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UNHCR. (2022, July 21). The U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program Explained. UNRefugees.org. https://www.unrefugees.org/news/the-u-s-refugee-resettlement-program-explained/

Stickley, T., Hui, A., Stubley, M., Baker, F., & Watson, M. C. (2019). “’Write here, sanctuary’ creative writing for refugees and people seeking asylum.” Arts & Health, Vol.11(3), 246-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2018.1494450

Brown, S. L.,  & Bousalis, R. (2017). Empowering Young Minds Through Communication, Creative Expression, and Human Rights in Refugee Art. Art Education, Vol. 70 (4), 48-50.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2017.1317562

Burton, J. & VanViegan, S. (2021). Spoken Word Poetry with Multilingual Youth from Refugee Backgrounds. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Vol. 65 (1), 75-84. doi: 10.1002/jaal.1178

Nashwan, A. J., Steckler, T., & Abdulhaq, B. K. (2019). Healing Through Expression: How the Arts Transform the Experience of Syrian Refugees in Jordan. Human and Social Sciences, Vol.46 (3), 377-388. 

Minkyung Choi & Jihae Cha (2023) Stories told by refugee youth: alternatives to dominant narratives, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, DOI.  https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2023.2258088

Karen A. Baikie & Kay Wilhelm (2018) Emotional and physical health benefits of expressive writing, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, Volume 11, Issue 5, pp 338-346. 

Deborah Siegel-Acevedo (2021) Writing can help us heal from Trauma, Harvard Business Review, July 2021. 

Ciara Hoyne (2022) Giving Voice to the Voiceless: The Value of Creative Expression and Arts Base Education Initiatives for Refugees, REAL at the George Washington University 

https://blogs.gwu.edu/gsehd-real/2022/10/31/giving-voice-to-the-voiceless-the-value-of-creative-expression-and-arts-based-education-initiatives-for-refugees/

We Are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/39281540

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/35398627

The Refugees, Viet Thanh Nguyen https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/30358505

The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives edited by Viet Thanh Nguyen

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/35888417

The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown 

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/36912588

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/57899793

The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You by Dina Nayeri

https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/24324-dina-nayeri-ungrateful-refugee-biography-memoir/

Alone: Journeys of Three Young Refugees written by Paul Tom, illustrated by Melanie Baillairge, translated by Arielle Aaranson

https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-7730-6927-2

City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life into a Dying American Town by Susan Hartman

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780807024676