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Special Projects

Our mission often aligns with the work of other organizations and academic institutions seeking to meet the needs of people who have been forced to flee their homes. Through collaborative projects, we can leverage our common purpose to strengthen our impact and mutually enlarge our reach in creating communities of welcome and belonging. If you are interested in collaborating on a project with us, please contact us.

Refugee Physicians Advocacy Coalition

Their Story is Our Story, alongside key partners, founded a coalition of organizations working to solve the healthcare worker crisis by assisting international physicians to train, prepare for, and secure meaningful positions within the U.S. healthcare system while ensuring the highest levels of quality care.

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Global Refugee Archive

Launched in 2021, the Global Refugee Archive is a unique database of refugee stories collected by Their Story is Our Story, as well as by our partner organizations. It is house at Brigham Young University's Harold B. Lee Library ScholarsArchive and made available to the public, academic researchers, and humanitarians alike.

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BOOK: Let Me Tell You My Story

Let Me Tell You My Story is a gathering of stories collected by Their Story is Our Story in hardback book format. This volume debuts personal stories of the men, women, and children who, through no fault of their own, became refugees. Heartbreaking, hopeful, and unapologetically honest, these firsthand accounts highlight the resistance, resilience, and grit of the human spirit, and serve as a lesson to us all about compassion and community.

Published by Familius, this 332-page Amazon best-selling hardback book features photographs by Portraitist of France 2017, Christophe Mortier, and award-winning UK-based photographer, Lindsay Silsby, as well as illustrations by award-winning portraitist, Elizabeth Thayer.

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MULTIMEDIA COMPOSITION: The Story of Our Journey

Created in collaboration with clarinetist Csaba Jevtic-Somlai, the project initiator and lead, and composer Dylan Findley, the artistic director, the authentic audio and video interview footage provided by TSOS supports the clarinet and fixed media electronics, providing the viewer with an opportunity to reflect as refugees share details of their personal, arduous journeys from a home lost to a home found.

An educational and advocacy tool, the film project can be customized to fit the needs of academic institutions, public schools, IGOs and NGOs, and other interested parties, as well as an installation in museums or at conferences.

COLLABORATION: Helping Refugees Navigate the U.S. Healthcare System

In partnership with Georgetown School of Medicine, NoVa Friends of Refugees, Catholic Charities Diocese of Arlington, and the Virginia Department of Health, Their Story is Our Story collaborates annually on a project that the students can complete to help refugees navigate the U.S. healthcare system.

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What would you do if you had to leave everything behind?

By the end of 2024, more than 123.2 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced from their homes due to war, persecution, or human rights abuses.

An increase of 7.2 million over 2023, that’s more than 19,619 people every day — roughly one person every 4.4 seconds.

They arrive in refugee camps and other countries, like the US, seeking the one thing they’ve lost: safety.

Fleeing political imprisonment, ethnic violence, religious persecution, gang threats, or war crimes, they come with what little they managed to carry:

Legal papers – if they’re lucky.

A single backpack.

Sometimes a child’s hand in theirs.

They also carry the weight of what they left behind: fractured families, homes they’ll never return to, professions they loved, friends and relatives they may never see again.

They carry loss most of us can’t imagine – but also the truth of what they’ve endured.

At TSOS, we believe stories are a form of justice. When someone shares their experience of forced displacement, they reclaim their voice. And when we amplify that voice – through film, photography, writing, and advocacy – the world listens. Hearts soften. Communities open. Policy begins to shift.

That shift matters. Because when neighbors understand instead of fear…

when lawmakers see people, not politics…

when a teacher knows what her student has survived…

Rebuilding life from the ashes becomes possible.

We’re fighting an uphill battle. In today’s political climate, refugee stories are often twisted or ignored. They’re reduced to statistics, portrayed as national threats, or used to score political points.

The truth – the human, nuanced truth – gets lost, and when it does, we lose compassion.

We are here to share their truth anyway.

At TSOS, we don’t answer to headlines or algorithms. We are guided by a simple conviction: every person deserves to be seen, heard, and welcomed.

Our work is powered by the people we meet — refugees and asylum seekers rebuilding after loss, allies offering sanctuary, and communities daring to extend belonging.

Your support helps us share their stories — and ensure they’re heard where they matter most.

“What ultimately persuaded the judge wasn’t a legal argument. It was her story.”

— Kristen Smith Dayley, Executive Director, TSOS

Will you help us keep telling the truth?

No donation is too small — and it only takes a minute of your time.

Why give monthly?

We value every gift, but recurring contributions allow us to plan ahead and invest more deeply in:

  • New refugee storytelling and advocacy projects
  • Resources to train and equip forcibly displaced people to share their own stories
  • Public education that challenges fear with empathy
  • Local efforts that help communities welcome and integrate newcomers

As our thank-you, monthly supporters receive fewer fundraising messages — and more stories of the impact they’re making possible.

You don’t have to be displaced to stand with those who are.

Can you give today — and help carry these stories forward?

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