Category: Featured
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Business Enterprise Center Opens in City Heights
Dante Dauz wanted to help young people stay out of gangs and help train them to get jobs. He soon realized that, once students were trained, there were no places for them to work in City Heights. The Union of Pan Asian Communities (UPAC) Neighborhood Enterprise Center became a vision and a solution. At the…
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‘Brotherhood’ At Hoover High Helps African American Male Students Succeed
Some students say Brothers of Excellence inspires them to give back to their community and possibly mentor younger people in the future.
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Lawmaker Pushes Restorative Justice Awareness To California
Students from City Heights pushed San Diego schools to adopt an alternative discipline policy back in 2017. Now a local lawmaker is promoting the change statewide.
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Little Saigon Stories at the Fair at 44
The first installment of Little Saigon Stories brought together people from many walks of life to celebrate and enjoy food, poetry at inaugural multimedia art installation at Fair at 44. Vietnamese-American youth trained on how to capture the people and places of the Little Saigon District in San Diego through photography and film. After two…
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Hoover High Students Organize Peace Conference To Tackle Gun Violence
A group of San Diego high school students are hoping 200 of their peers will attend a weekend event focused on addressing the threat of guns in their neighborhoods.