The sharing of stories is a vehicle for building empathy and understanding. By telling our stories of migration and adaptation, we can offer hope to one another. Although the accounts may sometimes include pain, struggle, grief or loss, the act of seeing, listening to, and holding one another’s stories can bring healing and transformation. Similarly, those stories can bring hope as we collectively say, “Keep going! You are here, and you are almost there!”
Reflect on the journeys of your elders—whether they crossed borders or overcame obstacles closer to home—and how their pursuit of a better life, a place of belonging, and a sense of home resonates within your own story.
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