Because Roma are European citizens: they make up the largest minority group in Europe (12 million or more if you include the Balkans and Turkey). Because they have been persecuted for hundreds of years, enslaved at some points in history, subject to attempted genocide in others, and subject to systemic discrimination (and increasingly, violence and inhumane treatment) today. Read More
Past Nanovic Grants have been awarded to Katherine Mohrig and Rosabelle Conover as well as an architectural class working on different issues regarding the Roma.