Our Dreams, Ourselves: Asian American Comics & Young Adult Self-Empowerment

Event 2: This event explores how Asian American young adults express and shape their identities through comics, using graphic memoirs by creators like Laura Gao, Malaka Gharib, Robin Ha and Thien Pham. It examines how these artists grapple with their immigrant parents' unfulfilled dreams and their own aspirations, reflecting on their roles as avengers of their parents' failures. The discussion highlights how comic creators use narrative to process past experiences, confront microaggressions, and assert their own identities.