Story Team
The RHPNA is looking to put together a team of storytellers who can identify, document and share stories of what the church is doing to welcome, care for, and learn from our refugee and forcibly displaced neighbors in the U.S. and Canada.
We are looking for volunteers skilled at writing, video production, photography and social media marketing interested in collaborating to share these stories.
sj holsteen
SJ serves on the RHPNA leadership team and is based in Minneapolis where she works with IAFR while also teaching English at University of Northwestern. SJ will act at the link between the leadership team and the Story Team coordinator.
TIM COWLEY, story team coordinator
Tim served on the RHPNA leadership team for three years and lives in Portland, Oregon where he has assisted with leading regionals in the Pacific Northwest. He is a documentary filmmaker and photographer and serves as Communications Manager for a Portland-based non-profit while helping lead a global network of media specialists focused on cross-cultural storytelling.
joanna schaus
Joanna was raised in Central Asia and currently travels around the U.S. in her van. She is most interested in stories of displacement, war and trauma studies. [Instagram]
Jim Metelak
Jim recently returned to the U.S. from Central Asia and is now based in Colorado. He is a photographer. [Instagram]