Category: Health
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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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Mental Health: Opening Dialogue in the African Community
Bantu refugees have endured continuous marginalization in Somalia since their arrival as slaves from Bantu-speaking tribes in the 19th century. Even though they lived in Somalia for almost two centuries, the Bantu were still viewed and treated as foreigners and outsiders. The persecution of the Somali Bantu during the Civil War in the 1990’s…
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Students talk about equity in school lunch menus
Food Fight explores the ideas of food justice and food equity through the lens of a teenager in City Heights. Students from Hoover High School and Crawford High School who advocate for food justice and diversity on their cafeteria menu share their own ideas.
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San Diego Pediatrician Under Investigation For Allegedly Using Dirty Needles On Patients
A San Diego pediatrician is under investigation for allegations that he used expired and unauthorized needles from a box that a medical assistant said contained dead insects and what appeared to be rodent droppings.
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We Are Excellent!
On Saturday, January 26, a new cross academy fellowship, The Brothers of Excellence, established itself on Hoover’s campus. 15 African American students welcomed author, and one of Hoover’s new student teachers, Mr. R. Preston Clark who read and discussed excerpts from his book Vinnie: a love letter. The novel is from a 14 year-old perspective of…