Telling the untold story of Syrian refugees.

It is time. Please help us tell the rest of the story that America needs to hear, and see.   We will introduce you to 20 Syrians who left their war-torn country and have found a new home, in a new community outside the US.  The untold story of the benefits and strength that Syrian immigrants can bring to a community needs to be brought to light. Most Syrians leaving their country are intelligent, successful people whose lives were ripped from them and, while they didn’t want to leave Syria, they have left to find a new place to put down roots and make a meaningful contribution to their new community.

The exhibit will be called The FACES of Syrian Refugees and is a multi-media exhibit that will tour the US to tell the untold story of the Syrian refugee crisis. While much of the reporting on the Syrian refugee crisis has portrayed them as dirty, sad, despondent, and perhaps dangerous, and numerous US polls have shown that a large majority of Americans don’t favor allowing Syrian immigrants into our country, the whole story is not being told.

Together, we will tell that story.  

We have completed the hard part.  Our team has traveled, met, interviewed and photographed 20 Syrians in their new homes. We will show them as they are: contributing members of their community and reveal them as human beings, not so different than you and I.

Please watch the video and help if you can.  This funding will be 100% used to create the actual exhibit that will tour the US.  Thank you, and please get in touch with us if you would like The FACES of Syrian Refugees to come to your city.

How it began

Since March 2011 over 5 million Syrians have fled their country due to war. The United States has taken in just 18,007 Syrian refugees since that time. I just could not sit by any longer and not try to help.  So in the middle of last year I contacted a Jordanian born researcher and a veteran journalist and together we formed "Open Minds, Open Doors" to produce an exhibit to highlight the untold story.  Since then we have worked with UNHCR and numerous NGO's in Europe and North America.  We spoke with Syrians who fled the war and have begun to make new lives for themselves and their families in their new country and community.  These are the people we want to introduce to America and let them see what the possibilities can be!

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You can be the catalyst to helping America understand why Syrian refugee resettlement is so important.