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  • On Human Rights Day, San Diegans Rally For Refugee Rights

    By Megan Burks Human Rights Day was Thursday, and hundreds of San Diegans seized the opportunity to draw attention to the contributions and needs of refugees in the region. The Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans organized a 5 p.m. rally at the County Administration Center Waterfront Park “to stand up against hateful rhetoric, and to…

  • City Heights Program Works to Get Kids to School On Time

    Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks Students and parents of Adams Elementary School in Normal Heights are huddled on the playground around Principal Sylvia McGrade for an early-morning assembly. “Good morning, Adams Elementary!” McGrade said. The kids shouted their greeting back in unison. They’re especially energetic despite the hour.…

  • The AjA Project to Confront Migrant Debate With Airport Mural

    The AjA Project interviews and photographs a refugee woman living in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego in this undated photo. | Photo Courtesy of The AjA Project By Megan Burks With the fatal terrorist attack in San Bernardino Wednesday and the massacre in Paris earlier this month, Americans are taking a hard look…

  • How a San Diego Charter School Beat the Odds (The Answer Might Surprise You)

    Video Credit: Katie Schoolov, KPBS By Megan Burks Third-graders at America’s Finest Charter School settle in on the floor around their teacher, Cassandra Tinyo, for story time. But first, Tinyo reviews what to listen for and later replicate. They’ll soon have to write stories of their own. “So we have a hook. It gets the…

  • Employee Rights Center Surveys Paleteros On Health and Safety

    Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers Push cart food vendors crisscross the residential neighborhoods around Fairmount Avenue in City Heights. They’re known as paleteros, a Spanish term for mobile food workers, and residents can hear them coming down the block by their unmistakeable ringing bells. Paleteros serve ice cream,…