributions of paper for use in producing textbooks, periodicals and newspapers. KEY WORDS: Health; Humanitarian Relief; Media; Mental Health; Reconstruction; Women’s Issues. . The Carter Center Conflict Resolution Program One Copenhill Atlanta, Georgia 30307 Tel: 404-420-5185 Fax: 404-420-3862 Email: Web Site: http://www.emory.edu/CARTER_CENTER Contact: Joyce Neu The Carter Center’s Conflict Resolution Program marshals the experience of peacemakers to address the suffering caused by armed conflicts around the globe. Through its International Negotiation Network, the program monitors conflicts weekly and, upon request, offers advice and assistance to resolve disputes. In 1994, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter and two Carter Center staff members traveled to Bosnia where they successfully brokered a four month cease-fire. After fighting broke out again, Carter testified before the Senate Armed Service Committee urging that U.S. influence be used to bring warring factions to the negotiating table. KEY WORDS: Conflict Resolution; International Policy. MAP International 2200 Glynco Parkway Brunswick, Georgia 31521 Tels: 800-225-8550; 912-265-6010 MAP International has provided hospitals, clinics, and refugee centers in Bosnia and Croatia with medicine and medical supplies. MAP is conducting training in Kosovo/a for obstetricians, pediatricians, and general practitioners. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Kosovo/a; Refugee Assistance. Ministry Resource Network d/b/a Church Resource Network International in Bosnia 5185 Peachtree Dunwoody Road Atlanta, Georgia 30342 Tel: 770-256-5700 Fax: 770-256-0624 Email: <74222.2507@CompuServe.COM> Contacts: John Rowell, Bill Smith The Church Resource Network carries out refugee relief work, humanitarian aid, and reconciliation work in Bosnia. It works with indigenous church leaders in ministering to personal and spiritual needs where possible. The Network’s base in the U.S. is among Evangelical Christians, where it works with local U.S. churches. CRN has produced a film, The Road to Sarajevo. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Conflict Resolution; Humanitarian Relief; Religious Community. 7 Stages: The Survivor Arts Project 1105 Euclid Avenue Atlanta, Georgia 30307 Tel: 404-522-0911 Fax: 404-522-0913 Email: Contact: Lisa James 7 Stages, a professional theater company, is working with artists from the countries of former Yugoslavia to explore the responsibility of artists in situations of survival, whether of the person, a culture, or a way of life. Artists from Sarajevo, Belgrade, and Zagreb were presented in Atlanta around the 1996 Summer Olympics. In the Fall of 1996, 7 Stages toured Belgrade, Skopje and Bitola. 7 Stages is interested in receiving proposals for collaborative performance projects to take place either in the United States or in the countries of former Yugoslavia. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Bosnia; Croatia; Macedonia; Serbia. ILLINOIS Alliance of Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina P.O. Box 5931 Lansing, Illinois 60438 Tels: 708-895-5531 (eves); 818-447-4438 Faxes: 708-895-5531 or 818-447-4438 Email: Web Site: http://www.hrnet.org/~napredak/ACBH/ Contacts: Dr. Ante Cuvalo and Petar Radielovic The Alliance, which has no political party affiliations, seeks to act as a bridge between Croats and Bosniaks in the Croat-Bosniak Federation. It stands for Bosnia’s internationally recognized borders and for Bosnia to survive as a multi-ethnic, multi- religious civil state. It also provides humanitarian relief in the region and publishes the quarterly American Croatian Review.. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Refugee Assistance; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy. Americans for Bosnian Human Rights—Chicago Office 6331 N. Keystone Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60646 This Chicago office is part of a national network. The main office is in Phoenix. For a full description, see the entry for Americans for Bosnian Human Rights—Main Office under ARIZONA. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Human Rights; U.S. Policy. Benevolence International Foundation P.O. Box 548 Worth, Illinois 60482 Tel: 708-233-0062 days Fax: 708-233-0069 Email: and Contact: Muzaffar Khan The Benevolence International Foundation offers acute aid on an emergency basis in food, clothing, shelter, and medical care as well as educational, vocational and agricultural processes. It publishes Benevolence Report, a quarterly newsletter, and produces videos on BIF’s projects. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Reconstruction; Refugee Assistance. Franciscan Fathers—Save the Children of Bosnia and Herzegovina P.O. Box 29067 Chicago, Illinois 60629 Tels: 708-806-6700 days; 708-430-9516 eves (Marija Luburic) Fax: 708-806-6370 Email: Web Site: http://www.hrnet.org/~napredak/SCBH/ Contact: Marilyn Wright Franciscan Fathers—Save the Children provides humanitarian aid for children in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sponsors are connected to an individual child with whom they are encouraged to correspond. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Humanitarian Relief. Illinois Committee to Save Bosnia Chicago, Illinois Tel: 312-421-5161 Contact: Steve Mueller Bojana Mladenovic Northwestern University, Dept. of Philosophy 1818 Hinman Avenue Evanston, Illinois 60208 Bojana Mladenovic is a speaker and activist engaged in supporting feminism, multi- ethnicity, peace and conflict resolution efforts in former Yugoslavia. She recently relocated to Illinois from Berkeley, California where she worked with the Balkans Peace Project. She can speak about the existence and viability of the political forces for peace and democracy in the region, as well as providing a political analysis of the current situation. KEY WORDS: Conflict Resolution; Education; Peace/Anti-War; Women’s Issues. Napredak On-Line P.O. Box 29004 Chicago, Illinois 60629 Tel: 315-581-7781 (evenings) Electronic mail: Web Site: http://www.hrnet.org/~napredak/ Contact: Marko Puljic Napredak On-Line is linked to the organization Napredak, which has served the Croatian community in Bosnia-Herzegovina since 1907, primarily focusing on education. Since 1990, it has sought to be a voice for peace during the war, organizing humanitarian help, student support and cultural activities which transcend religious and cultural differences. Napredak On-Line is an on-line database of information concerning the Croatian community in Bosnia. It contains documents, analysis, pictures and other material. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Computers; Education. Project on Genocide, Psychiatry and Witnessing U. of Illinois at Chicago, Dept. of Psychiatry Psychiatric Institute, Room 4235 1601 West Taylor Street Chicago, Illinois 60612 Tel: 312-666-6500 x3205 Fax: 312-633-2195 Email: Contacts: Steven M. Weine MD and Ivan Pavkovic MD The Project on Genocide, Psychiatry and Witnessing, which is led by two psychiatrists and includes professionals with mental health experience in Bosnia and Croatia, has two primary goals. The first is survivors’ recovery: the Project supports Bosnian refugees in the Chicago area who need specialized services for overcoming their trauma-related problems, in order to help with their adaptation in the new environment. The second goal is to make an intellectual inquiry into the nature of events that lead to crimes against humanity. The Project’s experience of providing high quality health services to Bosnian refugees will also provide the basis for educating mental health professionals in the U.S., Bosnia, and Croatia. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Bosnia; Croatia; Education; Genocide; Mental Health; Refugee Assistance. SESTRA International 200 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 401 Chicago, Illinois 60601 Tel: 312-251-0501 Fax: 312-649-1088 Email: Web Site: http://www.embassy.org/nona/sestra.front.page.html Contacts: Susan Soric or Meghan Kennedy SESTRA International is a Chicago-based grassroots organization which seeks to respond directly to the survivors of systematic and genocidal rape as their advocates and supporters through working with health-care providers, women’s organizations, and volunteer organization of the country and culture in need. The organization maintains close ties to women in the Balkans while responding to requests for assistance from women throughout the world. They provide crisis intervention training programs, advocate for improved human rights laws and enforcement for women survivors of war crimes, support Chicago area programs in their efforts to help refugees, and conduct research on the subject of systematic rape. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Human Rights; Mental Health; Rape/Genocide; Refugee Assistance; War Crimes Tribunal; Women’s Issues. Southern Illinois Committee for Bosnia Interfaith Center 913 S. Illinois Carbondale, Illinois 62901 Fax: 618-453-5440 (Zobairi) Contact: Nelafir Zobairi KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education. World Relief Corporation P.O. Box WRC Wheaton, Illinois 60189 Tels: 630-665-0235; 800-535-5433 Fax: 630-665-4473 Email: Web Site: http://www.wr.org Contacts: Arne Bergstrom or Martin Hartog World Relief works through local churches or agencies to alleviate human suffering in the name of Christ. Since the war began, WR has provided funding for projects in Croatia, Bosnia, and Serbia through local NGOs and local churches. In 1995-96, WR provided medical and food supplies to displaced people arriving in Tuzla, and Mostar, Bosnia; food and bedding to refugees arriving in Belgrade and Novi Sad; hot meals to refugees in Osijek, Croatia; and counseling and rehabilitation services to children and rape victims in Crkvenica and Celse, Croatia. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Croatia; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health; Refugee Assistance; Serbia; Vojvodina; Rape; Women’s Issues. World Without War Council-Midwest Office 421 South Wabash Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60615 Tel: 312-663-4250 Fax: 312-431-0233 Contact: Robert Woito The World Without War Council identifies individuals and organizations in the U.S. with connections to the former Yugoslavia, identifies democratic, human rights and peace- oriented leaders and groups in former Yugoslavia and then helps to establish links between the two. They want to help the individuals and agencies in former Yugoslavia by linking them to interested American organizations. The WWWC-Midwest has produced Internal War: A Citizens Primer, which analyzes the causes and examines the moral and ethical issues of five conflicts, including the war in Bosnia. The WWWC also maintains an office in Berkeley; see listing under CALIFORNIA. KEY WORDS: Conflict Resolution; Education; Human Rights; Peace/Anti-War; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy. INDIANA Church World Service P.O. Box 968 Elkhart, Indiana 46515 Tel: 800-762-0968 Since the beginning of the war, Church World Service has delivered material aid to victims on all sides, including food, clothes, health kits, and school kits. It also participates in international dialogues seeking to help the religious communities in former Yugoslavia work toward peace in the region. Through the National Council of Churches, the agency has been helping U.S. Protestants engage in public debate on U.S. policy choices in the Balkan conflict. KEY WORDS: Conflict Resolution; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Refugee Assistance; Religious Community; U.S. Policy. KENTUCKY St. Joseph Peace Mission c/o Mary Ann Haycraft 5057 Pleasant Valley Road Philpot, Kentucky 42366 Tel: 502-281-5295 Fax: 502-684-2588 Email: Web Site: http://www.cris.com/~Midgett/ Contact: Mary Ann Haycraft The Peace Mission’s aim is to provide necessities to refugees: transportation for those needing medical assistance and shipments of needed supplies and children’s items. With a base in Medjugorje, SJMR has organized a youth center in Drugi Rat, Croatia, and a distribution center for aid in Graska, Bosnia, where it also plans to open a medical dispensary. The Mission has welcomed the heartfelt contributions of aid that come from small communities, parishes and individual families in the United States. The Mission’s worker in the region, Maria, writes a regular newsletter with stories of the local communities. