We are very excited to invite you to the end of semester student exhibition titled “Just Cuz (YOU) Can’t See,” from 5 to 7 pm on Thursday, March 12th at You Belong Here in City Heights. The body of work created by AjA’s Art + Social Justice Juvenile Court and Community School participants is a
Funded by the California State Libraries, the Civil Liberties Project is rooted in studying the social and political context in which Japanese American Internment occurred in the United States and how the civil liberties of a community came to be violated under US executive order 9066. The project includes various workshops including: lectures by local scholars and artists, field trips,
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We just wrapped up our Storytelling September series which highlighted a series of blog posts created by our team of City Heights-based youth worked to elevate the voices of the City Heights community through The AjA Project‘s Speak City Heights Youth Media (SCHYM) program. In honor of Photographer Appreciation Month, throughout the month of
Youth voice has always been vital to social and political change. Young people shape the way we see social progress and our future, yet sometimes the power of youth voice is forgotten. We are told that we are “too young,'' that we “don’t know enough,” that “our opinions are invalid.” These sentiments have the power
Over this past semester, a team of City Heights-based youth worked to elevate the voices of the City Heights community through the creation of blog posts and photo essays through AjA's Speak City Heights Youth Media (SCHYM) program. SCHYM is supported by the Speak City Heights media collaborative, aimed at amplifying the voices of
A multimedia art exhibit showcasing stories from the Little Saigon District, an area in San Diego’s City Heights neighborhood, is launching Friday at Fair@44. The project, a partnership among Media Arts Center San Diego, the AjA Project, Little Saigon Foundation and El Cajon Boulevard Business Improvement Association, is meant to start conversations about the Vietnamese-American
In partnership with the San Diego County Office of Education Juvenile Court and Community Schools, The AjA Project programmed with youth participants through its Art + Social Justice curriculum at two unique sites in San Diego this Spring. “How We See,” an exhibition by 37ECB students, is a culmination of work developed over 20 sessions
Over the past spring, in partnership with the Speak City Heights media collaborative, The AjA Project programmed with youth participants through its 2019 Speak City Heights Youth Media curriculum at AjA headquarters. The program's final product is a series of blogs and photo essays centered around the City Heights community which were developed over 20
Join Rachel Michelle Fernandes, mostly functional misfit and mental health advocate for part 2 of a discussion about identity and what it’s like to cross cultural boundaries. Rachel talks with two San Diego and Tijuana based activists who grew up living the Transborder experience and to a Jamaican born psychologist who talks about her
