Spotlight: Comic on K-12 Homelessness

Our latest Spotlight on projects and people within the Graphic Medicine international community focuses on a new research-based comic exploring homelessness among K-12 students. Uprooted: Voices of Student Homelessness (2024) is a recent collaboration between academics at multiple institutions and artist Ashley Robin Franklin, based on many years of research with families experiencing homelessness. This 16-page comic is available for free download at its website, where print copies can also be requested. Here’s the official description of the story: For many, homelessness may evoke images of single, adult men living on the streets. But beneath the surface of these narrow … Continue reading Spotlight: Comic on K-12 Homelessness