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Open The Gates

What are we thinking? What do we expect these human beings will do as we look the other way and pretend they aren’t there? We aren’t just shutting them out, we are poisoning the wells from which our future will be forced to drink.

April 2, 2017

UN Asks Their Story is Our Story to Submit Accounts of Heroic Refugee Women

The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) requested Their Story is Our Story: Giving Voice to Refugees (TSOS) to contribute stories about the heroism of refugee mothers to share at the organization's sixty-first session

March 24, 2017

TSOS Utah Presentations in April 2017

Their Story is Our Story: Giving Voice to Refugees (TSOS) will present a series of multi-media programs in northern Utah during the first week of April.

March 22, 2017

In The News

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

Oinofyta Today

Much has changed. It is freezing and wet, the heating is broken, the basement is full of sewage, they and a big brawl in the camp last night among the residents.

December 15, 2016

Thanksgiving in Seattle

Kirsten is overwhelmed at the outpouring of goodness from so many people, and is thankful for the people who were once strangers to these refugees who came to meet them and share a meal together.

November 25, 2016

In The News

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

Interfaith Summit Presentation Recap

There were four contributors, including our group. We introduced ourselves and then groups of people would sit at your table to discuss what you do and how they can help you. That was the main event for me the whole night. Being able to talk about what we do, why do it and how they can help. I really stressed to them that we need people to like our page and share the stories. The work is only good as long as the public can see it!

November 17, 2016

Fluent in Farsi Food?

Your Farsi a little rusty? No worries! With our Afghan friends we speak fluent FOOD.

October 24, 2016

Refugee Relief Presentation Thank Yous

Their Story is Our Story information evening served as the grand finale to a densely-packed USA visit. From last weekend spent at my church's biannual General Conference, throughout five university lectures I was invited to give, interspersed with time spent with my three university kids Claire, Alessandro and Dalton, it was all a joy.

October 8, 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.

Your support helps us share these stories where they matter most.

Kristen Dayley

Kristen Smith Dayley
Executive Director, Their Story is Our Story

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