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Croatia; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Reconstruction; Refugee Assistance. MAINE Alice Mead Loose Cannon Press 9 Bea Lane Cumberland, Maine 04021 Alice Mead is a Quaker and children’s book author who seeks to make the people of Kosovo/a and their situation more well-known to Americans. In 1994 she traveled to Kosovo/a, following the belief that the only way to end wide-scale violence is to seek ways to humanize it. The result of her work is the book Journey to Kosova. Alice works closely with the Kosovo/a Coalition Group which meets periodically in Washington. She also distributes a video about the Kosovo/a conflict, Kosova and the Death of Yugoslavia. KEY WORDS: Education; Human Rights; Kosovo/a; U.S. Policy. Children of War Rescue Project 195 Gray Road Falmouth, Maine 04105 Tel: 207-871-8635 Fax: 207-773-0804 Email: Contact: Jerry Genesio, President The Children of War Rescue Project is a non-profit organization that evacuates and provides free medical and surgical treatment for child war victims around the globe. During the fighting in former Yugoslavia, they provided this service to wounded children from the Balkan war. KEY WORDS: Children/Youth; Health; Humanitarian Relief. MARYLAND Adventist Development & Relief Agency (ADRA) 12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Spring, Maryland 20904 Tel: 800-424-ADRA The Adventist Development & Relief Agency has provided humanitarian aid to former Yugoslavia since 1991. Its most unique contribution was to organize Sarejevo’s mail delivery system, working with more than 100 local volunteers. Because of its known neutrality among all ethnic and religious groups, its convoys were able to travel throughout the region on a regular basis. It is involved in both immediate and long-term development assistance. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Economic Development; Humanitarian Relief. Catholic Relief Services P.O. Box 17090 Baltimore, Maryland 21203 Tel: 800-736-3467 After providing $30 million in humanitarian assistance during the war, Catholic Relief Services, in the wake of the peace agreement, is dramatically increasing its support for reconciliation work and for economic reconstruction, plus providing mental health counselors with training in trauma counseling. Much of the new support is directed at small businesses. One CRS-initiated enterprise during the war was the Sarajka Pasta Factory in Sarajevo which employed 500 people and offered a high-protein alternative to the bread, beans and oil which for so long was the bulk of people’s diet. CRS works with agencies from the Catholic, Muslim, Serbian Orthodox and Jewish communities. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Conflict Resolution; Economic Development; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health; Reconstruction. International Orthodox Christian Charities 711 40th Street, Suite 306 Baltimore, Maryland 21211 Tel: 410-243-9820 Fax: 410-243-9824 Email: Web Site: http://www.omacess.com/wrlom/iocc Contact: Samir Ishak, International Programs Manager The International Orthodox Christian Charities organization coordinates with the Serbian Orthodox Church to reach vulnerable populations in need of relief, maintaining an established office in Belgrade and a satellite office in Banja Luka. Assistance is given solely on the basis of need. Recent activities include providing food and clothing and medical supplies to refugees from the Krajina and providing Serbian hospitals with infant formula, medical supplies,and mental health kits. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Health; Humanitarian Aid; Mental Health; Refugee Assistance; Serbia. MASSACHUSETTS Ed Agro 32 Robinwood Avenue #2 Boston, Massachusetts 02130 Tel: 617-524-2057 Fax: 508-356-8567 Email: or Ed Agro, Coordinator of the PeaceNet Balkans Desk, is a computer activist who moderates electronic mail conferences, including the popular and on PeaceNet, the activist computer network which is part of the Institute for Global Communications. The activist volunteers at the Balkans Desk maintain regular contact with the system operators at ZamirNet, the electronic mail network used by peace and human rights activists throughout former Yugoslavia. From their vantage point, the Balkans Desk crew closely follow the projects and campaigns of grassroots human rights and peace organizations in the Balkans as well as ways that computer technology has served to maintain a network of opposition voices committed to a multi-ethnic society in former Yugoslavia. KEY WORDS: Computers; Education; Peace/Anti-war; Refugee Assistance. Balkan Initiatives, Inc. 82 Washington Street Northampton, Massachusetts 01060 Tel: 413-586-9690 Email: Contact: Marjorie Senechal Balkan Initiatives seeks to make the cultures of the Balkans better known in the United States, working with afflitiates throughout the region to encourage peaceful change. This includes Greek, Albanian, Romanian and Bulgarian cultures as well as the regions and ethnic groups in former Yugoslavia. KEY WORDS. Economic Development; Education; Women’s Issues. Bosnia Advocates of Metrowest (BAM) c/o Joyce McNeil 901 Pleasant Street Framingham, Massachusetts 01701 Tel: 508-875-1546 (Joyce McNeil) or 508-626-9231 (Ed Herbert ) Email: Contacts: Joyce McNeil or Ed Herbert Bosnia Advocates of Metrowest (BAM) is an all-volunteer, grassroots organization dedicated to helping the people of Bosnia. By lobbying elected officials, by educating the American people, and by participating in humanitarian aid campaigns, it works to oppose genocide. BAM supports justice and peace for multi-ethnic, multi-cultural Bosnia. Its activities have included educational presentations, often in cooperation with other Bosnia advocacy groups; organizing pro-Bosnia rallies; and lobbying political leaders to bring war criminals to justice. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Genocide; Humanitarian Relief; U.S. Policy; War Crimes Tribunal. Bosnian Manuscripts Ingathering Project c/o Fine Arts Library, Harvard University 32 Quincy Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Tel: 617-495-3372 Fax: 617-496-4889 Email: ; Web Site: http://www.applicom.com/manu/ingather.htm Contact: Andras Riedlmayer The Bosnia Manuscripts Ingathering Project gathers data on the current locations of copies (photos, microforms, photocopies) of Bosnian documents, manuscripts and works of art. It aims to help Bosnian librarians and archivists in gathering copies to help reconstruct destroyed originals to help with the recovery of Bosnia’s devastated cultural heritage. Its members also support the prosecution of crimes against culture. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Bosnia; Education; Reconstruction; War Crimes Tribunal. Boston Group Against Ethnic Cleansing 10 Kenmore Street S. #103 Boston, Massachusetts 02215 Tel: 617-247-1883 Contact: Victoria Poupko The Boston Group Against Ethnic Cleansing was founded in response to the massacre in Srebrenica in July 1995. The Group organized a 2.5 ton shipment of food and clothing for the women and children from Srebrenica who are now living in refugee camps around Tuzla, Bosnia. It is now developing projects to support programs that address the medical and emotional needs of the children in these camps. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health; Refugee Assistance; Women’s Issues. Center for War, Peace and the News Media 5 Upland Road, Suite 3 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 Tel: 617-497-7377 Fax: 617-491-5344 Email: Contact: Rob Leavitt The Media and Conflict Program at the Center for War, Peace and the News Media explores opportunities for the media to contribute to peace in the Balkans. Its Global Reporting Network works to improve U.S. media coverage of the war through briefings, seminars, overseas briefings and the production of reference materials. The Media and Conflict Program co-sponsors innovative multi-ethnic reporting projects in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (see Search for Common Ground, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA); and works to raise professional standards and improve practices on reporting on ethnic conflict and minority issues in Europe and the former Soviet Union (including Hungary, Romania, and Albania). The Program is working on a book project with the U.S. Institute of Peace that explores journalistic initiatives to help lessen ethnic tension and conflict. The Center has U.S.-based offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and New York City. KEY WORDS: Conflict Resolution; Education; Macedonia; Media Friends of Bosnia 47 East Street Hadley, Massachusetts 01035 Tel: 413-586-6450 Fax: 413-586-2415 Email: Contacts: Glenn Ruga, Sharon Webb Friends of Bosnia is a grassroots organization formed to educate the public about the conflict in Bosnia, to provide a forum for influencing U.S. policy regarding Bosnia, and to provide humanitarian aid and assistance to war victims in Bosnia and the U.S. FOB makes presentations to school groups and the general public and has recently produced a photo documentary that is posted on display panels and available for showing around the country. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Bosnia; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Refugee Assistance; U.S. Policy. The Frosina Foundation 100 Boylston Street, Suite 930 Boston, Massachusetts 02116 Tel: 617-482-2002 Fax: 617-482-0014 Email: Web Site: http://www.frosina.org Contact: Van Sotir Christo The Frosina Foundation provides counseling and referral services to persons of Albanian origin who have emigrated to the United States, and helps facilitate their integration into U.S. society. It also seeks to educate others about Albanian history and culture. It distributes monthly advisories and other Albanian-oriented data and information. KEY WORDS: Albanian community; Art/Theater; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Refugee Assistance. Institute for Resource and Security Studies 27 Ellsworth Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tel: 617-491-5177 Fax: 617-491-6904 Email: Contact: Paula Gutlove; Gordon Thompson The Institute for Resource and Security Studies is an independent nonprofit corporation which conducts technical and policy analysis and public education to promote peace and international security, efficient use of natural resources, and protection of the environment. The IRSS Program on Promoting Understanding and Cooperation complements the research work by working directly with people holding diverse perspectives and interests to improve communication, resolve conflicts, and promote cooperation. One focus has been promoting nonviolent conflict management in Central Europe and the Balkans; the Balkans Peace Project facilitates workshops and dialogue sessions among citizens from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Macedonia. A new IRSS project, Health Bridges for Peace, links health care with the prevention and resolution of inter-communal conflict. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Conflict Resolution; Education; Health; Inter-Ethnic Dialogue; Macedonia; Peace/Anti-war. Knitting Project of the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children c/o Hartford Street Presbyterian Church 99 Hartford Street Natick, Massachusetts 01760 Tel: 508-653-4839 Fax: 508-655-2585 Contact: Babbie Cameron From 1994-1996, the Knitting Project gathered 60,000 pounds of donated yarn and sewing supplies for women refugees on all sides of the conflict in former Yugoslavia. This helped them by providing work and the means of clothing their families, but also enabled them to come together in groups and discuss their common problems. The Knitting Project is now directing its efforts toward supporting micro-enterprise initiatives in Croatia and Bosnia. Flyer available. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Economic Development; Humanitarian Relief; Refugee Assistance; Women’s Issues. New England Bosnian Relief Committee 54 Ellery Street Boston, Massachusetts 02127 Tel: 617-269-5555 Fax: 617-464-4406 Email: Attention: Nancy Coan KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Refugee Assistance. Open Road Sarajevo P.O. Box 3421 Nantucket, Massachusetts 02504 Tel: 508-325-4809 Contact: Camilla Warrender Physicians for Human Rights 100 Boylston Street, #702 Boston, Massachusetts 02116 Tel: 617-695-0041 Fax: 617-695-0307 Email: Web Site: gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:5000/00/int/phr/about/ Physicians for Human Rights is an organization of health professionals, scientists and concerned citizens that uses the knowledge and skills of the medical and forensic sciences to investigate and prevent violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. In former Yugoslavia, PHR members participate in the investigation of war crimes, push for the right of civilians and combatants to receive medical care, and work to stop disappearances and political killings by governments and military factions. KEY WORDS: Education; Health; Human Rights; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy; War Crimes Tribunal. Project Bosnia Building 200, 1 Kendall Square Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tel: 617-621-9595 Fax: 617-621-8686 Contact: Guy Mayo Project Bosnia is an emergency medical-relief project based on the collaboration of concerned Americans with Bosnian physicians. Besides general shipments of food, medicine, and medical supplies, the Project has concentrated on major medical equipment, such as two complete X-Ray rooms and one complete Intensive Care Unit. Along with its medical work, Project Bosnia carries out educational activities about Bosnia in the New England region: Bosnia-support rallies, conferences, and an exhibition of Children’s War Art from Bosnia and Croatia. Project Bosnia has donated short term professional services to the medical community in Tuzla, Bosnia, and maintains a permanent. representative in Tuzla. