Category: News

  • From Ethiopia to Gates: One Man’s Story of Survival and Fatherhood

    By Matthew Bowler Michael Million is a proud father. He raised his two kids alone. Not one, but both of his kids are Bill and Melinda Gates Scholarship winners. That means they can go to any college where they are accepted, and they won’t have to pay a dime. For most of us, having two…

  • The Bahati Mamas: Growing Freedom From the Ground Up

    A Civil War broke out in Somalia in 1991 that put the Somali Bantu, an unarmed cultural minority group, in the middle and becoming a target of devastating violence and loss. Several of the Bahati Mamas lost their children and husbands in the conflict. City Heights resident, Khadija Musame, one of the members of Bahati…

  • More Refugee Girls Are College Bound, Flipping the Cultural Script

    Refugee children participate in an after-school tutoring program at the Somali Bantu Association of America in City Heights. The Somali Bantu ethnic minority group came to the United States more recently than Somalis who traveled here in the 1990s. Because they’re still gaining their footing on U.S. soil, their children are at high risk of…

  • Video: Mid-City CAN Gets ‘Happy’

    Community advocates Mid-City CAN danced to Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” in the park next to the City Heights Weingart Library on July 1 to celebrate their 25th year and express their happiness of becoming an independent organization. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers Questions and responses have been lightly…

  • Mid-City Youth Will Have Their Skate Park

    A City Heights resident skateboards at a June 2013 skate demonstration to rally community support for a skate park. | Photo Credit: Adam Ward, Mid-City CAN By Megan Burks Councilwoman Marti Emerald announced Tuesday the city has received a grant to build skate parks in City Heights and Linda Vista. The nearly $4.5 million comes…