GW professor Jihae Cha hosts a storytelling camp to give youth with refugee backgrounds a chance to navigate their identity and sense of belonging. Read more from GW Today
For the past decade, Cha has focused much of her research on education in emergencies and protracted crises with the goal of exploring both challenges and opportunities that exist in education for youth in exile.
“My research always comes out of necessity from the field,” Cha said. “I asked [Paw], ‘What do you really want to do?’ She told me she wants to invite youth in the community to know the importance of self-expression and finding that greatness.”
After some planning, the result was a two-day intensive writing workshop in August 2022 where participants were encouraged to explore themes of identity and open up about the struggles of navigating a sense of belonging as immigrants in the United States.
