Maketank’s Illustrated Memoir Project in Cincinnati public schools “engages refugee and immigrant youth to write and illustrate true stories from their lives.”
The goal “is to foment intellectual self-trust in the participants, center their lived experience, enhance social emotional learning, and increase literacies. Through sharing these stories we strive to foster a richer understanding of the experience of refugee and immigrant youth and build a more welcoming global community,” according to the project’s website.
Find the memoirs, educator resources and more information at maketankinc.org. Check out Enock Sadiki’s stop-animation video here.