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FORCED TO FLEE Visual Stories by Refugee Youth from Burma

© Erika Berg

Media Coverage as of 21 August 2015

21 August 2015, The Myanmar Times, “When Words Fail, Art Speaks” by Wade Guyitt www.mmtimes.com/index.php/lifestyle/16090-when-words-fail-art-speaks.html 19 June 2015, KUOW, “Local Refugees Tell Their Stories Through Art” http://kuow.org/post/local-refugees-tell-their-stories-through-art 19 June 2015, The Seattle Times www.seattletimes.com/opinion/hope-lives-in-pictures-of-war-and-strife-drawn-by-refugee-children/ 15 June 2015, Kirkus Reviews www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/erika-berg/forced-flee/ 26 May 2015, Nalandawest, “Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Talks with Compassionate Activist Erika Berg,” www.nalandawest.org/dzogchen-ponlop-rinpoche-talks-with-compassionate-activist/

5 May 2015, The Daily, “Visual Stories by Youth Refugees” (video), www.dailyuw.com/multimedia/videos/youtube_8383bbd4-87b0-54b1-a277-f855f41ee21f.html

1 May 2015, Northwest Asian Weekly, “Forced to Flee – Young Burmese Refugees Share Their Stories,” by Lauren Pongan, www.nwasianweekly.com/2015/05/forced-to-f%E2%80%8Alee-young-burmese-refugees-share-their-stories/

27 April 2015, US Campaign for Burma, “In D.C. Recently: Erika Berg Presents Forced to Flee: Visual Stories by Refugee Youth from Burma,” https://uscampaignforburma.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/in-dc-recently-erika-berg-presents-fo

25 April 2015, Chinland Guardian, “Refugee Youth from Burma Speak Out in the Universal Language of Narrative Art,” www.chinlandguardian.com/index.php/national-news/item/2282-refugee-youth-from-burma-speak-out-in-the-universal-language-of-narrative-art

23 April 2015, The Daily, “’Forced to Flee’ Voices of Burmese Youth Come to Life,” by Sarah Johnson: www.dailyuw.com/news/article_9d5db812-e96f-11e4-9996-6bdfac9a9ddb.html

April 2015, Burma Link, “Forced to Flee: Visual Stories by Refugee Youth from Burma,” www.burmalink.org/forced-flee-visual-stories-refugee-youth-burma/

14 April 2015, World Policy Blog, “Forced to Flee,” by Sidd Joag, http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2015/04/14/forced-flee-visual-storytelling-and-displaced-youth-burma

14 April 2015, Arts Policy Nexus, http://myanmarnewsarticles.blogspot.com/2015/04/forced-to-flee.html

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8 April 2015, Laogai Research Foundation (Italian), www.laogai.it/i-disegni-drammatici-dei-bambini-profughi-dalla-birmania/

20 March 2015, The Irrawaddy, “Exile Dreaming,” www.irrawaddy.org/magazine/exile-dreaming.html

2 Dec 2014, Global Magazin (German) http://globalmagazin.com/blog/fluechtlingskinder-malen-ihre-geschichten/

18 Nov 2014, The Seattle Globalist, “Young Refugees from Burma Speak through Art,” by Gennie Gebhart: http://www.seattleglobalist.com/2014/11/19/forced-to-flee-burma-refugees-in-seattle/30703

14 Nov 2014, BBC World Update (audio) interview with Forced to Flee editor, Erika Berg: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02bv9pc

11 Nov 2014, Global Voices, “Myanmar’s Child Refugees Share Their Stories through Visual Art,” by Mong Palatino: http://globalvoices.org/2014/11/11/myanmars-child-refugees-share-their-stories-through-visual-art/

11 Nov 2014, Global Voices (translated into German): http://de.globalvoices.org/2014/11/20/fluchtlingskinder-aus-myanmar-teilen-ihre-geschichten-durch-visuelle-kunst/

11 Nov 2014, Global Voices (translated into French): http://www.epochtimes.fr/archive/front/14/11/13/n3510518/les-enfants-refugies-du-myanmar-racontent-leur-histoire-en-images.html

6 Nov 2014, Burma Study Center, “Pigment, Paintbrushes, and Irrepressible Hope: Book Project Harnesses the Power of Narrative Art,” by Kristen Elde: http://www.burmastudy.org/pigment-paintbrushes-and-irrepressible-hope/

6 Nov 2014, Blackle Magazine, “The Courage and Influence of Children,” by Leslie Smith, http://blacklemag.com/living/the-courage-and-influence-of-children/

31 Oct 2014, Muses, “’Forced to Flee’ Poignant Visual Stories Painted by Refugee Youth from Burma,” by Sandrine, https://musesseattle.wordpress.com/2014/10/31/forced-to-flee-poignant-visual-stories-painted-by-refugee-youth-from-burma

31 Oct 2014, Psychology Today, “Children’s Art as Visual Narrative: Children Show Us Their Suffering and Their Hopes through Art,” by art therapist Cathy Malchiodi, PhD: www.psychologytoday.com/blog/arts-and-health/201410/children-s-art-visual-narrative

14 Aug 2014, United Network of Youth (UNOY) Peacebuilders, “Story 3: Art of Peace,” by Erika Berg: http://25storiesforpeace.wordpress.com/2014/08/14/story3/

17 June 2013, World Policy Blog, “Forced to Flee: Rebuilding Lives and Communities through Art,” by Farisa Khalid, www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2013/06/17/forced-flee-rebuilding-lives-and-communities-through-art

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21 Oct 2012, Seattle Art Museum, “Visual Stories by Refugee Youth from Burma,” curated by Erika Berg (video tour of Daniel Kranzler): www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM20k4h7MXw

17 Oct 2012, The International Examiner, “Burmese Refugees Share Distraught Experiences at the Seattle Art Museum,” by Claire Fant: http://www.iexaminer.org/2012/10/burmese-refugee-youth-share-distraught-experiences-at-the-sam/

3 Oct 2012, The Seattle Globalist (announcement of exhibit at Seattle Art Museum): http://www.seattleglobalist.com/event/force-to-flee-visual-stories-by-refugee-youth-from-burma

2 Dec 2011, Northwest Asian Weekly, “Forced to Flee: Voices and Visions from the Thai-Burma Border, Put on Paper,” by Erika Berg: http://www.nwasianweekly.com/tag/erika-berg/