Band for Refugees: Event Line-up
Written by Megan Carson
Saturday, June 16, 2018. 6:30pm-10:00pm. Draper Amphitheater.
Music
Evan Jolley, Camille McKeon, Little Moon, Gabrielle McKeon, Jeremy Avery, Nic Blosil, Jaren Jolley, Israel Turley, The Rocky Mountain Rockers, Margo Watson, Kimberly Knighton
Food Trucks
The Penguin Brothers - Ice Cream Cookies
Waffle Luv
Falafel Tree
Stories of Refugees
Special Guest: Carter Charles, former refugee and current TSOS team member
T-shirts for sale
Silent Auction
Items include: Spa gift cards, exotic rugs, skin care products, and more.
Why consent matters to us (and why it should matter to you too).
It is especially important to provide accurate information as to how a photo will be used and obtain consent when working with refugees.
Stories are Changemakers: An Instagram Live with Sarah Kippen Wood
Sarah Kippen Wood, Former Executive Director of Their Story is Our Story (TSOS), shares how stories connect and lead to change in an interview with Darien Laird, our Director of External Media. Sarah gives us an inside look at how TSOS functions and shares how telling her story helped her fight a stage four cancer diagnosis.
Uniting for Ukraine: U.S. Sponsors Needed
Just as citizens in Europe and the U.K. have heroically supported displaced Ukrainians by opening up their homes or securing other housing, assisting with school enrollments, employment needs, and language learning, Americans now have the opportunity via the Welcome.us Sponsor Circles program to directly help newly arrived Ukrainians. The United States has committed to welcoming 100,000 Ukrainians temporarily for a period of two-years and the ability to apply for employment authorization in the U.S. as long as they have a U.S.-based sponsor to petition for them.