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Computers; Education; Health; Humanitarian Relief. Sabre Foundation, Inc. Scientific Assistance Project 872 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 2-1 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tel: 617-868-3510 Fax: 617-868-7916 Email: Contact: Tania Vitvitsky Sabre Foundation is a donor of English-language materials in the former Eastern bloc. It is distinctive in book donation work for its emphasis on new books in current editions and the use of the Internet to allow recipients to select titles and quantities prior to donation. The Foundation is undertaking an effort to help replace materials lost when the National and University Library in Sarajevo and other Bosnian libraries were destroyed in the war. Students at the University of Sarajevo Department of Librarianship will manage the book selection and distribution as part of their in-service training program. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Computers; Education; Reconstruction. Sarajevo Pony Express/Servis za Pisma Refugee Mail c/o Ed Agro 32 Robinwood Avenue #2 Boston, Massachusetts 02130 Tel: 617-524-2057 Fax: 508-356-8567 Email: or Contact: Ed Agro Sarajevo Pony Express (SPE/PISMA) forwards mail when the ordinary modes (postal mail, telephone) are unavailable. As post and telephone are being restored in Bosnia, SPE/PISMA is mainly carrying mail from isolated refugee camps which have no Red Cross help. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Diaspora; Refugee Assistance. MICHIGAN Ann Arbor Committee for Bosnia Ann Arbor, Michigan Tel: 313-572-7276 x9 Contact: Daniela Wittman International Aid 17011 West Hickory Spring Lake, Michigan 49456 800-968-7490 International Aid has been providing emergency aid to victims of the war in Bosnia for four years: blankets, food, and medical supplies such as antibiotics. IA is developing plans to restore the emergency and surgical units of the Kosovo Hospital in Sarajevo and raising funds for rehabilitation assistance. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Reconstruction. Mercy International-USA 44450 Pinetree Drive, Suite 201 Plymouth, Michigan 48170 Tel: 800-55-MERCY; 313-454-0011 Fax: 313-454-0303 Email: Web Site: http://www.umcc.umich.edu/~omh/Mercy/Mercy.html Mercy International is a relief organization dedicated to alleviating human suffering worldwide. Many MI programs involve supporting local food production, providing seed packages and agricultural material to help small farmers rebuild after war and disaster. In Bosnia, recent efforts include a poultry project and a dairy farm effort in Tuzla and a rabbit farm in Zenica which distributed rabbits for breeding to 2500 local families. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Economic Development; Humanitarian Relief; Reconstruction. Sarajevo News Network P.O. Box 130146 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48113 MINNESOTA American Refugee Committee 2244 Nicollet Avenue, Suite 350 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404 Tel: 612-872-7060 (days) Hotline: 1-800-329-4447 Fax: 612-872-4309 Email: Web Site: http://www.charity.org/arc.html Contact: John Wingate The American Refugee Committee has been working in former Yugoslavia since 1993. ARC promotes reconciliation through war reconstruction projects in Bosnia. ARC staff also provide critically needed trauma counseling and primary health care to displaced persons at several sites in Bosnia and Croatia. ARC’s quarterly publication, Bridges, covers ARC work in eleven countries in Africa, Europe, and Southeast Asia. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Human Rights; Mental Health; Peace/Anti-War; Refugee Assistance; Reconstruction. Coalition for Peace and Human Rights in the former Yugoslavia St. Paul, Minnesota Tel: 612-871-6350 Fax: 612-871-0630 Contact: Rev. Joan Dehzad Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights 400 Second Avenue South, Suite 1050 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 Tel: 612-341-3302 Fax: 612-341-2971 Email: Web Site: http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/mnadvocates Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights is a volunteer-based organization that works on projects supporting the protection of internationally recognized human rights. Minnesota Advocates investigates and exposes human rights violations, represents the victims of human rights abuses, trains and assists groups that protect human rights, and seeks to educate the public, policy makers,and children about human rights. One of its programs, The Women’s Project, has focused on domestic violence in the Balkans. In 1996, the Women’s Project co-sponsored an Inter-Balkan workshop on domestic violence with women’s groups from Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Romania. As part of its program, in 1996-97, the Project will investigate and document domestic violence as a human rights abuse in Macedonia. KEY WORDS: Education; Human Rights; Macedonia; Women’s Issues. MISSOURI Islamic African Relief Agency Bosnia Program P.O. Box 7084 Columbia, Missouri 65205 Tel: 314-443-0166 The Islamic African Relief Agency has worked with IARA in Bosnia, reconstructing damaged schools and publishing school books. It has helped to open a rehabilitation center to provide new employment skills for war victims. IARA established an intensive care unit, a primary school and health clinic. Through a sponsorship program, IARA in the U.S. matches orphans with American sponsors. KEY WORDS: Children/Youth; Economic Development; Health; Humanitarian Relief Reconstruction. St. Louis Bosnian Student Project 4018 Magnolia Place St. Louis, Missouri 63110 Tels: 314-664-9920 or 314-977-3093 Fax: 314-977-3108 Email: Contact: Patrick McCarthy The St. Louis Bosnian Student Project seeks scholarships for Bosnian students and provides general education assistance to the local Bosnian refugee community of 3,000. The project works to raise local public awareness about Bosnia, serves as a general resource for the refugee population, and sponsors periodic events in support of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Education; Exchanges; Refugee Assistance. NEW HAMPSHIRE Bosnia and Herzegovina Education Fund P.O. Box 207 Exeter, New Hampshire Tel: 603-772-3202 Fax: 603-772-3496 Email: Contact: Robert Azzi The Bosnia and Herzegovina Education Fund was created to house and educate Bosnian students of high school age in the United States, due to the devastation of the educational system in Bosnia. The Fund’s mission is multifaceted: to resist ethnic cleansing and genocide; to educate young Bosnians in order prepare them to participate in the rebuilding of their country; to break through the misguided public perceptions in the West about Islam; and to show Bosnians that there are families in America who are willing to open their homes in the face of the horrors that have taken place in Bosnia. The program began with a few families and soon spread throughout the United States with donations and services provided by corporations, local school boards, professionals, teachers and whole communities. This is the central office; the regional office is in Petersburg,Virginia (See listing under VIRGINIA). KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Education; Exchanges; Genocide. NEW JERSEY Americans for Bosnian Human Rights—New Jersey 277 W. Midland Avenue Paramus, New Jersey 07652 This New Jersey office is part of a national network. The main office is in Phoenix. For a full description, see the listing for Americans for Bosnian Human Rights—Main Office under ARIZONA. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Education; Human Rights; Humanitarian Relief; U.S. Policy Drew University Students Against Genocide P.O. Box 802 CM 532 - Drew Madison, New Jersey 07940 Contact: Jennifer Gerlach Email: KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Genocide. International War Crimes Investigations and Research Service P.O. Box 669 Princeton, New Jersey 08542 Contact: Mike Pellerin KEY WORDS: War Crimes Tribunal. NEW MEXICO ARS Publica 535 Cordova, Suite 401 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 Tel: 505-988-1967 Fax: 505-988-4727 Email: Contact: Merle Lefkoff ARS Publica is a nonprofit organization specializing in multi-party public dispute resolution. The organization offers training and facilitation for inter-ethnic dialogue, collaborative problem-solving, and conflict resolution. Among its ongoing projects is “Ziva Voda” (“Living Waters”), Balkan Women’s Community Coexistence Project for women leaders in former Yugoslavia. Twenty two women from 16 organizations throughout the region are meeting in dialogue and learning skills for implementing long- term change in ethnic relations at the community level. KEY WORDS: Conflict Resolution; Inter-Ethnic Dialogue; Women’s Issues. NEW YORK American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee JDC-Bosnia Open Mailbox 711 Third Avenue New York, New York 10017 Tel: 212-687-6200 Fax: 212-370-5467 Contact: Susan Harris The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee has been involved in relief efforts in former Yugoslavia since 1992. Its work has fallen into three areas: rescue operations, humanitarian relief, and refugee care. Working together with the Sarajevo Jewish community’s organization, La Benevolencija, AJJDC has operated free pharmacies and developed a home-care program for the city’s elderly. The organization provided financial help, housing and medical care for the 1800 Bosnian Jews who found refuge in Belgrade and in Croatia. This included a self-help venture called the Menorah Club whose members crocheted 5,000 kippot (skullcaps) with their own distinctive design to distribute in the U.S. and throughout Europe. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Economic Development; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Jewish Community; Refugee Assistance. Amnesty International/USA-The Balkan Coordination Group 70 West 95th Street, Apt. 27G New York, New York. 10025 Tels: 212-865-1767; 212-666-2556 Fax: 212-665-1684 Email: Web Sites: http:/www.io.org/amnesty/ or http/www.traveler.com/~hrweb/ai/ai.html Contact: Karis Hall Amnesty International is an international human rights organization with grassroots membership organized into local groups, student groups, and action networks. Members of the Balkan Coordination Group serve as the strategists and experts in the United States for activities focused in the Balkans. They work with local AI groups around the U.S. that take action on Balkan-related issues. The BCG-AI/USA seeks to improve human rights in the Balkans, to influence the U.S. government, the governments of former Yugoslavia and the U.N. to improve human rights, to support the quest of justice through the War Crimes Tribunal, and to support the rights of refugees. Amnesty Action is published quarterly ($25). KEY WORDS: Education; Human Rights; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy; War Crimes Tribunal; Women’s Issues. Balkan Children in Exile c/o Center for Social Change Ethical Humanist Society 38 Old Country Road Garden City. New York 11530 Tel: 516-741-7304 Contact: Elayne Gersten Balkan Children in Exile is a grassroots group which began in 1993 to provide the necessities of life to children and their families who were victims of the war in Bosnia. The organization’s founders raise funds primarily from concerned citizens on Long Island, and seek to channel the funds to viable grassroots organizations in Croatia and Bosnia. They give particular attention to the needs of children. