MERNA ANN HECHT
Word Travels
POET | TEACHING ARTIST | STORYTELLER | SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATOR
The language of story and poetry stands as witness to our collective humanity.
What better way to open the closed borders of our own hearts and tear down walls that separate us than to listen with full attention to each other’s stories?
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“I wrote about those unforgettable moments that will never come back, all those words that were the tongue of my heart are called poetries--Poetry gives me the right to say what I want to say, poetry gives me that space that nobody gave me before.—poetry is a world full of mysteries where everyone is welcomed.”
-Student from Afghanistan, 2022
“Merna is co-creating a world I want to see .... where no narrative is hidden but all narratives are equally valued”.
Charis May Hnin, Founder & Principal at Talitha Consults on Merna’s teaching at the Institute of International Education Julia Stasch Scholarship for Refugees.- Leadership Training Summer Program, 2020