Our Stories Carried Us Here
Written by Full List in Materials
and Tea Rozman (Editor), Julie Vang (Editor), and Bui (Foreword)
Illustrated by Tom Kaczynski, Ana Hinojosa and full list in Materials
Published by Green Card Voices
Green Card Voices presents a bold and unconventional collection of first-person stories told and illustrated by immigrants and refugees living across the United States. Stanford scientist, deaf student, indigenous activist, Black entrepreneur—all immigrants and refugees—recount journeys from their home countries in ten vibrantly illustrated stories. Faced by unfamiliar vistas, they are welcomed with possibilities, and confronted by challenges and prejudice. Timely, sobering, and insightful, Our Stories Carried Us Here acts as a mirror and a light to connect us all with immigrant and refugee experiences.
Primary ISBN: 9781949523171
Available As: Hardcover, Paperback
Graphic Novel, Graphic Memoir, Age 12 or older
Community Represented: Cameroonian/Cameroonian American, Chadian/Chadian American, Chinese/Chinese American, Colombian/Colombian American, Dominican/Dominican American, Egyptian/Egyptian American, Guatemalan/Guatemalan American, Jamaican/Jamaican American, Japanese/Japanese American, Kazakh/Kazakh American, Lebanese/Lebanese American, Liberian/Liberian American, Mexican/Mexican American, Pakistani/Pakistani American, Somali/Somali American, Taiwanese/Taiwanese American, Ugandan/Ugandan American, Various, Venezuelan/Venezuelan American, Vietnamese/Vietnamese American
Themes: Citizenship, Discrimination: Cultural, Engagement Tool: Video, Graphic Novel, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Immigrant: Undocumented
Setting: United States, Somalia, Yemen, Egypt, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Jamaica, Guatemala, Chad, Cameroon, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Mexico, Phillippines, Vietnam, Liberia, Guinea
Character’s New Arrival/New American Status: Immigrant, Refugee
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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Complete List of Authors & Illustrators
Storytellers — Country/Background — Current City
Alex Tsipenyuk — Kazahstan — Rochester, NY
Amara Kamara — Liberia — Minneapolis, MN
Aziz Kamal — Myanmar — Milwaukee, WI
Craig Moodie — Jamaica — Minneapolis, MN
Karelin — Guatemala — Atlanta, GA
Mary Anne and Sergio Quiroz — Mexico — Minneapolis, MN
Ruth Mekoulom — Chad — Fargo, ND
Vy Luong — Vietnam — Madison, WI
Zaynab Abdi — Yemen — Minneapolis, MN
Zurya Anjum — Pakistan — Sartell, MN
Illustrators — Country/Background — Current City
Ana Hinojosa — Dominican Republic — Naples, FL
Ashraf El-Attar — Egypt — Arlington, VA
Camilo Aguirre — Columbia — Minneapolis, MN
Cori Lin — 2nd Gen Taiwan/Japan — Chicago, IL
Gérard Nyunai Ngan — Cameroon — Cameroon
Hamid Ibrahim — Uganda — London
Mike Centeno — Venezuela — Chicago, IL
Nate Powell — America — Indiana
Sunshine Gao — China — Minneapolis, MN
Tom Kaczynski — Poland — Minneapolis, MN
Toufic El Rassi — Lebanon/Egypt — Chicago, IL