Category: Featured
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City Heights Refugees Cope With Substandard Housing
Those hit hardest by San Diego’s affordable housing crisis are often from the most vulnerable communities. Some feel they must accept unsanitary living conditions or lose their home.
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Volunteers help with market renovation, strengthening local economy
On a hot and sunny day, volunteers gather to help renovate the locally-owned Center City Market. Owner Omar Hussein talks about the specialized foods he sells, serving his community’s needs, creating food equity, health and a gathering place for young and old.
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California Is Cracking Down on Legal Scams Targeting Immigrants
The State Bar of California has been working more aggressively to investigate and prevent legal scams that target immigrants desperate to avoid deportation. Its efforts have come at a time in which the federal government, under the Trump administration, has ratcheted up its immigration enforcement activities and rhetoric.
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Under the Travel Ban, a Qualcomm Engineer Has Struggled to Bring His Sick Father to the U.S.
Sawyer Mirage, an engineer at Qualcomm, was able to successfully bring his mother from Iran to the United States. But his father’s visa has been held up in limbo, leaving the 75-year-old man alone in Iran with no one to care for him.
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City Heights celebrates World Refugee Day
City Heights celebrated World Refugee Day at the Copley-Price YMCA on June 22nd, 2019. We talked with organizers and with Resilience Award recipient Jafferi Kyanza, youth counselor and co-founder of the San Diego African Youth Association.