This project „To tell OUR stories: youth memories on refuge and resilience“ is about life stories. Stories that most people rarely hear about. Stories that are important and that must be told to be remembered. And it can be about you and your story – portrayed in a graphic novel.

GSI, Libereco Partnership for Human Rights e.V. and Vostok SOS invite youth to participate in the international oral history project "To tell OUR stories: youth memories on refuge and resilience". They are looking for young people – no matter from which background – who have personal experience in the context of war and displacement, young people who had to leave their home behind at some point in their life and who would like to share their experiences and are ready to exchange with others.

The project goal is to make various personal stories associated with forced displacement and life in a “new home” visible by means of a jointly created graphic novel. Through the mutual exchange of personal experiences we want to strengthen and empower participants, currently living in Germany and in Ukraine, to raise their voice.

What to expect? A ten-day training seminar for participants in oral history, a scientific method which is widely used to document and publish personal life stories. Based on collected interviews, the participants, with the professional help of an artist, will create a graphic novel that will later be published and presented in Germany and Ukraine. 
 

Gemeinsam mit dem Libereco Partnership for Human Rights e.V. und Vostok SOS bietet das Gustav Stresemann Institut in Niedersachsen e.V. das 10-tägige Seminar an. Alle Teilnahmegebühren (Anreise, Unterkunft und Verpflegung etc.) werden vom Projekt übernommen.