Skate 4185!, a La Maestra Generations youth program, meets every Saturday from 12 to 2 p.m. to pick up litter while skateboarding around the City Heights community. Program participants include Jayden, 12, Angel, 15, Dairani, 10, Kevin, 15, Ishmael, 9, Arthur, 13, Julio, 11, instructor Matt Eaton, Laura, 18, and Nick, 13. | Photo
When was the last time you took a stroll in your neighborhood? Played with chalk on the street? Participated in painting a community mural? Or reflected about the present and future of your community? On May 25th you can do all that and more. The AjA Project on Fairmount and University avenues is inviting residents to take
The photos included in this post were taken by Somali students in The AjA Project, a nonprofit that works with immigrant and refugee youth in City Heights. The students used photography as a means to explore their cultural identity and transition to life in the United States. On Monday, I reported that some Somali refugees
Speak City Heights partner The AjA Project is helping students at Crawford High School add their voices to the conversation about community health in City Heights. Using photography and narrative, they’re examining health issues — physical, mental and social — at their school and speaking to the issues that most directly
A group of City Heights refugees are sharing their experiences trying to navigate U.S. health care without consistent and effective translation. They’re asking their neighbors to sign a petition to get insurance companies to cover face-to-face translations. They say current phone lines set up to provide translations aren’t enough. Often, patients
A group of City Heights refugees are sharing their experiences trying to navigate U.S. health care without consistent and effective translation. They’re asking their neighbors to sign a petition to get insurance companies to cover face-to-face translations. They say current phone lines set up to provide translations aren’t enough. Often, patients who don’t speak English rely on
This summer, students in The AjA Project’s photography workshops considered City Heights’ relationship with food–where residents get it, whether it’s healthy and how it compares to the food refugees ate previously. They followed their camera lenses to the New Roots Community Farm, where refugees grow their own food. The farm helps growers reconnect with the way of life
This summer 100 photos, 80 banners, 6 photo murals, and one 70-foot banner will cover University Avenue from 40th to 54th Streets in San Diego's City Heights neighborhood. These photos were taken by refugee youth living in City Heights and originally from East Africa and Southeast Asia. This exhibit, entitled Inter+Sections, is presented by
