Year: 2011
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Low-Income Shoppers Thrive At City Heights Farmers Market
By Megan Burks and Brian Myers The produce stalls at the City Heights Farmers Market last week were lined with strawberries so fresh they shined. Some still carried their delicate vines. Ayan Mohamed, who has an 18-month-old, was quick to exchange a Women, Infants and Children voucher for large basket of the fruit. They’re her…
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World Refugee Day Event to Celebrate San Diego Refugees
This photograph comes from a series of images of Somali Bantu refugees soon after resettlement in Boston. It will be on display at the San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts during World Refugee Day on Sunday June 19. | Photo Credit: Roberto “Bear” Guerra By Megan Burke and Maureen Cavanaugh San Diego plays a surprisingly…
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A Long, Unlikely Road to Stanford
Photo Credit: Kyla Calvert By Kyla Calvert On the last Friday of the school year, seniors at Crawford Invention and Design Educational Academy in City Heights are lined up for a barbecue. Later in the afternoon they’ll rehearse for graduation. Like most high school grads, they’ll hear from their valedictorian, Idris Ahmed, whose speech is…
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Garden Project Allows Crawford Students To Grow
By Megan Burke and Brian Myers San Diego’s Crawford High School in City Heights is among the most culturally diverse schools in the nation. An innovative school garden program at the school gives students a chance to discuss their culture through food. Kaley Hearnsberger is Crawford’s Youth Food Justice Coordinator. She runs the internship program,…
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Coalition Calls For Second Latino City Council District
By Andres Barraza As the redistricting process continues in San Diego, Latinos are calling for more representation in a new district. The Latino Redistricting Committee, along with a coalition from the African-American and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) community, called for the creation of a second Latino-majority City Council District. Mateo Camarillo, Chairman of…