A great man is one who collects knowledge the way a bee collects honey and uses it to help people overcome the difficulties they endure - hunger, ignorance and disease!
- Nikola Tesla

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
- Franklin Roosevelt

While their territory has been devastated and their homes despoiled, the spirit of the Serbian people has not been broken.
- Woodrow Wilson

Ivana Todorović

Ivana Todorović je rediteljka kratkih socijalno angazovanih dokumentarnih filmova, koje je pravila u Beogradu i Njujorku. Filmovi „Ja kada sam bila klinac, bila sam klinka“, „A Harlem Mother“, „Rapresent“ i „Svakodnevica romske dece iz bloka 71“ prikazani su na preko 100 internacionalnih filmskih festivala poput 63. Festivala u Berlinu, Berlinale Shorts; IFF Rotterdam, The Traverse City Film Festival (festival Michael Moore-a), Palm Springs Shorts, Sarajevo Film Festival; Anthology Film Archive u Njujorku i Cultura Contemporiana de Barcelona. Nagradjivani su na festivalima u Srbiji, Kosovu, Americi, Rusiji, Italiji, Kanadi.

Film „A Harlem Mother“ je uvršten u online video biblioteku New York Times-a. Ovi filmovi se koriste u obrazovanju, medijskim kampanjama i NVO sektoru u Srbiji i svetu. Ivana se bavi i obrazovanjem mladih, drži radionice dokumentarnog filma i odrzala je TEDxAUK govor u Prištini. 2018te magistrirala je na katedri TV i Filmske rezije na Fakultetu Dramskih Umetnosti sa kratkim igranim filmom „ Kada sam kod kuce“. Diplomirala je na Documentary Media studies na New Schoolu u Njujorku, kao i na katedri za Etnologiju i Antrologiju na Filozofskom fakultetu. Zavrsila je u Beogradu francusku radionicu dokumentarnog filma Ateliers Varan, osnovanu od strane Jean Rouch-a. Jedna je od izabranih umetnika 2015. u Saary rezidenci programu u Finskoj. Godine 2010. bila je izabrani menti u programu New York Foundation for the Arts u Njujorku.


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Nenad Vukićević

Born: Jagodina, Serbia. Education: Graduated from University of Belgrade, Electrical Engineering. Emigrated to USA in 1984. Provides consulting and software development services in the area of embedded systems, systems software, and communications. President of the Serbian Unity Congress 2002-2005, former President of the local Serbian church Board in Saratoga for many years and provides web and Internet support for SUC. President, founder and creator of the Serbian Blago Fund. Married with three children, and resides in Los Altos, California.

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All Roads Lead to Jackson

Serbian American Contributions in Amador County, California, since the Gold Rush
Milina Jovanović offers a unique compilation of individual and family immigration stories that include enormous contributions to the development of California and significant community involvement. In this version of people’s history she chronicles how Serbian Americans have strengthened community, region, state, and country through the endeavors and struggles of 150 years. This book also focuses on women’s contributions that are too often overlooked. Ms. Jovanović’s study reveals that Jackson not only remains an original and symbolic home to Serbian Americans and Serbian Orthodox religion, but also an oasis where the Serbian community has preserved its positive reputation and social influence.

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