Athens Comics Library was designed to be a place of inspiration and creation of experiences, learning and exploration, participation, creativity and experimentation around a collection of 2.500 comics. We believe in the healing value of comics and storytelling, an approach that has supported numerous children, families and communities.
Our work aims to hold space to share those impactful stories, and lived experiences and at the same time encourage people to learn how to listen to someone else’s story and realise that humanity is composed of many overlapping stories. Since 2008 we design and facilitate educational workshops and since 2016 we have also been active in offering educational programs for refugee children and mothers through the BONDS program. From 2019 to 2021 we have designed and operated at the Athens Comics Library the Baytna Hub, a program for education and creative employment of preschool refugee children with support the Refugee Trauma Initiative and Choose Love. Over the past years, the Athens Comics Library has carried out a series of community empowerment projects, with an emphasis on youth.

