Category: covid-19
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Organizers Use Technology, Relief Efforts To Push Past Census Obstacles
Door-to-door canvassing in San Diego, to get people to respond to the census, had to be put on hold this spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And a lot of residents in poor neighborhoods have had a lot of other things on their minds. So, census organizers have had to get creative.
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COVID-19 Relief Efforts Offer Census Organizers An Opportunity To Safely Canvass
The health and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic will be felt for years to come, especially among low-income and immigrant communities.That’s why local organizations are working to make sure that this year’s census count includes everyone, to make sure that federal resources find their way to these communities.
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Super Cocina and City Heights Business Association Provide Free Meals To Locals #INCityHeights
Super Cocina and City Heights Business Association team up on a pilot program to provide local residents in need with free meals and a source of income to local restaurants.
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Science Suggests Systemic Racism Causes Stress, Increases Disease Within Black, Brown Communities
Blacks are five times more likely than whites to be hospitalized due to coronavirus. Scientists say stress from chronic systemic racism makes it biologically difficult for people of color to respond to disease.
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San Diego Students March To Get Police Out Of Schools
Amidst a national reckoning surrounding police budgets and law enforcement’s use of force, students took to the streets on Friday to call on San Diego Unified School District to remove its police department from schools.