Category: Featured
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CicloSDias Uses City Space to Promote Safe Streets
By Arturo Ochoa, Alma Inez Escobedo, & Alyssa Olivarria
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Youth Soccer Club Supports Refugee Youth
By Litzy Palafox, John Sanchez & Brittany Hernandez <
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Early Childhood Club Prioritizes Wellness
An after school club that focuses on building healthy students in pre-k and kindergarten was started by volunteers of the Parent Center at Rosa Parks Elementary in City Heights. Marcela Mercado is a mother and care provider who helped initiate the PreK-Kinder Wellness Club. She would often take both her children and the children she…
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Food Hub Revitalizes Vacant Lot
A new international food and craft market at El Cajon Boulevard and 44th Street featured games of cornhole and freshly prepared Salvadorean pupusas. For City Heights resident Mireya Galvan, the outdoor eatery is an opportunity. The new space known as Fair at 44 is also an incubator for San Diegans to pursue their dreams of…
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Health Center Works With Restaurants to Improve Nutrition
Sang Dao, a restaurant serving Thai and Lao cuisine, has been partnering with Health center Operation Samahan to serve nutritional menu items. By Brian Myers Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders are disproportionately likely to develop diabetes and at lower weights and younger ages. Health center Operation Samahan partners with local ethnic restaurants to provide nutrition counseling…