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Berit Green

Community Liaison, Germany

Berit has a B.S. in Public Health and a B.A. in French. She and her family recently moved from Arlington, Virginia to a small community in Germany. Berit landed her first job in DC with the Ethiopian Community Development Council, as a resettlement caseworker focused specifically on employment. She also spent a lot of time interviewing and working with refugees to learn and spread their inspiring and important stories. She then worked for USAID in the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance before deciding to stay home with her daughter and now teaches French for an online high school, and spends most of her time with her growing family.

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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 Smith Dayley, Executive Director, Their Story is Our Story

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