On this Palm Sunday (Palm Sunday), the Boston Croatian community hosted educational experts from Split and Zadar to explore ways of connecting the innovation-centered Boston area with Croatia. The community also celebrated Easter early with an egg hunt for the children and a dinner for all. New England Friends of Croatia and Croatian School of Boston, the two organizations working together to foster Croatian-American exchanges and learning, focused on the topic of education in Croatia and for Croatians abroad, in elementary school as well as higher education.
Elementary School Teacher: Lucac Elementary School, Split
Ines Ivanovski, an awarded teacher who is also well known for her volunteer and humanitarian efforts, conducted workshops with teachers, sang with the children and led a discussion with Croatian parents to encourage them to speak the Croatian language with children who are living in bilingual environments.
Higher Education: University of Zadar, Tech Transfer Team
The team from the University of Zadar's Center for Projects, Science and Technology Transfer has visited various universities in the Boston area. This Sunday, the team consisting of Martin Zrilić, Anita Matek, Sabina Rako Juravić, and Katarina Kokić presented their current initiatives, including publishing scientific and professional papers and books, organization and participation in study visits, conferences, workshops and other educational and capacity building events, as well as conducting research, and the promotion of sciences. Boston Croatians, many of whom are part of Boston's innovation ecosystem, discussed the ways to collaborate in the future with both Boston-based organizations.
As always, with many Croatian communities, the workshops and discussion were followed by sharing food, this time after the children conducted an egg-hunt.
Author: Mirena Bagur, MBA, is the President of the New England Friends of Croatia, and Co-Founder of Croatian Premium Wine Imports, Inc., www.croatianpremiumwine.com, online store shipping over 120 indigenous Croatian wines to most US states. She was born and educated in Croatia. Always up for adventure, after college years in Zagreb, Croatia, Mirena traveled around the world and settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where she developed a career in global marketing. While passionately promoting Croatia, including wine education, Mirena is thankful for her parents who instilled in her appreciation for the Croatian community, history and culture, for her children who love the Croatian culture, but lovingly mock her accent, and her husband who is her partner in crime.
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