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Bosnian Organizations, Associations and Resources Global Atlanta Snapshots Below Is a Listing of Selected Organizations Who Work with the Bosnian Community A P E R S O N A L S T O R Y Bosnian Organizations, Associations and Resources global Atlanta Snapshots Below is a listing of selected organizations who work with the Bosnian Community. Additional resources are A LOOK AT ETHNIC COMMUNITIES IN THE ATLANTA REGION Nermina Silnovic grew up in Kotor Varos, a small town near Banja Nermina said this was very difficult because the year he spent in available at www.atlantaregional.com Luka in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In 1993, she and her parents moved a concentration camp meant his health needs had not been taken to Atlanta as refugees from the war then raging in Bosnia. The care of in some time. Nermina said her caseworker’s response GENERAL INFORMATION Save the Children b o s n i a n s family’s move was facilitated with the help of the International was “welcome to America”. International Rescue Committee Services: Childcare Referral 4151 Memorial Drive, Suite 201-C (404) 479-4240 Rescue Committee. Nermina spent much of her time going to a local Baptist Decatur, GA 30032 Contact: Pamela Runkle, Director The Global Atlanta Snapshots were created to foster understanding among all people of the Atlanta region. The Snapshots show the rich Before the war started in 1992, Nermina was in her fourth church that provided free English classes. In April 1994, she also (404) 292-7731 Contact: Ellen Beatty, Regional Director ethnic and cultural diversity that our region now enjoys. The residents of Atlanta’s ethnic communities may have lived in the region for year of college. The war prevented her from graduating. Her town, started working at a factory that made bed frames and other bed Tapestri, Inc. Elhamija Kadic, Bosnian Caseworker Immigrant & Refugee Coalition a long time or may have recently arrived. They may come from cultures and have customs significantly different from each other’s, and which had a mixture of three major religions, was caught by surprise parts. She worked on the assembly line and made about $5.40 per Services: Domestic violence, sexual when the war broke out. Nermina and her parents, who are hour. Since her English was a little better than that of others working Jewish Family and Career Services assault, human trafficking from those of the general population of the Atlanta region. What they have in common with the rest of the region is that they make it their 4549 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road 3939 Lavista Road, Suite E home, and they share in and contribute to its success. The Snapshots introduce and portray selected communities in terms of their back- Muslim, stayed in Bosnia for almost a year and a half after the war at the factory, she often found herself helping new immigrants in Atlanta, GA 30338 Tucker, Georgia 30084 started even though many people, especially younger ones, left. various ways. (770) 677-9300 or (770) 677-9447 (404) 299-2185 grounds, their customs and cultures, their roles in the regional economy, and specific local resources available throughout the region. www.jfcs-atlanta.org Nermina’s father was held in a concentration camp for 51 weeks. After working at the factory for a while, Nermina learned of a Contact: Vanisa Karic e-mail: [email protected] www.tapestri.org He registered, like other prisoners, with the Red Cross, which position as a housekeeper at a hotel that promised higher pay. Nada Karaula, Bosnian Career EDUCATION Bosnian-Americans in the Atlanta Economy ended up arranging to have him transferred to another concentration Upon starting the new job, however, she learned that the pay was Services (770) 677-9447 International Community School (ICS) camp in Croatia, where conditions were somewhat better. In the not as good as she had expected, even though she worked extremely Irina Nikishin, Immigration 3260 Covington Highway Some 3,250 persons listing This Yugoslavian-heritage workforce included 1,840 men and 1,410 fall of 1993, with Red Cross assistance, Nermina and her mother hard, putting in extra hours and cleaning about 20 rooms a day. Resettlement Decatur, GA 30032 Yugoslavian ancestry were women. While these workers were found in a range of occupational (770) 677-9347 (404) 499-8969 joined her father in Croatia and together they applied to be Often she would work three weeks straight without a day off. She Contact: Bill Moon, Principal part of greater Atlanta’s settings, there were a few concentrations worth noting. The largest transferred to the US. They did not know where in the US they said she was so tired “she couldn’t move” but she also couldn’t Jubilee Partners workforce at the time of the group of male workers is found in production and assembly occupations Services: Refugee Resettlement RELIGIOUS 2000 census. This number (400 jobs), followed by construction and maintenance jobs (330). would be resettled. They