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Croatia; Humanitarian Relief; Refugee Assistance. Balkan Dialogue Project American Friends Service Committee New York Metropolitan Regional Office Conflict Resolution Program 15 Rutherford Place New York, New York 10003 Tel: 212-598-0967 Fax: 212-529-4603 Email: Contact: Jack Patterson The Dialogue Project brings together expatriates from former Yugoslavia currently living in the New York area who want to break through the intentional isolation of the Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian Muslim and Albanian ethnic communities. The Project uses regular facilitated dialogue meetings and problem-solving workshops. Since it began in 1992, it has also encouraged collaborative projects such as an information fair (and subsequent directory) for social service agencies in New York City serving immigrants and refugees from former Yugoslavia. KEY WORDS: Conflict Resolution; Diaspora; Education; Inter-Ethnic Dialogue; Peace/Anti-war. Balkan Peace Team c/o Jill Sternberg 29 Dalewood Drive Hartsdale, New York 10530 Tel: 914-428-7299 Fax: 914-428-7383 Email: The Balkan Peace Team is an international project sending long-term volunteers to support human rights and nonviolent civil society in the territory of former Yugoslavia. BPT teams are presently working in Croatia, and Serbia/Kosovo/a. Potential volunteers apply to the Coordination Office in Minden, Germany. Training sessions are usually held in Europe, but there are occasional training sessions in the United States. Jill Sternberg is available to speak about the work of Balkan Peace Team and to answer questions from potential volunteers. KEY WORDS: Croatia; Human Rights; Inter-Ethnic Dialogue; Kosovo/a; Peace/Anti- war; Serbia; Trial-Watching. Balkans Trauma Project Center for Psychology and Social Change an affiliate of Harvard Medical School c/o Nancy Roof 330 E. 46th Street New York, New York 10017 Tel: 212-808-0469; 617-244-5375 (summer) Contact: Nancy Roof In responding to the call for humanitarian aid and trauma relief in former Yugoslavia in 1993, the Balkans Trauma Project assessed the needs of Croatian humanitarian organizations and found that the most urgent unmet need was for concrete support to shore up the health of the humanitarian service providers, exhausted by overwork and chronic exposure to trauma. The Project organized a team of U.S. professionals to design a comprehensive and collaborative training program in secondary stress and burnout. The essential points in these training sessions were compiled and published in The Impact of War on Humanitarian Service Providers; A Workbook on Secondary Traumatic Stress and Burnout. Essential to the success of their effort was the Program’s partnership with local NGOs and service providers; the continuation of the program has now been transferred to their leadership. KEY WORDS: Croatia; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health. Balkan Theater Project American Friends Service Committee New York Metropolitan Regional Office Conflict Resolution Program 15 Rutherford Place New York, New York 10003 Tel: 212-598-0967 Fax: 212-529-4603 Email: Contact: Jack Patterson The Balkan Theater Project’s aim is to create an opportunity for individuals from the former Yugoslavia to process the trauma of war through the performance of a classical text, Euripides’ The Trojan Women. After initial acclaimed public readings in 1996, the Project has future plans for taking the play to schools where it will be followed by audience discussion. The Project is a collaboration between playwright and actress Ellen McLaughlin, social worker Saralee Kahn, and the AFSC. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Children/Youth; Conflict Resolution; Diaspora; Mental Health; Peace/Anti-war. Balkan War Resource Group c/o HCA/USA PO Box 2193 New York, New York 10185 Tel: 212-982-9561 Fax: 212-529-4603 Email: Contacts: Dorie Wilsnack, Bill Weinberg The Balkan War Resource Group is a group of journalists and peace activists who seek to educate U.S. audiences about the conflict in former Yugoslavia and the work of peace and human rights groups in the region. In 1993, they produced War at the Crossroads, a short history of the Balkan region. In 1992 and 94, they produced War and Peace in the Balkans, A Resource Guide to Ex-Yugoslavia. They launched an active campaign in support of the Zitzer Spiritual Republic, a courageous community of draft resisters from the Serbian army in one village. Their most recent project is the production and distribution of Working for Peace in the Balkans; A Guide to US Organizations, and the maintenance of a data-base of US organizations involved in human rights, peace,and humanitarian aid work in former Yugoslavia. KEY WORDS: Computers; Education; Media; Peace/Anti-war. The Bosnia Coordinating Committee Institute for European Studies 120 Uris Hall Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14853 Tels: 607-255-6754 (Weiss) and 607-273-9081 (Palmer) Fax: 607-255-0021 Email: (Weiss) and (Palmer) Contacts: Prof. John Weiss and John Palmer The Bosnia Coordinating Committee, an Ithaca-based citizens group made up mostly of students and faculty from Cornell University and Ithaca College, is dedicated to helping restore peace in Bosnia and improve the lives of the victims of the war through political activism and humanitarian aid. Its activities include a sister city project with Bihac, academic exchanges with the University of Tuzla, humanitarian aid delivery, demonstrations, and letter-writing campaigns. BCC takes a political stance that the U.S. should shift its policy from one which partitions Bosnia along ethnic lines to one supporting its development as a united, multi-cultural, and democratic state. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Exchanges; Humanitarian Aid; Peace/Anti-war; Reconstruction; U.S. Policy. Bosnian Student Project Fellowship of Reconciliation 521 North Broadway, Box 271 Nyack, New York 10960 Tel: 914-358-4601 Fax: 914-358-4924 Email: Web Site: http://www.netaxs.com/~for/ Contacts: Helen Morgan; Doug Hostetter The Bosnian Student Project was established to assist Bosnian students who have been denied an education in the former Yugoslavia due to ethnic cleansing or the war. They try to interest U.S. colleges and universities in offering scholarships to Bosnian students, then matching students and scholarships. With the Dayton Agreement and ceasefire in Bosnia, BSP also began organizing workcamps in Bosnia for U.S. and Bosnian participants. The Project has produced a brochure, two information packets ($7 each), and two videos ($10). KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Conflict Resolution; Education; Exchanges; Human Rights; Peace/Anti-war; Reconstruction; Refugee Assistance. Bowery Productions 296 Elizabeth Street, Suite 1F New York, New York 10012 Tel: 212-677-2286 Fax: 212-529-2849 Email: Web Site: http://www.peacenet.org/balkans/mandy.html Contact: Mandy Jacobson Bowery Productions is an independent documentary film and video company that produces human affairs programs where the center stage of activism is held by women. Their documentary Calling the Ghosts: A Story About Rape, War and Women, bears witness to women’s experience of mass rape in the war in former Yugoslavia, following the journey of two survivors of rape who have organized to collect evidence of war crimes. Completed in 1996, the film is the winner of the Nestor Almendros Award at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival and it is the centerpiece of an Amnesty International- USA nationwide tour and public education campaign to insist that rape be prosecuted as a war crime. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Film/Video; Human Rights; Media; Rape; War Crimes Tribunal; Women’s Issues. Center for Constitutional Rights 666 Broadway New York, New York 10012 Tel: 212-614-6464 Email: Contacts Jennie Green, Beth Stephens The Center for Constitutional Rights is involved in litigation, advocacy, and education related to the violence and genocide committed in former Yugoslavia. CCR is pursuing U.S. human rights litigation against Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, a class action suit in the name of all women and men who suffered rape, execution, and torture by the Bosnian Serb military forces. The Center supports the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and advocates for the effective prosecution of rape and other sexual violence, as well as preparing briefing materials for the U.N. related to the prosecution of gender-based crimes and the protection of victims and witnesses. CCR has also worked with Bosnian refugees in the U.S. who have been threatened or forced to relocate; the Center will actively work to identify and prosecute attackers so that the U.S. may actually be a safe haven for refugees and so that those who committed human rights atrocities are kept out of the country, deported,or punished. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Genocide; Human Rights; Legal Reform; Rape; Refugee Assistance; U.N. Policy; War Crimes Tribunal; Women’s Issues. Center for War, Peace and the News Media Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication New York University, 10 Washington Place New York, New York 10003 Tel: 212-998-7960 Fax: 212-995-4143 Email: Contact: Rob Manoff The Media and Conflict Program at the Center for War, Peace and the News Media explores opportunities for the media to contribute to peace in the Balkans. Its Global Reporting Network works to improve U.S. media coverage of the war through briefings, seminars, overseas briefings and the production of reference materials. The Media and Conflict Program co-sponsors innovative multi-ethnic reporting projects in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (see Search for Common Ground, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA); and works to raise professional standards and improve practices on reporting on ethnic conflict and minority issues in Europe and the former Soviet Union (including Hungary, Romania, and Albania). The Program is working on a book project with the U.S. Institute of Peace that explores journalistic initiatives to help lessen ethnic tension and conflict. The Center has U.S.-based offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and New York City. KEY WORDS: Conflict Resolution; Education; Macedonia; Media. Center on Violence and Human Survival John Jay College, City University of New York 899 Tenth Avenue, Suite 434 New York, New York 10019 Tel: 212-237-8429 Fax: 212-237-8468 Email: Contact: Charles B. Strozier Working with academics and intellectuals, the Center on Violence and Human Survival encourages the study of violence with an end to promote peace. It has given particular attention to the conflict in former Yugoslavia, examining the phenomenon of genocide and how international institutions have responded to this situation. The Center hosts conferences, sponsors visiting scholars, and sponsors research projects. KEY WORDS: Education; Genocide; Human Rights; Peace/Anti-War; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy. Children in Crisis International 15 Stone Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10004 Tel: 212-425-0680 Fax: 212-425-9737 Email: Contact: Karin DiGia Children in Crisis’ primary projects are providing humanitarian relief for orphans, elderly persons, and families through its office in Tuzla; providing medical supplies to Tuzla Hospital; and assisting with the search for missing children. The funds for their work are raised in part by fundraising projects involving artists. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Bosnia; Children/Youth; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Reconstruction; Refugee Assistance; Women’s Issues. . Coalition for Intervention Against Genocide 401 Broadway, Suite 1700 New York, New York 10013 Tel: 212-966-1545 Fax: 212-941-0413 Contact: Sheila Geist The Coalition Against Genocide is a grassroots multi-cultural coalition which, in support of Bosnia as a multi-ethnic state, carries out public education activities and influences public officials about the need for intervention to protect human rights abuses. The group calls for enforcement of the Geneva Convention and other international human rights protection statutes, for the arrest of indicted war criminals by the War Crimes Tribunal, and for broader recognition of rape as a war crime. The Coalition has taken several government agencies to court to obtain, under the Freedom of Information Act, electronic surveillance tapes taken by satellite of Srebrenica in July 1995. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Genocide; Human Rights; Legal Reform; Rape; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy; War Crimes Tribunal. Committee to Protect Journalists 330 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10001 Tel: 212-465-1004 Fax: 212-465-9568 Email: Web Site: http://www.cpj.org/ The Committee to Protect Journalists is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which monitors and protests abuses against working journalists and their news organizations, regardless of their ideology or nationality. CPJ staff track press conditions through independent research, reports from the field, and fact-finding missions. The work of CPJ’s program for Central Europe and the former Soviet Union includes a focus on press freedom issues in the Balkans. CPJ is active in campaigns to support independent journalists being harassed in Croatia (Feral Tribune) and in Serbia (Radio B-92); it has also given special attention to the lack of press freedom conditions in Bosnia despite their guarantee under the Dayton Peace Accords. KEY WORDS: Education; Media. Desa Dubrovnik London Terrace, P.O. Box 20081 New York, New York 10021 Tel: 212-243-1967 Fax in Croatia: 385-20-411422 (Janey Hansell) Contact: Susan Baldwin Desa Dubrovnik helps women refugees develop cottage industries. Custom work is done to order, including quilts, embroidery and crocheted lace of all kinds. Decorators and designers are sought as customers. The program now includes the revival of the silkworm industry, and an inn which will serve the returning tourist population. KEY WORDS: Croatia; Economic Development; Humanitarian Relief; Refugee Assistance; Women’s Issues. Manuela Dobos 123 Prospect Place Brooklyn, New York 11217 Tel: 718-789-5101 Manuela Dobos teaches Russian and Eastern European history at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. She is active with campaigns to stop the destruction of Bosnia’s multi-ethnic society, with particular concern for the effect of the war on women. Manuela is available for public speaking, bringing her knowledge of the region’s history and culture together with her activism. KEY WORDS: Education; U.S. Policy; War Crimes Tribunal; Women’s Issues. Doctors of the World 375 West Broadway, 4th Floor New York, New York 10012 Tel: 212-529-1556 Fax: 212-529-1571 Email: Doctors of the World’s activities in the former Yugoslavia are centered in Kosovo/a, a formerly autonomous region within Serbia, populated primarily by ethnic Albanians. Kosovo/a has along been the poorest and most disease ridden area of the former Yugoslavia - a condition that has worsened dramatically since the recent war in Bosnia. Doctors of the Word’s goal in the former Yugoslavia is to provide much needed medical assistance while serving as a catalyst for reconciliation and cooperation. Currently, the organization is implementing a Maternal Infant Health Project, an Anti-Tuberculosis Program and a Health and Nutrition Commodities Distribution Project.. KEY WORDS: Children/Youth; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Kosovo/a Doctors Without Borders USA 11 East 26th Street, Suite 1904 New York, New York 10010 Tel: 212-679-6800 Doctors Without Borders (Medicins sans Frontieres) has been working in former Yugoslavia since the war started. MSF teams have supported medical facilities and distributed hygenic supplies. MSF maintains a psychological training program for Bosnian counselors and operates a live radio counseling program for people who do not have direct access to help. Teams of doctors and nurses are closely monitoring health and sanitary conditions of people returning and resettling in their homes. