Top of Mind: Refugees - Their Story is Our Story

An eight-minute interview with TSOS president Trisha Leimer aired on Brigham Young University’s Radio’s public affairs program, Top of Mind with Julie Rose,” on May 4, 2017. Trisha spoke of her personal involvement with refugees in Germany and how her activism lead to the development of Their Story is Our Story and why telling individual’s stories are so important.
Listen to the report here.
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