Year: 2016

  • “Collective Voices” a blog post by AjA Project Interns Namu S. & Bethlehem D.

    “Collective Voices” a blog post by AjA Project Interns Namu S. & Bethlehem D.

    Collective Voices, a nine month AjA Project that highlighted the identities of eighteen young City Heights residents through photography, was done in partnership with Doris Duke and The United Women of East Africa.  This blog post, written by AjA’s student interns, seeks to share some details and events from their nine month process and to…

  • Activists Hope To Spotlight Local Police And Community Relations

    By Tarryn Mento After the fatal police shootings earlier this week of two African American men, Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota, law enforcement’s treatment of minorities is again dominating the national conversation. More violence followed when a man opened fire on law enforcement at a Dallas protest on Thursday, killing five…

  • San Diego Improving Pedestrian Safety At Site Of Fatal Hit-And-Run

    Traffic cones are lined along a protected bike lane and new sidewalk installed at 54th Street near Chollas Parkway, July 5, 2016. | Photo by Tarryn Mento By Tarryn Mento Orange traffic cones and neon netting near the busy intersection of 54th Street and Chollas Parkway on the border of City Heights are a sign…

  • Teen Producers: Wasted – Combating Waste on Campus

    Teen Producers Project Youth filmmakers in the Media Arts Center’s Teen Producers Project create a short documentary on urban waste and the impact it has on the ocean and wildlife. This video includes an informative interviews with students and teachers at Hoover High School, as well as, staff at Ocean Discovery Institute and San Diego…

  • Teen Producers: Ocean Discovery Institute

    Teen Producers Project Youth filmmakers in the Media Arts Center’s Teen Producers Project create a short documentary on the Ocean Discovery Institute’s science center in City Heights. This video includes an informative interview with staff at Ocean Discovery Institute about their role in the neighborhood. Ocean Discovery Institute is an environmental conservation organization in City…