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How Community Members Can Help Their Neighbors Thwart Chronic Diseases
By Tarryn Mento When you are looking for advice, you likely turn to those closest to you. That’s what a nonprofit in San Diego’s City Heights community wants neighbors to do when it comes to their health. Project Concern International’s community health worker program aims to plant knowledgeable neighbors in ethnic communities where rates…
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Refugee Families Forced To Move; Too Many Living In Their Apartments
By Tarryn Mento Three large refugee families that a local nonprofit helped resettle at an El Cajon apartment complex are being asked to move because they have too many people living in their homes. They came forward after KPBS aired an investigation nearly two weeks ago about other refugee families who said the same resettlement agency —…
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Investigation: San Diego Refugees Face Housing Dilemma
The inside of Mostafa Inezan’s two-bedroom apartment in El Cajon was a standard white-walled, brown-carpeted space — except for the hardwood dining area. It was void of knicknacks or family photos, but full of Inezan’s five young sons roughhousing one sunny afternoon. The youngest, a toddler, occasionally waddled around in his unsnapped onesie and tugged…
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Volunteers Bring ‘Free Food Park’ To City Heights
The volunteer group Eat San Diego launched the city’s largest free food park in City Heights on Saturday. Volunteers planted a peach tree, strawberries, kale and other fruits and vegetables. Once the food is ready this fall and winter, it will be available for anyone to pick and eat. Eat San Diego has set up similar curbside…
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City Heights Group Proposes Restorative Program In SD Unified Schools
The San Diego Unified School District’s Board of Education will vote Tuesday on a conflict resolution policy that emphasizes mediation over punishment. The School Climate Bill of Rights, proposed by the City Heights-based nonprofit Mid-City Community Advocacy Network, would entitle students to restorative practices. The process encourages educators and students to address disputes through communication and counseling instead…