Their Story Is Our Story

We share stories of the refugee journey to advocate and educate, and to actuate integration.

Refugee Mental Health: Not All Wounds are Visible

OUR LIVES BEFORE NO FAULT OF OUR OWN ROHINGYA CHILDREN

Stateless and Homeless Through Birth

The first to see the magic - the last to lose hope

What I want everybody to know about Afghanistan

All we want is peace and love.

We needed to act to save our lives

We didn't want to be brave. We just had no choice.

One Family Gives Back: Kayode Aduwemi's story

We can’t keep everything for ourselves. We pray that the foundation will grow because the people of Afghanistan, they need help now.

Transforming the perception of refugees worldwide one story at a time we envision a world where there is no them, only us.

Lives Converged: Venezuelan Refugees and Colombian IDPs

I had only five minutes to say goodbye to my family.

I don't know how to shoot. I’ve held a gun once in my life and shot two times, which was a long time ago.

Being a refugee does not make me less

My aspirations are to become a surgeon, buy my parents their own house, and sell my art.

Wherever you are put, you must grow.

It's good to go to an unknown place where I can figure things out.

You Have to Be Able to Trust Yourself

" When we first landed in America, we found a taxi, but my family didn’t speak English. Everybody laughed when we tried to talk, we thought that no one cared about us anymore..."

How to Get Involved in Refugee Assistance

If stories you read move you to action there are so many ways to get involved.

Join us in this critical work at TSOS to transform the perception and reception of displaced persons.

Volunteer your time to our three pillars, education, advocacy, and integration, or join our next cohort of interns.

Education

Our unique curriculum connects students to the individuals behind the refugee label through the power of personal narratives.

We provide a variety of free lesson plans that show how refugee displacement impacts literature, art, history, geography, language learning, and more.

Overview Curriculum

Integration

Everyone can engage in the lives of their neighbors who have arrived as refugees, be that in helping with language, culture, education, housing, or employment.

A strong social webwork depends on local citizens and refugees connecting with and learning from one another. Our stories are the unique fibers we all weave into one vibrant and strong fabric of community.

Overview Community Programs

Advocacy

We use storytelling to advocate for positive change in the perception and reception of refugees in communities worldwide. Refugees should have the power to define themselves as individuals first through telling their own stories in their own words. Our advocacy work hinges on these first-hand stories shared with factual context to prompt concrete action from ordinary citizens and decision-makers.

Theory of Change Activities