knew of people who were transferred to quit because she had to work to survive. P.O. Box 68, Comer, GA 30629 Bosnian Mosque (Islamic Community of Bosnians) would include not only Other occupations in which at least 100 men were working included Texas, California, and St. Louis. All they knew about Georgia was Eventually, Nermina decided she did not want to spend her (706) 783-5131 e-mail: [email protected] 803 Jolly Ave. S., Clarkston GA 30021 recent Bosnian arrivals, but management, sales, food preparation and computer-related jobs. that it was “nice, warm, and sunny”. whole life working in low wage, hard labor jobs. She decided to go (404) 508-0280 Contact: Blake Ortman also others of Yugoslavian While women are found in some of the same occupations, office Upon their arrival in Atlanta in December 1993, the Silnovic back to school to complete her studies. She interviewed at Georgia www.jubileepartners.org Contact: Imam Ismet ef. Zejnelovic ancestry (Serbs, Croats, and administrative support positions led the list with 250 jobs. Other family was taken from the airport directly to Jubilee Partners. They State University, Georgia Tech and DeKalb Tech and was getting SPORTS Refugee Family Services Bosnians and others) who may have arrived at an earlier period of were transferred to a rural community, in living conditions that ready to prepare for the SAT when she heard of an open caseworker Bosnia and Herzegovina Soccer League occupations with at least 100 women of Yugoslavian background 3647 Market Street (678) 377-0098 or (678) 300-6495 time. Based on the size of the region’s Bosnian foreign-born population Nermina now describes as “primitive”. After two months at Jubilee position at Save the Children. She applied and got the job in May Clarkston, GA 30021-1244 were production and assembly (240), sales (220), buildings and Contact: Mustic, Dzemaludin, Manager in 2000, at least two-thirds of the workforce with Yugoslavian roots Partners, a representative of Refugee and Family Services came 1995. Nermina spent four and a half years in that position, helping (404) 299-6217 e-mail: [email protected] ground maintenance (150) and food preparation (100). Contact: Nermina Silnovic, (678) 697-2390 is estimated to be Bosnian in origin. and helped the Silnovics settle into a rented apartment in Clarkston newcomers, organizing educational workshops and providing Program Manager Contact: Refik Mujagic that had one chair in it. Nermina laughs when she recalls how the support for the Bosnian community. Katherine Sanford, Volunteer Match e-mail: [email protected] www.refugeefamilyservices.org Bosnian Life in Metro Atlanta agency gave them three of everything – three chairs, three spoons, In December 1999, Nermina became Program Manager at three forks, and three mattresses. The day after their move, all Refugee Family Services. In that capacity, Nermina now heads Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Although the 2000 census recorded 4,500 The successful assimilation of Bosnian refugees depends largely Services of Atlanta Bosnians in metropolitan Atlanta, the con- on age. Older members of the community typically have not learned men were taken to apply for a job. Her father got a job doing hard three programs – one that focuses on women’s support, one 4151 Memorial Drive, Suite 205-D physical labor that earned him $5 per hour. Because her father, who focused on women’s employment, and one dedicated to family Decatur, GA 30032 tinuing arrival of new refugees has certainly English, which presents barriers to gaining employment and accessing was 48 at the time, was working, he was not eligible for public violence prevention. (404) 622-2235 increased that number. Community leaders services. Younger people have an easier time learning the language Contact: Milijana Trobradovic assistance either in the form of financial assistance or via Medicaid. believe that there are 8,000 to 10,000 and, in general, have a better chance at successful assimilation. Bosnians in the region today. Based on There has been a record of both successes and failures in the Who are the Bosnian-Americans? census figures, the Bosnian community is Bosnian community. There are a few doctors who came to the US centered in DeKalb County (2,400 resi- and worked hard to get the certification required for them to practice Bosnia-Herzegovina was one of the six The Yugoslav state under Tito had been a fragile amalgam of dents) and Gwinnett County (1,200). A medicine in the U.S., but many don’t have the energy and desire to be Order printed copies from the ARC Information Center at 404-463-3102 or socialist republics that together made communities marked by different languages, religions, and regional Contact: few hundred more live in Fulton County re-certified. On the other hand, a community member notes, “younger E-mail: [email protected] download free from the ARC website at www.atlantaregional.com up Yugoslavia, during Yugoslavia’s half loyalties.
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