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Take Action

Discover how to help current refugees fleeing their countries and choose an action that you want to take on behalf of refugees. You could choose to write a letter to the current U.S. administration or you could contact the Save the Children charity to see what kind of non-monetary help you could provide to help child refugees in crisis.

Take Three Items

Write a reflection about the three items you would take with you if you had to leave your home country to seek a better life elsewhere.

Read an Essay

Seek out and read Edwidge Danticat's essay entitled Message to My Daughters, which reframes the ideas and definitions behind the term 'refugee.' Write a reflection about your findings and their connection to the memoir The Best We Could Do.

Make an Audio Recording

Choose a scene from The Best We Could Do that...

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