STORY PREVIEW

2025

STOP DISCRIMINASIAN

eduSOIL

Antrim

MENTOR

Amrish Patel

Step 1 FEEL

List the challenges or problems in your surroundings (school,neighbourhood etc.) that bothered you.

The issues we discussed were…Racism, Bullying, Discrimination, Asian Stereotyping.

State the problem chosen to work and why.

The issue we chose to address was…Asian Stereotyping. This is defined as…Common discrimination and stereotyping against Asians. We chose this issue because we have faced it a few times in our lives. We could relate to it and we want to bring focus towards it. We chose this issue because it made us feel sad, depressed and want to be different. We chose this issue because Asian stereotyping has become so common and is extremely normalized. It takes the form of microaggressions that are often overlooked

Who were the people affected by the problem? What were their primary concerns?

The people affected are people who are living in western countries but they have come from Asian countries or people with Asian ethnicity living in western societies. Their concerns were that Asian stereotyping has become so common and is extremely normalized. It takes the form of microaggressions that are often overlooked.

Step 2 Imagine

List ALL the different solutions you came up with.

We had many ideas and discussed doing a comic strip, mosaic, painting or a graphic novel.

Which solution from those listed above did you choose to implement and why?

We chose to do a comic strip because it would grab everyone’s attention, display our problem and using humor we can address our problem in a not so serious way. We envisioned that when the audience hears our completed comic strip they will be touched by our comic strip. They will also relate to our issue and we hope that they would like to change and stop stereotyping in whatever way they can in their surroundings and in society.

Step 3DO

Describe very briefly the process of implementing your solution(s).

To create our comic strip, we came up with a comic story. We wrote dialogues for our story. We created character illustrations. We created a rough comic sketch and then we finalized the final comic strip which involves 4 different situations in the life of a girl. Our roles and responsibilities. Rian A, Rian P and Swarnika were responsible for comic story and dialogues. Aradhya, Jiana and Riya were responsible for creating comic illustrations, comic sketches and comic book cover. Nandini joined in during the ‘Do’ stage to assist with the coloring, sticking and voice acting. Our artwork is called “Another Day”. The story is about a day in the life of a girl called Swarnika.

What was the result or impact of your project?

We ourselves had many different feelings during our project. It reminded us of the times we ourselves faced some of this and, a lot of our friends in different countries who face this on a daily basis. We felt sad about it, but we also felt happy that we were doing something about it. Talking about issues affecting us made us feel sad, anxious and isolated. Creating it made us feel excited and happy. We learnt a lot during this project. We learnt to work as a team and collaborate and cooperate with each other. We respected each other’s ideas and tried to include everyone. Everyone got to choose what they wanted to do based on their strengths. We came to know of our strengths and also where we needed to improve.

How many people were impacted by your solution(s)?

120

What did the impacted people have to say about your project? Provide 2 quotes or testimonials:

Below are few testimonials we received on showcase day. 1) Definitely relatable! great explanation of Asian stereotypes! very creative and touching.. one word: AMAZING! 2) Beautiful piece and depicts what happens in the real world especially at schools. 3) Kids have put in lot of efforts. Comic book was very creative and funny but impactful. Asian stereotyping is sutler and often normalized. Great that they are addressing this. 4) Amazing comic illustrations and script. So important that people take on what yous are saying! 5) Beautiful piece and depicts what happens in the real world especially at schools. 6) Just one word: AMASIAN !!!

What challenges did you encounter while implementing your project, and how did you overcome them?

The challenges we faced during our project were mainly related to execution of comic book. It was complex and labour intensive project. We have to many characters and illustrating everything in comic was very challenging. We used our superpowers of being collaborative and productive to overcome these challenges by dividing all the work and take extra work home and completing it before we meet again.

How long did it take to implement your solution?

MORE THAN 30 DAYS

Which global goals does your story align with?

Good health and well being

Please explain briefly why do you think so?

Our project addresses SDG 3, Good Health and Wellbeing because it is helping us spread awareness about an issue which is so normalised, that it is not considered an issue at all by many. Some of the bigger issues grab a lot of attention and get a lot of action and activism, but issues like this just remain in the sidelines, even though this affects mental health and wellbeing of huge number of people.

Step 4 SHARE

How did you share your project with your school and community? Who did you share your project with? What was their response?

The Art For Change programme included a Showcase Day on March 29th to present our projects and perform our art piece to an audience. The audience responses were amazed at the way we present this issue. Many in the audience found the issue very relatable and were impressed with our comic book. Comic book medium was very creative and funny as per the audience. Audience was impressed with the way we used humor to convey strong message. Audience were also impressed with our drawing skills, character sketches and story line. With our social engagement partner/s we

Approximately how many people did you share your story of change with?

More than 100

Briefly share your plan to sustain the impact of your project?

We hope to do more presentations and performances in our community. To broaden our social engagement, we plan to involve school or other community organisations.

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