George Tarr
George Tarr
Honorary Delegate (New York)
Resettled Refugee from Liberia
George Tarr is a Refugee Congress Honorary Delegate for New York and co-chair of the Refugee Congress Youth and Education Caucus. He and his family were forced to flee Liberia in 1998 during the brutal civil war. They were at risk of being targeted because of his grandfather’s work as a government official. He was resettled to Staten Island, New York, in 1999.
George is passionate about helping others who are facing overwhelming challenges. He works as Deputy Director at African Refuge, a neighborhood nonprofit dedicated to serving at-risk youth. Previously, he served as the youngest African Refuge Board Member. He has been instrumental in designing programs that bring the community together, including a housing program, a health education program and a drop-in center for teens. Geore has also served as a peer counselor at the International Rescue Committee, where he mentored newly-arrived refugee students.
He has a bachelor’s in political science from Brooklyn College.
“No matter where we are from, we are all the same because under the sun, the human race is just one big family, and no man is an island. We must work together if we want our community to reflect who we are in a positive light.”
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