What does philanthropy have to do with Radovan Karadzic?
When I was twenty-four years old, I lived in Seattle and volunteered with an extraordinary initiative called the I Am Your Witness Campaign. A project of the non-profit self-defense organization, Powerful Choices, The Witness Campaign supported women survivors of the siege and genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina. To help raise money to support women survivors and their children, The Witness Campaign sold Witness t-shirts for $25 a piece. I remember spending weekends in the office space donated to the Campaign. I sat on the pale white carpet, listened to music from a small transitor radio, and filled orders for t-shirts. One-by-one I helped fill hundreds and hundreds of orders, placed by caring people throughout the world. I read notes that said, “Thank you for giving me a way to help” and “I am including my $25 plus $5 more. I hope it helps.” These t-shirt sales, together with other donations brought in more than a quarter million dollars. Not bad for three women and an office space. Wi
