To fight hate, Brooklyn nonprofit professionals wrote a comic book

(New York Jewish Week) - In the new comic book, "We Are Brooklyn: Stories of Hope," Francil Tejada shares her story about the Dominican Republic, where she was born, and the death of her grandmother, which inspired her to change how she connects with people and shows love.

It's a personal story, a Brooklyn story and an American story - one of six being told through an anti-hate project initiated by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. Others tell stories about an imam's trip to Auschwitz and growing up Jewish in Germany.

Contributors to the comic are part of the third cohort of...