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health; Reconstruction; Refugee Assistance. Episcopal Church’s Presiding Bishop’s Fund for World Relief 815 Second Avenue New York, New York 10017 Tel: 212-334-7626, ext. 5179 In its humanitarian assistance, the Episcopal Church’s Presiding Bishop’s Fund for World Relief helped purchase a mobile clinic to help treat and provide trauma counseling to women and children. It also contributes medical supplies and food. It works though ecumenical agencies when there is no Anglican connection. KEY WORDS: Children/Youth; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health; Women’s Issues. Equality Now P.O. Box 20646, Columbus Circle Station New York, New York 10023 Tel: 212-586-0906 Fax: 212-586-1611 Email: Contact: Surita Sandoshan, Executive Director Equality Now works to highlight human rights violations against women in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to call for an end to these violations and for the prosecution of those responsible. The organization is currently campaigning for the arrest of Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic. Equality Now produces brochures and reports on these and other issues of concern to women. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Human Rights; Rape; War Crimes Tribunal; Women’s Issues. Faces of Sorrow Photo Perspectives 32 Union Square East New York, New York 10003 Tel: 212-614-3083 or 684-1578 Web Site: http://www.i3tele.com/photo_perspectives_museum/faces/exhibition.html Contact: Aaron Schindler Faces of Sorrow is a photo exhibit from the conflict in former Yugoslavia which was originally a museum exhibition and is now an Internet exhibition. Photo Perspectives’ intention is to give face to the faceless and voice to the victims of this devastating war. Faces of Sorrow offers an indisputable pictorial witness to the searing effects of man’s inhumanity to mankind. The more than 50 photographs by 36 photojournalists from 14 countries depict acts of destruction waged by the warring parties from the beginning of the war in Croatia in 1991 through the recent Dayton Peace Accord in Bosnia and Herzegovina. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Computers; Education. Foundation for a Civil Society Project on Justice in Times of Transition 1270 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 609 New York, New York 10020 Tel: 212-332-2890 Fax: 212-332-2898 Contacts: Sara Zucker, Tim Phillips The Project on Justice in Times of Transition seeks to provide the key players from the three warring communities in Bosnia with exposure to the relevant experiences of leaders from other countries that have recently faced similar obstacles in the aftermath of a violent civil conflict. A major effort in this regard is a workshop on reconciliation in Bosnia, scheduled for November 1996, which is to bring Bosnian leaders together with leaders from El Salvador, Israel and Palestine, South Africa and Northern Ireland. The workshop is structured to create an environment in which Bosnians can begin to open their minds to the possibility of working with former enemies. It will address specific questions about ways to create stability and eventually to establish the trust necessary to rebuild their community. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Conflict Resolution; Inter-Ethnic Dialogue; Peace/Anti-war; Reconstruction. Free Bosnia Action Group P.O. Box 814, Lincolnton Station New York, New York 10037 Contact: Aisha al-Adawiya KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy. Friends of B-92 c/o Marina Komarecki 575 Main Street #903 New York, New York 10044 Contact: Marina Komarecki Friends of B-92 is a U.S.-based organization created to support one of the few independent media outlets in Serbia and to make Americans more aware that there are journalists and citizen groups in Serbia opposed to the government’s policies. B-92 is an independent radio station in Belgrade. It is one of the few sources of independent radio news coverage as well as an important voice of support for youthful art and culture in the region. While other media outlets have been closed down by the government, B-92 journalists and editors continue to withstand threats of closure and arrest for their work, even going so far as to expand their work to include publishing, film, CD production, and Internet projects. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Computers; Education; Film/Video; Media; Serbia Global Action Project 61 Eighth Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11217 Tel: 718-230-8448 Fax: 212-230-1443 Contacts: Diana Coryat; Susan Siegel Global Action Project works with young people in the United States and in refugee camps in Croatia on an international videoletter project. They worked with Bosnian teenagers living in a refugee camp in Croatia to produce Kolaps, where the young people send a message to the world about the upheaval of their lives. Turning the camera onto themselves, they describe their experiences of the war, of life in a refugee camp, and of their hopes for the future. The project provides training in videotaping and other communication skills. The videoletters are then distributed to schools, museums, television stations, and conferences; they are accompanied by a teacher’s guide. Key Words: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Croatia; Education; Film/Video; Media; Refugee Assistance. Globalvision 1600 Broadway, #700 New York, New York 10019 Tel: 212-246-0202 (Rights and Wrongs) Fax: 212-246-2677 (Rights and Wrongs) Email: Web Site: http://www.igc.apc.org/globalvision/ Contact: Danny Schechter Globalvision is an independent television and film production company. Its first series was a TV news magazine, South Africa Now; its second news magazine, Rights and Wrongs: Human Rights Television offers analytical and caring reporting on global human rights issues. Rights and Wrongs provides extensive coverage of human rights issues in former Yugoslavia: ethnic conflicts in Kosovo/a; the siege of Sarajevo; ethnic cleansing; safe havens and the fall of Srebrenica; and the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal. Globalvision (ONE WORLD) has also produced two special documentaries on the war available on video: Sarajevo Ground Zero (with SAGA, the film makers of Sarajevo) and Yellow Wasps: Anatomy of a War Crime(co-produced with Tamouz Productions). KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Film/Video; Human Rights; Media; War Crimes Tribunal. Helsinki Citizens Assembly/USA P.O. Box 2391 New York, New York 10185 Tel: 212-982-9561 (Wilsnack) 215-386-5538 (Feffer) Email: Contacts: Dorie Wilsnack, John Feffer Helsinki Citizens Assembly/USA is the U.S. chapter of an international coalition of activists who seek to strengthen civil society in Europe by building democratic structures “from below.” HCA/USA supports people who are struggling in the former Yugoslavia to keep civic values alive and seeks to keep interested Americans informed about their work. The group’s primary activity has been to host public forums and speaking tours for visiting activists and researchers. Upcoming plans include public education on human rights abuses facing the Roma community (Gypsies) in the Balkans and throughout Europe. HCA/USA also sponsors special projects such as a campaign to support Radio Zid in Sarajevo and most recently, the production of Working for Peace in the Balkans; A Guide to U.S. Organizations. KEY WORDS: Education; Human Rights; Peace/Anti-war; Roma; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy. Human Rights Watch/ Helsinki 485 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10017 Tel: 212-972-8400 Fax: 212-972-0905 Email: Human Rights Watch/Helsinki monitors and promotes domestic and international compliance with the human rights provisions of the 1975 Helsinki Accords. It has conducted regular, systematic investigations of human rights abuses in the states and regions of former Yugoslavia, where it has documented and denounced murders, disappearances, torture, arbitrary imprisonment, and other abuses of internationally recognized human rights. Based on its documented published reports, HRW/H addresses public challenges to governments and international institutions. KEY WORDS: Education; Human Rights; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy. Institute for War & Peace Reporting P.O. Box 2617 New York, New York 10185 Tel: 212-688-1451 Fax: 212-371-4054 Email: Contact: Ian Williams The Institute for War & Peace Reporting is an independent conflict-monitoring and media-support nonprofit organization working to inform the international debate on conflict and provide a platform and other support for voices of moderation caught in war. Since war first broke out in former Yugoslavia, IWPR has made the Balkan conflict a primary focus, seeking to provide a channel for independent journalists reporting from throughout the region. The Institute provides special training opportunities for journalists in the region, publishes a monthly magazine, WarReport, ($45.00 per year) and is conducting two special projects, one related to the War Crimes Tribunal and the other monitoring the role of the media in the Bosnian elections. While the IWPR is based in London, it also maintains an address and an editor based in New York. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Media; U.N. Policy; War Crimes Tribunal. International Medical Relief of Western New York 811 Maple Road Williamsville, New York 14221 Tels: 716-626-1593; 716-859-2248 Fax: 716-859-2885 Email: Contacts: Jacob Bergsland, M.D. 100 High Street, Buffalo, New York 14203 or Dr. Riaz Hassanali, Tel: 716-626-1593 The goal of International Medical Relief of Western New York is to provide medical assistance to civilians trapped in wars, civil disturbances and major natural and man- made catastrophes. They consider their effort a model for how a community can reach out and make a difference throughout the world. To assure efficiency, IMR limits its focus to one or two projects; the currently focus is in Bosnia and Croatia. They have established a medical exchange program with the hospital in Tuzla, delivering medical equipment and organizing an exchange of physicians. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Exchanges; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Reconstruction. International Rescue Committee 122 East 42nd Street, 12th Floor New York, New York 10168 Tel: 212-551-3000 International Rescue Committee has country offices in Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia. Its activities include reconstruction projects such as upgrading buildings; upgrading water and gas infrastructure; the provision of emergency relief supplies; medical and mental health programs; food and seed distribution; and special care for war-injured children. IRC operates a joint resettlement processing program based in Zagreb, helping refugees with paperwork for resettlement. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Croatia; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health; Reconstruction; Refugee Assistance; Serbia. Jerrahi Order of America 884 Chestnut Ridge Road Chestnut Ridge, New York 10977 Tel: 914-356-0588 Fax: 914-356-2452 KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Humanitarian Relief. Jews Against Genocide/NY Committee to Save Bosnia P.O. Box 723, Cathedral Station New York, New York 10025 Tel: 212-496-4550 Email: Web Site: http:\\www.tiac.net\users\jag Contacts: Sharon Silber, Meryl Zegarek Jews Against Genocide/NewYork Committee to Save Bosnia is a multi-ethnic all- volunteer group lobbying politicians to lift the arms embargo on Bosnia and to pressure the U.S. government not to appease the aggressors and perpetrators of genocide. JAG/ACSB advocates full support of the War Crimes Tribunal. The group distributes educational materials, lists of suggested actions that concerned individuals can take, and two videos. It operates a 24-hour recorded phone line about Bosnia-related activities, provides speakers for conferences and teach-ins, and organizes teach-ins, demonstrations, and theatrical productions. It also collaborates on campaigns with humanitarian organizations. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Bosnia; Education; Genocide; Jewish Community; U.S. Policy; War Crimes Tribunal. Lawyers Committee for Human Rights 330 Seventh Avenue, 10th Floor New York, New York 10001 Tel: 212-629-6170 Fax: 212-967-0916 Email: Contact: Jelena Pejic The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights works to protect and promote internationally recognized human rights by strengthening the legal enforcement mechanisms and supporting non-governmental organizations working in the field. LCHR helps establish national laws consistent with human rights standards and treaties; promotes the development of independent human rights organizations; protects and supports human rights lawyers and advocates; provides legal assistance to victims of human rights violations seeking asylum in the U.S.; and critiques, monitors and influences the international systems designed to protect human rights. The LCHR’s Europe program is primarily focused on two issues in the former Yugoslavia: war crimes and citizenship/statelessness. The LCHR provides the International War Crimes Tribunal with legal services and has laid the groundwork for monitoring domestic war crimes trials; it will be conducting trial observation missions. The LCHR has conducted field work on citizenship and statelessness in former Yugoslavia and prepared a detailed report, with recommendations for changes in citizenship legislation. KEY WORDS: Citizenship; Education; Human Rights; Legal Reform; Refugee Assistance; Trial-Watching; U.N. Policy; War Crimes Tribunal. Lutheran World Relief P.O. Box 92949 Rochester, New York 14692 Tel: 800-LWR-LWR2 Lutheran World Relief helps displaced and refugee populations in northern and central Bosnia and eastern and central Croatia. Aid includes food parcels for teachers, seeds and fertilizers for farmers, refugee housing, and repairs for war-damaged schools and homes. LWR is also supporting refugees from former Yugoslavia who are now in Hungary. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Humanitarian Relief; Reconstruction; Refugee Assistance. Karen Malpede Theater Three Collaborative, Inc. 289 Washington Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11205 Tel: 718-789-5404 Fax: 212-998-1855 Karen Malpede is playwright and director who uses theater to explore the human psyche as it intersects with history. Her play, The Beekeeper’s Daughter, addresses the violence done to women in the war in Bosnia. This is not a play about what is going on in Bosnia, but about how Bosnia plays in the world outside, about what happens when violence infiltrates worlds that were supposed to be “protected.” Malpede is involved in an inter- disciplinary study of “witnessing,” a practice well-known in work with survivors of violence as an important part of the healing process, and she seeks ways to help the benumbed American public come to terms with the genocide in Bosnia which they casually witnessed in the media. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Bosnia; Education; Genocide; Media; Mental Health; Peace/Anti-war; Women’s Issues. Neither East Nor West c/o Bob McGlynn 528 Fifth Street Brooklyn, New York 11215 Tel: 718-499-7720 Contact: Bob McGlynn Neither East Nor West works in solidarity with alternative political campaigns in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, particularly with pacifist/anarchist groups, squatter campaigns, and the rock music scene. They carried out an active campaign to support Serbian draft resisters in the Zitzer Spiritual Republic (Vojvodina) and continue to rally public attention for human rights, independent media, and draft resistance in the Balkans, periodically publishing On Gogol Boulevard. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Education; Human Rights; Media; Peace/Anti-War; U.S. Policy; Vojvodina; Women’s Issues. Open Society Institute/Soros Foundations Network 888 Seventh Avenue, 31st Floor New York, New York 10106 Tel: 212-757-2323 Fax: 212-974-0367 Email: Web Site: http://www.soros.org Philanthropist George Soros has established independent nonprofit foundations in each of the countries of the former Yugoslavia: Open Society Fund-Bosnia and Herzegovina; Open Society Institute-Croatia; Open Society Institute-Macedonia; Open Society Institute-Slovenia; and the Fund for an Open Society-Yugoslavia. These organizations share the common mission of fostering the development of open society. To this end, they operate and support an array of programs in education, civil society, economic reform, independent media, Internet communications, publishing, human rights, humanitarian aid, arts and culture, and social and legal reform. The foundations in the former Yugoslavia are part of an informal network of autonomous nonprofit foundations created and funded by Mr. Soros in 22 countries. The Open Society Institute-New York assists these foundations and organizations by creating regional programs on common issues and by providing administrative, financial, and technical support. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Computers; Croatia; Economic Development; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Human Rights; Kosovo/a; Macedonia; Montenegro; Media; Reconstruction; Refugee Assistance; Roma; Serbia; Slovenia; Vojvodina. The Sarajevo Fund, Inc. P.O. Box 1640, Cathedral Station New York, New York 10025 Tel: 212-666-5924 Fax: 212-662-5892 Contact: Jennifer Scarlott The Sarajevo Fund is a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation set up to assist in the reconstruction of a democratic multi-ethnic Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is administered by an independent and international group of citizens. The Fund has two projects: one is to assist some of the 25,000 permanently war-disabled people of Bosnia to reconstruct their lives, and the second is to aid in the reconstruction of a new National and University Library in Sarajevo. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Health; Humanitarian Aid; Mental Health; Reconstruction. Ivo Skoric 1773 Lexington Avenue #5 New York, New York 10029 Tel/Fax: 212-369-9197 Email: Web Site: http://www.igc.apc.org/balkans/ Ivo Skoric is a peace and human rights activist and journalist who was involved in the development of anti-militarist efforts in Croatia before the war. He is the creator of PeaceNet’s Balkans web page and moderator of . Ivo closely follows the work of peace and human rights groups, independent media, and the alternative music scene in former Yugoslavia; he seeks to act as a link for concerned Americans who want to learn more about these efforts. KEY WORDS: Art/Culture; Computers; Croatia; Education; Media; Peace/Anti-war. Solidarity Project of St. Lawrence University Prof. William Hunt, Department of History St. Lawrence University Canton, New York 13617 Tel: 315-379-5212 Fax: 315-379-5803 Email: Contact: William Hunt The Solidarity Project of St. Lawrence University has been working for the past two years to assist the reconstruction of democratic, multi-ethnic culture in Bosnia, principally through the donation of educational materials such as books, films, software, and computers. At present, the Project is particularly seeking donations of computers in good working order. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Computers; Education; Media; Reconstruction. Tribunal Watch c/o Scott Johnson 182 Ashland Avenue Buffalo, New York 14222 Email: ContactS: Scott Johnson or Jay Ovsiovitch Tribunal Watch is an electronic mailing list which has been organized to facilitate intellectual and activist dialogue regarding the International War Crimes Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia. Besides regularly posted articles and press reports, participants can post messages and ask questions to each other about legal and political issues surrounding the Tribunal. KEY WORDS: Computers; Education; Human Rights; Legal Reform; U.N. Policy; War Crimes Tribunal. United Methodist Committee on Relief 475 Riverside Drive, Room 350 New York, New York 10115 Tel: 800-554-8583 The United Methodist Committee on Relief is committed to emergency relief programs, rebuilding traumatized lives and helping communities rebuild. In Bosnia, UMCOR provides pharmaceuticals; offers medical, occupational, and psychological rehabilitation; supports cottage industry enterprises; helps rebuild war-damaged housing; and helps to repatriate refugees. Support comes from Methodists worldwide and UMCOR works in cooperative partnership with government and other agencies and NGOs. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Economic Development; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health; Reconstruction; Refugee Assistance. a group dedicated to non-violence/3 a group dedicated to non-violence 463 Broome Street New York, New York 10013 Tel: 212-226-0631 Fax: 212-219-2585 Email: Web Site: http://www.nyu.edu/classes/mckenzie/3wb/index.html/ Contact: Duston Spear 3 a group dedicated to non-violence holds vigils in New York City against war and the violence it does to women in particular, following the model set by the Belgrade anti-war group, Women in Black, who took their inspiration from a group dedicated to non-violence in Israel. A sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, 3 a group dedicated to non-violence creates multi-media installations using the images of three women dressed in historic black mourning clothes. a group dedicated to non-violence has a zine and a video available. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Education; Human Rights; Peace/Anti-War; Serbia; Women’s Issues. Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children 122 East 42nd Street, 12th Floor New York, New York 10168 Tel: 212-551-3088 Fax: 212-551-3186 Email: Web Site: http://www.hypernet.com/wcrwc.html Contact: Mary Diaz The Women’s Commission speaks on behalf of refugee and displaced women and children who have a critical voice in bringing about change, but do not have access to governments and policy makers. The Commission has sent five fact-finding delegations to former Yugoslavia whose members have returned to present their observations to government leaders and the media. The Commission also sponsors a Knitting Project for women refugees ( see separate listing under MASSACHUSETTS). KEY WORDS: Children/Youth; Economic Development; Education; Human Rights; Refugee Assistance; Women’s Issues. NORTH CAROLINA Dan Besse P.O. Box 15306 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27113 Tel/Fax: 910-722-1674 Dan Besse was the first Chair of the American Committee to Save Bosnia. He has made research trips to Bosnia and Croatia, and is available to speak to groups in North Carolina about politics and policies relevant to the region. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; U.S. Policy. Stop Ethnic Cleansing P.O. Box 4088 Greensboro, North Carolina 27404 Tel: 910-288-0013 Email: <72470,2251@CompuServe.com> Contact: Nick Divitci OHIO The Organization Development Institute 781 Beta Drive, Suite K Cleveland, Ohio 44026 Tel: 216-461-4333 Fax: 216-729-9319 Email: Web Site: http://members.aol.com/odinst Contact: Dr. Donald Cole The Organization Development Institute is a nonprofit educational association of professionals in the fields of Organization Development, psychology, and social science who work for the more effective development of organizations and collective behavior. Members give serious attention to conflict resolution techniques. Since the war in former Yugoslavia began, O.D. Institute members have worked with local professionals to organize training sessions for refugee camp administrators; have invited Croatian and Serbian doctors and psychologists to the U.S. for conferences, and have created Peace Making Teams to help conceptualize conflict resolution solutions. KEY WORDS: Conflict Resolution; Education; Mental Health.. Similar Spaces, Distant Places c/o Mark Moffett 4231 North Lockwood Avenue Toledo, Ohio 43612 Tel: 419-478-2264 Fax: 419-537-6951 (Attn. Kathy Vierling) Similar Spaces, Distant Places is a community art and youth participation project initiated by artist Mark Moffett. Its aim is to provide a creative environment where children of diverse cultures work on a common artistic project, the decoration of forms derived from the Yurt, a dwelling structure found in many societies. The project involves youth from Toledo, Ohio and Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in decorating the forms with paint and colorful materials and then using them in local parades and celebrations. The project is coordinated with the Boys and Girls Club of East Toledo and Mladi Most, a youth center project in Mostar. The activities in both cities will be documented on film and the forms later exhibited; the final product will be a portrait of the creative journeys made by the artist and the children, their unique contributions and their common threads. