Bridges to Serbia Connects with Kolo Srpski Sestara in Cacak, Serbia
Bridges to Serbia
This week, we launched a new Facebook fan page for Bridges to Serbia, the non-profit born from our "Support Serbia" idea
It's a funny experience naming a non-profit. It's a really long process of writing down ideas, crossing out ideas, loving a name, hating a name, suggesting ideas which you know are silly, and feeling so far away from the "ideal name" that you don't think you'll ever come up with the right one.
But, finally, our family decided to name this non-profit "Bridges to Serbia," and here's why:
Bridges are very historically significant in the Balkans. Throughout history, bridges have represented commerce, diplomacy, health, art, civilization, and peace. There are stories of bridges that were torn down during war and then re-build to symbolize healing in a community. There are stories of Serbians protesting NATO's 1999 bombing of the country, standing like targets on top of a bridge to send the message that if NATO destroyed that important bridge NATO would be destroying the people in that community.
But as physical bridges connect people and places, we know that metaphorical "bridges" can be built between people, communities, and places through friendship, business, politics, art, and travel. Our non-profit, which we hope will be registered as a 501 (c)(3) before the end of the year, aims to "build bridges" between people in Serbia and people around the world who can mutually encourage each other in simple ways.