Category: News
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Students Without Limits: Providing Legal and Mental Health Support to Undocumented Youth in City Heights
When the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program began in 2012, undocumented youth who met the program’s requirements had the opportunity to obtain a renewable work permit and protection from deportation for up to two years. This new terrain, although a perceived step forward for the undocumented community, presented challenges to navigate. Many individuals…
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The American Dream: Through the Eyes of Two First-Generation East African Women in City Heights
The American Dream is defined as the ideal that every U.S. citizen is given an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. As an international mecca for resettlement, City Heights holds space for individuals from over 60 countries to envisage their American Dream. While East African refugees represent nearly…
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His Parents Were Deported Two Weeks Before College, Now He’s A UC San Diego Graduate
Leon Sanchez Reyes is one of an untold number of students who straddle the U.S.-Mexico border — caught between two worlds amid stepped-up immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump and, before him, President Barack Obama.
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Jewelry, Coffee And Women Empowerment At City Heights Boutique
Entrepreneurship can bring a lot of rewards, but it also requires a lot of risk. A City Heights-based program is uniting low-income immigrant women to overcome the fear of that risk.
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Nonprofit Makes Final Push To Boost Voter Turnout In City Heights
Since April, volunteers and community organizers have contacted thousands of City Heights residents in an effort to increase voter turnout there.