Written by Melissa Dalton-Bradford
This is how nonprofits work: You show up and lean on the strongest woman around. Meet that woman, Trisha Leimer, President of Their Story is Our Story. Our scrappy band of seven founding members (including @lizthayerart, @lindsaysilsby, @garrettgibbons, Twila Bird and Morgan Gibbons) conducted and documented dozens of hours of interviews with refugees in Greece and Germany over the summer, and those pieces are now being translated thanks to many of you volunteers.
Trisha and I are on the ground here in central Germany facilitating connections between refugees and locals, teaching German, and discovering on a daily basis stories among our refugee friends that we plan to bring to you.
Our artists are painting, editing photos, weaving together video footage, posting and reposting and putting all of this on our brand new TSOS website. Then there's the whole technical and legal backstage labor involved....it's huge, and it's happening.
This pic was taken by Ali, our Afghan friend whose resilience and good humor keeps us smiling.
2021 World Refugee Day Events- Salt Lake City
Come join us as we Educate, Integrate, and Advocate for Refugees in our Communities. One Story at a Time.
2021 TSOS World Refugee Day Events
Come join us as we Educate, Integrate, and Advocate for Refugees in our Communities. One Story at a Time.
Book Review: The Cat Man of Aleppo
The true story of how one Syrian man cares for the stray cats in his war-torn city, showing the difference one individual can make.