The Kennedy Center is proud to sponsor the Displacement Today lecture series, hosted by Their Story is Our Story. Join us for this three-day event, which will share stories of incredible resilience, endurance, as well as feature the performance of the multimedia composition, The Story of Our Journey, live on campus for the first time.

DAY 1: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21
“Ribbon Cutting” – Global Refugee Archive
Kristen Dayley, Robin Peterson, Ellen Amatangelo
2:30 PM • HBLL LIBRARY AUDITORIUM

The Difficult Path to Immigration and Integration and Why We Should Care
Kristen Smith Dayley
3:00 PM • HBLL LIBRARY AUDITORIUM

Woman. Refugee. The Vulnerability and Resilience in Times of Global Migration
Liz Jevtic-Somlai
4:00 PM • HBLL LIBRARY AUDITORIUM

Educating for Inclusion and Diversity
Heidi Grimshaw and Sherianne Schow
5:00 PM • HBLL LIBRARY AUDITORIUM

Refugees Among Us: Professor. Student. Father. Daughter. Mother. Volunteer. Refugee
Carter Charles, Shurooq Al-Jewari, Liz Jevtic-Somlai
6:00 PM • HBLL LIBRARY AUDITORIUM

The Story of Our Journey Performance
Dylan Findley, Composer
Csaba Jevtic-Somlai, solo clarinet
7:00 PM • HBLL LIBRARY AUDITORIUM

After Performance Q&A with TSOS and Artists
Dylan Findley, Csaba Jevtic-Somlai, Liz Thayer
8:00 PM • HBLL LIBRARY AUDITORIUM