The Citizens' Panel provides a framework for nonexpert citizens to deliberate on issues of public policy and affords students insight into and experience with a grassroots democracy project. The goal was to offer the participants an opportunity to develop and publicize informed judgments on emerging telecommunications technologies and policies. Bosnia and Herzegovina Foundation is a nongovernmental, nonpolitical, nonprofit organization based in Sarajevo. It provides material assistance and scholarships for the youth of Bosnia and Herzegovina, primarily those children that were disabled, orphaned and internally displaced by the war. It honored the concept of public service in a remarkable way and we would like to thank Tufts for the vision and imagination of this endeavor.
Assimilation is a difficult and multi-faceted process.
Refugees must learn about American culture, but just as important is American understanding of the refugee's culture. This day helped to promote multi-cultural understanding, to raise awareness of refugee communities, to build individual and community morale, and most importantly, to empower refugees to help themselves. For refugees the concept of home is charged with war, ethnic cleansing and loss.