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Top of Mind: Live in America for Refugees with Dr. Abdul Nasser Kaadan

Dr. Abdul Nasser Kaadan, Orthopedic Surgeon and a Syrian Visiting International Professor currently teaching at Weber State University, was a guest radio program titled "Top of Mind with Julie Rose."

April 24, 2017

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Deseret News: How these Mormon artists discovered that refugees are 'just like you'

Deseret News writer Allison Pond interviewed TSOS members in the midst of the organizations' presentation series in Utah. Her article "How these Mormon artists discovered that refugees are 'just like you'" features a handful of refugee stories.

April 13, 2017

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KSL: To The Rescue

A call 'to the rescue' inspired Utahns in a year's worth of service to refugees

April 8, 2017

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BYU Magazine: "Strangers No More" Article Rated #1 in 2016

BYU Magazine readers rated TSOS founding member Melissa Dalton-Bradford's article titled "Strangers No More" their most popular article in 2016.

January 24, 2017

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NAPCP: Interview with Lindsay Silsby

I was approached by the National Association of Professional Child Photographers to do an interview when they first heard about our project.

November 21, 2016

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KSL News: Latter-day Saints in Europe - Faith, Hope and Charity

I was so impressed with the way this KSL team handled this very important subject in their report entitled Latter-day Saints in Europe: Faith, Hope and Charity.

October 1, 2016

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BYU Magazine: Strangers No More

Eyes speak. That morning at the Limburg refugee camp, I heard volumes.“Guten Tag,” I said, tipping my head toward the man sitting alone at the end of the table. One of the dozens of refugees I’d met while volunteering as a German teacher in camps near Frankfurt, he had drawn my attention more than once.

July 31, 2016
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What would you do if you had to leave everything behind?

By the end of 2025, more than 117.8 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced by war, persecution, or human rights abuses — and 45 million of them are children.

They arrive in refugee camps and countries seeking safety and carrying little: legal papers, if they're lucky. A backpack. A child's hand in theirs.

What they carry that we can't see is heavier: fractured families, homes they'll never return to, professions they loved, friends and relatives they may never see again.

In a climate where immigrant stories are often ignored or twisted, we believe stories are a form of justice. When someone shares what they survived, they reclaim their voice. When we amplify it through film, photography, and advocacy, the world listens. Hearts soften. Policy begins to shift.

Because when a lawmaker sees a person instead of a statistic, and a neighbor understands instead of fears, rebuilding becomes possible.

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— Kristen Smith Dayley, Executive Director, Their Story is Our Story

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