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Bosnia; Children/Youth; Film/Video. OREGON Mercy Corps International Balkan Relief Campaign 3030 SW First Avenue Portland, Oregon 97201 Tel: 503-242-1032, ext 190 Mercy Corps has a team in Bosnia working to plan programs that will strengthen the Bosnian Federation. MCI will use its expertise in linking democracy-building initiatives to humanitarian assistance. MCI is currently working in some Bosnian cities to provide essential medicines and supplies, detergent and hygiene parcels. In Kosovo/a and Montenegro, it provides humanitarian aid and micro-enterprise opportunities. It works closely with the Mother Theresa Society of Kosovo/a in providing medical care. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Economic Development; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Kosovo/a; Montenegro; Reconstruction. Peace Journey/Sarajevo Peace Centre 1819 N.W. Everett Portland, Oregon 97209 Tels: 503-224-5190; 503-288-8958 Fax: 503-246-2399 Contact: Yvonne Simmons This is a U.S. organization actively supporting two peace activities in the Balkans: Peace Journey and the Sarajevo Peace Centre. The U.S. group seeks to work for peace in the Balkans, emphasizing nonviolent means, by working with these local efforts. KEY WORDS: Education; Human Rights; Humanitarian Relief: Peace/Antiwar; U.S. Policy; Women’s Issues. a group dedicated to non-violence/ Portland 1819 N.W. Everett Portland, Oregon 97209 Tels: 503-224-5190; 503-288-8958; 503-289-2097 (Hollingsworth) Fax: 503-246-2399 Contacts: Yvonne Simmons, Pat Hollingsworth a group dedicated to non-violence/Portland carries out activities in support of a group dedicated to non-violence, a feminist anti-war organization in Serbia. WIB/Portland follows the Belgrade group’s practice of holding regular silent vigils in public places where, dressed in black, they provide a powerful image. Their aim is to speak for women all over the world who seek an end to militarism and war. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Education; Peace/Anti-war; Serbia; Women’s Issues. PENNSYLVANIA American Friends Service Committee East-West Program 1501 Cherry Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19012 Tel: 215-241-7188 Fax:215-241-7177 Email: Contact: Michael Simmons The East-West Program of the American Friends Service Committee focuses its work on building civil society in Southeastern Europe. Its programs concentrate on women’s rights and the human rights of Roma (gypsies) and other ethnic minorities Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and the former Yugoslavia. Staff based in Budapest travel to former Yugoslavia regularly to meet and work with local activists. Women from Croatia and Serbia were part of a training seminar on confronting sexual harassment; Roma from Macedonia participated in an three day seminar/exchange between Roma and African Americans civil rights organizers. The Program regularly produces written material to educate Americans about the Balkan conflict, U.S. policy, and the work of grassroots peace and human rights organizations in the region. KEY WORDS: Education; Human Rights; Peace/Anti-war; Roma; U.S. Policy; Women’s Issues. American Friends Service Committee Yugoslav Relief Fund 1501 Cherry Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19012 Tel: 215-241-7086 Fax: 215-241-7177 The American Friends Service Committee established its Relief Fund to meet humanitarian needs and to support peace groups in the region. Humanitarian relief includes clothing, blankets, shoes, and personal hygiene supplies for refugees and the needy in Bosnia, Kosovo/a, and Serbia. In Croatia, Kosovo/a, and Serbia, AFSC is raising funds to supply laptop computers, printers, and fax machines to local peace and women’s groups to facilitate such work as counseling trauma victims. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Computers; Croatia; Education; Kosovo/a; Peace/Anti-war; Refugee Assistance; Serbia; Women’s Issues. Balkans Peace Centre in Macedonia c/o Ted Herman P.O. Box 125 Cornwall, Pennsylvania 17016 Tel: 717-273-6612 Fax: 717-274-8052 Email: Contact: Ted Herman The Balkans Peace Centre is based at the University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, Macedonia. Ted Herman, Emeritus Director of Peace Studies at Colgate University, helped to establish the Balkans Peace Centre, which has introduced the first peace studies program in the Balkans. The Centre is setting up courses in nonviolence and conflict resolution, translating materials into Macedonian, and arranging exchanges between local teachers and trainers from abroad. It is working directly with local women refugees from Bosnia and looking for ways to bring clergy from the different religions together. Ted Herman is available to speak about this ground-breaking effort and about nonviolent responses to war. KEY WORDS: Conflict Resolution; Education; Exchanges; Macedonia; Peace/Anti-war; Religious Community; Women’s Issues. Brother’s Brother Foundation Foundation Relief Suite 305, 1501 Reedsdate Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15233 Tel: 412-321-3160 The Brother’s Brother Foundation has provided humanitarian aid and educational materials to every ethnic community in former Yugoslavia. They have handled the distribution of food for agencies like the Red Cross and provided wood burning stoves to those in need in Croatia and Bosnia. They have also operated feeding programs in Osijek, Croatia and Orasje, Bosnia, in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Humanitarian Relief; Reconstruction; Refugee Assistance. The Community of Bosnia Foundation c/o Michael A. Sells Department of Religion Haverford College Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041 Tel: 610-896-1027 days; 610-645-0920 messages Fax: 610-896-1224 Contact: Michael Sells Email: Web Site: http://www.haverford.students.edu/vfilipov.html The Community of Bosnia supports a multi-religious and culturally pluralistic Bosnia and seeks to help Bosnians in tangible ways, through the Bosnian Student Project which helps secure scholarships for Bosnia high school and college students, and the Art and Culture Program which resists the attempt to annihilate the traces of Bosnia’s multi-religious past. The COBF Newsletter is published bi-annually; subscriptions are $25.COB has made information and graphic resources on human rights, education, and culture in Bosnia available on its World Wide Web page. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Bosnia; Education; Exchanges; Human Rights. Friends of Bosnia P.O. Box 623 Abington, Pennsylvania 19001 Tel: 215-248-6480 Email: Contact: Todd Kristel Friends of Bosnia is a coalition of Muslims, Christians, and Jews that promotes public awareness and action of the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina through speakers, materials, and contacts with religious, ethnic, and social action groups. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Human Rights; Religious Community; U.S. Policy; War Crimes Tribunal. Jews Against Genocide in Bosnia P.O. Box 623 Abington, Pennsylvania 19001 Tel: 215-246-6460 Email: Contact: Todd Kristel Jews Against Genocide in Bosnia is an organization of concerned Jews who support the people of Bosnia in their efforts to stop the atrocities against their people, bring those responsible for genocide to justice, and rebuild their nation as a multi-ethnic and open democracy. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education, Genocide; Human Rights, Jewish Community; Reconstruction; U.S. Policy; War Crimes Tribunal. Mennonite Central Committee Peace Office P.O. Box 500. 21 South 12th Street Akron, Pennsylvania 17501 Tel: 717-859-1151 Fax: 717-859-2171 Email: or Web Site: http://www.mennonitecc/ca/mcc/ Contact: Ray Brubacher, Hansulrich Gerber The Mennonite Central Committee operates humanitarian aid programs in coordination with local organizations such as Bread of Life in Serbia and the Christian Information Service in Croatia. Besides providing basic humanitarian needs, they have distributed thousands of refugee kits with towels, combs, soap, etc. and supported the development of a local economic initiatives, such as a greeting card business. The Peace Office creates written materials and videos to help Americans to understand the conflict and the how people are experiencing the war and its aftermath. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Economic Development; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Peace/Anti-war; Refugee Assistance; Serbia. Project Bosnia, Villanova University School of Law 299 North Spring Mill Road Villanova, Pennsylvania 19805 Tel: 610-519-7078 Fax: 610-519-7033 Email: Web Site: http://www.law.vill.edu/vcilp/bosnia/theplan.html The Villanova University School of Law has undertaken the development of a strategic plan for an Internet-based legal infrastructure for Bosnia, a step in rebuilding Bosnian legal institutions in the wake of war. Most law libraries, law books, and copies of judicial decisions and statues were destroyed during the war, and the most efficient path to a rule of law and the restoration of civilian institutions of government is though effective use of information technology. Project Bosnia has: donated hundreds of computers and modems and established Internet connections for Bosnian legal institutions; established training programs to ensure that Bosnian attorneys and magistrates are computer literate; and set up an exchange program for Bosnian law students and faculty. It has developed plans for effective Internet use by the human rights ombudsmen mandated by the Dayton Accords; assisted in putting a database for missing persons on the Internet; and created a plan for an Internet service provider to small businesses. The Project has been a source of legal and technical advice to Bosnian and U.S. government officials, humanitarian aid organizations and other NGOs, and to international funders including the World Bank. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Computers; Economic Development; Education; Exchanges; Human Rights; Legal Reform; Reconstruction. SOUTH CAROLINA Americans for Bosnian Human Rights—Charleston 309 Meeting Street, #14 Charleston, South Carolina 29410 This Charleston office is part of a national network. The main office is in Phoenix. For a full description, see the listing for Americans for Bosnian Human Rights—Main Office under ARIZONA. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Human Rights; U.S. Policy. PeaceWorks c/o Melek Zimmer 12 Parkwood Avenue Charleston, South Carolina 29403 Tel: 803-853-3180 Fax: 803-853-6495 PeaceWorks is a non-partisan, non-profit humanitarian organization dedicated to helping children around the world who are caught in the crossfire of warfare. PeaceWorks was founded as a response to the war in former Yugoslavia and over the past three years, it has procured, transported and distributed over seventy tons of medical and school supplies to war torn Bosnia, material contributed by U.S. corporations and 6,000 school children. PeaceWorks is now building a Center in Charleston which will serve as a place where people can come together from around the world to organize projects which help children of war. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Health; Humanitarian Relief. TENNESSEE Nashville Peace Action P.O. Box 121333 Nashville, Tennessee 37212 Tel: 615-321-9075 Fax: 615-320-8897 Contact: Lesley Hall Through its work against militarism, Nashville Peace Action helped organize two interfaith services on Bosnia in 1995. Its work against the Balkan war is part of its general program on issues of militarism, the arms trade, and military intervention. NPA works through public education, public participation, and legislative action. KEY WORDS: Education; Peace/Anti-War; Religious Community; U.S. Policy. TEXAS Bicycles to Bosnia 3333 Polk Street Houston, Texas 77003 Tel: 713-880-5764 Email: Contact: Tom Kennedy Bicycles to Bosnia is collecting donated bicycles and shipping them to the city of Mostar, Bosnia, where Mladi Most (Young Bridge), an NGO, is based. The bicycles will then be decorated by children; a bicycle parade is currently scheduled for June 1997. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Bosnia; Children/Youth. Foundation for a Compassionate Society P.O. Box 868 Kyle, Texas 78640 Tel: 512-447-6222 Email: Web Site: http://www.compassionate.org/ Contact: Sally Jacques The Foundation for a Compassionate Society attempts to practice feminist values of care and creativity on a social scale. Its purpose is to create an alternative to paternalistic charity in the creation of systemic social change to make a society itself compassionate. Since early in the war, the Foundation has collected and distributed medical supplies, baby formula, vitamins and new thermal underclothing to several groups in former Yugoslavia. It is now helping to develop a hospital link between Austin and a community in Bosnia. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Peace/Anti-war. Texans for Peace P.O. Box 1763 Austin, Texas 78767 Tel; 512-990-1257 Email: Web Site: http://www.a2z.org/cj/bosnia/ Contact: Charlie Jackson Texans for Peace is a project initiated by Charlie Jackson who takes an active role in supporting peace making and humanitarian aid efforts in Bosnia. Charlie seeks to build Texans for Peace into an organization that will raise funds, provide training, and prepare information on nonviolent action for Texans. His Relief to Peace campaign has provided support in Tuzla, Bosnia, to Children in Crisis, a direct aid organization (See listing under NEW YORK) and to ZamirNet, an electronic bulletin board with email connections to the rest of the world. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Computers; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Peace/Anti-war. UTAH Utahns for Bosnia c/o Gunseli Berik Economics Dept, University of Utah 308 BUC Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 Tel: 801-581-7435 Fax: 801-585-5649 Email: Contact: Gunseli Berik Utahns for Bosnia works for a just and lasting peace in Bosnia. UFB has been involved in information and letter-writing campaigns to put pressure on the U.S. government, in order to ensure that those indicted for war crimes are arrested and brought to trial in the War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; U.S. Policy; War Crimes Tribunal. VERMONT Conflict Resolution Catalysts P.O. Box 836 Montpelier, Vermont 05601 Tel: 802-229-1165 Fax: 802-229-1166 Email: Contact: Gary Shapiro Conflict Resolution Catalysts’s (CRC) mission in Bosnia is to support and facilitate citizen peacemaking, community building, open dialogue, reconciliation, and civil society development. CRC assists local citizen groups in both political entities within Bosnia, mainly in Sarajevo and Banja Luka. Core programs include community centers; joint local/international Neighborhood Facilitator teams to reduce tensions through mediation, human rights monitoring, and trust-building activities in neighborhoods; youth, culture and psychological support programs; community-oriented media; and the facilitation of contacts between citizens of the two political entities. CRC recruits and trains international volunteers to assist these programs in Bosnia. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Conflict Resolution; Education; Human Rights; Inter-Ethnic Dialogue; Mental Health. VIRGINA Baptist World Alliance 6733 Curran Street MacLean, Virginia 22102 Tel: 703-790-8980 Baptist World Aid hosted a roundtable in December 1995 for Baptist leaders from Croatia and Serbia as well as Baptist agencies. They agreed to keep working in Bosnia and the region through the local agencies, providing relief goods and assistance to refugees and displaced persons. Relief is also being provided to the small Baptist community whose members fled the Krajina last August. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Croatia; Humanitarian Relief; Refugee Assistance; Serbia. The Bosnia and Herzegovina Education Fund Bill and Jacqueline Poarch 2014 Woodland Road Petersburg, Virginia 23805 Tel: 804-733-9795 Fax: 804-733-5212 The Bosnia and Herzegovina Education Fund was created to house and educate Bosnian students of high school age in the United States, due to the devastation of the educational system in Bosnia. The Fund’s mission is multifaceted: to resist ethnic cleansing and genocide; to educate young Bosnians in order prepare them to participate in the rebuilding of their country; to break through the misguided public perceptions in the West about Islam; and to show Bosnians that there are families in America who are willing to open their homes in the face of the horrors that have taken place in Bosnia. The program began with a few families and soon spread throughout the United States with donations and services provided by corporations, local school boards, professionals, teachers, and whole communities. The Fund is now exploring setting up a Sister Schools Program in Virginia and Bosnia. This is the Fund’s regional office; the central office is in Exeter, New Hampshire (See listing under NEW HAMPSHIRE). KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Education; Exchanges. Emergency Medical Response Agency 2217 Princess Anne Street, Suite 103B Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401 Tel: 540-899-3505 Fax: 540-899-3527 Email: EMRAmedic@aol.com Contact: John Ashton or Program Director The Emergency Medical Response Agency specializes in the location and delivery of specifically requested medicines to the individual patients who need them or the medical authority administering them. It thus avoids the shortcomings of the more usual inundation approach to medical relief, and makes more cost effective use of its funds. EMRA has recently been asked by the Bosnian Health Ministry to take over the provision of cancer medicines for the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its reputation for effectiveness is based on EMRA’s history for delivering medicines specifically to the points of need, regardless of conditions in the area. Peter Deck of UNHCR has said “When all other humanitarian organizations restricted their movements during periods of intense fighting, EMRA was the only relief team that would take the medicines through the front lines.” KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Refugee Assistance. JournalShare Bosnia Project 9510 Lakewater Court Richmond, Virginia 23229 Tel: 804-741-8802 Fax: 804-254-6009 Email: Web Site: http://ahsc.arizona.edu/~lei/mla/journal2.htm Contact: Merle L. Colglazier JournalShare, through its Bosnia Project, is collecting and shipping basic health sciences journals published in the last ten years, to help with restoring the war-ravaged medical libraries in Bosnia and other parts of the former Yugoslavia. JournalShare is a non-profit journal broker seeking to distribute health sciences journals to areas of need worldwide. The overseas shipping for the Bosnia Project is being arranged by the Emergency Medical Response Agency of Fredricksburg, Virginia (see separate listing). Please contact the address above for information on how to contribute and shipping instructions. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Health; Reconstruction. Lifeline Network for Peace/ World Alliance for Humanitarian Assistance for Bosnia P.O. Box 23091 Alexandria, Virginia 22304 Tel/Fax: 703-370-0714 Contact: Beverly Britton Lifeline Network for Peace was created to promote peace and healing through body, mind, and spirit. The World Alliance for Humanitarian Assistance for Bosnia was created to extend a “lifeline” to Bosnia and Herzegovina by creating an international network of groups working in humanitarian aid and human rights advocacy. Lifeline projects have included placing war-wounded Bosnian refugees in the U.S; sending medical professionals to work in Bosnian hospitals; and distributing humanitarian aid . Currently, the Healing Hands Project sends professionals certified in therapeutic massage and physical and emotional therapies to Bosnia in treatment teams to address Post Traumatic Stress suffered by war zone survivors. The Children’s Peace Quilt Project, initiated after the Marketplace Massacre in Sarajevo, now travels the world. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Education; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health; Peace/Anti-war; Women’s Issues. Gerald Shenk Eastern Mennonite Seminary Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801 Tel: 540-432-4264 Fax: 540-432-4444 Email: Gerald Shenk, a professor at Eastern Mennonite University, is a specialist on the role of religion in former Yugoslavia. He studied in Zagreb and Sarajevo and served as a lecturer at Protestant theological institutions in Serbia and Croatia. He speaks and writes widely in the United States, helping audiences to understand the role that religion played in fostering the conflict, and the role it can play in bringing peace and healing to the region. KEY WORDS: Conflict Resolution; Education; Peace/Anti-war; Religious Community. WASHINGTON STATE Committee for MultiEthnic Bosnia 2318—2nd, Box 637 Seattle, Washington 98121 Tel: 206-324-7794 Email: The Committee for MultiEthnic Bosnia supports the restoration of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a unitary, democratic, pluralist, and mutiethnic state, which ensures the full enjoyment of human and civil rights for all of its residents. The Committee supports the dismantling of ethnically-cleansed statelets of Croat and Serb separatists, the return of refugees to their homes with security, and foreign investment to rebuild and modernize the economy. To the extent that the U.S. and U.N. are involved in Bosnia, the Committee seeks to change their policies towards support for the above measures. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Economic Development; Education; Human Rights; U.N. Policy; U.S. Policy. Island Bosnian Relief P.O. Box 2313 Friday Harbor, Washington 98250 Tel: 360-378-7089 Contact: James Lockwood KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Humanitarian Relief. Powerful Choices “I Am Your Witness” Campaign P.O. Box 30918 Seattle, Washington 98103 Tel: 206-782-5662 Fax: 206-783-6071 Email: Web Site: http:// wwwaccessone.~ witness Contact: Cody J. Sontag The “I Am Your Witness” Campaign raises money toward witness protection for rape/genocide survivors, for women’s groups in Croatia and Bosnia serving refugees and displaced persons, and for women artists, movie documentarians and writers. Witness Update is published three times a year. KEY WORDS: Art/Theater; Bosnia; Croatia; Education; Human Rights; Rape/Genocide; Refugee Assistance; War Crimes Tribunal; Women’s Issues. RES-Q Global Relief 312 NW 85th Street, #111 Seattle, Washington 98117 Tel: 206-955-3669 Email: Web Site: http://www.resq.org Contact: Stephen Long RES-Q Global Relief is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide emergency services, training and supplies, as well as general relief assistance, to people and organizations in need, without respect to political or religious affiliation. RES-Q founder Stephen Long started RES-Q after traveling in Bosnia during the war to help the needs of the desperately under-equipped fire departments of the Balkans. RES-Q collects good but decommissioned fire fighting equipment from various cities and delivers them, along with training, to Bosnian And Croatian fire departments. RES-Q also works with orphanages and families to proved relief supplies and other assistance. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Education; Humanitarian Relief; Reconstruction; Refugee Assistance. Thurston County Citizens for Bosnia 5242 Rumac Street SE Lacey, Washington 98513 Tel: 360-459-5340 Email: Contact: Pam Crocker-Davis Thurston County Citizens provide educational opportunities for high school and university students from Bosnia. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Children/Youth; Education; Exchanges. World Vision P.O. Box 9716 Federal Way, Washington 98063 Tel: 800-423-4200 Fax: 206-815-3446 Contact: Judy Jones World Vision’s multi-faceted rehabilitation program includes small enterprise development, psycho-social training, vocational training, reconstruction of war-damaged homes and schools and relief preparedness. Reconciliation is an integral component of every initiative. World Vision has offices in Zenica, Tuzla, and Sarejevo, Bosnia, with a logistics office in Split, Croatia. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Economic Development; Humanitarian Relief; Mental Health; Reconstruction. WISCONSIN FK Bemis International Center, St. Norbert College 10-0 Grant Street De Pere, Wisconsin 54115 Tel: 414-337-3955 Fax: 414-337-4008 Email: Contact: Garth Katner In 1996-97, the F.K. Bemis International Center of St. Norbert College (BIC-SNC) will be playing host to a series of citizens exchanges between Tuzla, Bosnia and Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Center seeks to help members of Tuzla’s municipal government and participants from the its NGOs form a core of citizens with expertise in local democratic administration. It will provide skills training to members of the Tuzla Forum and other voluntary organizations, along with elected members of the Tuzla municipal government, in how to influence and formulate public policy. This will also allow the northeast Wisconsin community to gain a deeper understanding of the multicultural society struggling to survive in Bosnia. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Citizenship; Education; Exchanges; Reconstruction. Bosnia Relief Committee University of Wisconsin c/o Dalia Mogahed 2035 Adderbury Lane Madison, Wisconsin 53711 Tel: 608-273-1094 Email: Contact: Dalia Mogahed The Bosnia Relief Committee is a student organization at the University of Wisconsin. The students have raised thousands of dollars in relief funds and shipped 30,000 pounds of humanitarian aid. In 1996, they brought two seriously injured Bosnians to the University Hospital for treatment and organized two Bosnia Awareness Days on campus. KEY WORDS: Bosnia; Education; Health; Humanitarian Relief; Refugee Assistance.