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Mid-City Program That Addresses School-To-Prison Pipeline Looks To Expand
Organizers behind a limited program that steers youth offenders away from detention are exploring expanding to other communities.
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Refugee Art Project Maps Home
In July 2018, a diverse group of refugees and immigrants living in San Diego came together to collaborate in a joint art installment. The project explores symbols and concepts of home and place, bringing together seniors and teen youth from local refugee communities to work with local artists. The immersive art installation in the gallery…
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Summer Soccer League Supports Refugee Girls
Girls Outdoors Achieving Leadership Skills or GOALS is a summer soccer league hosted by the International Rescue Committee for refugee girls living in San Diego. Video by Media Arts Center San Diego’s Teen Producers Project, Summer 2018: Bethlehem Artrie, Lucy Ellison, Christina Arias, and Trevonce Espiritu. Instructors: Joshua Salaises and Brian Jenkins.
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Little Saigon To Get Cultural Landmark Sign On I-15 Freeway
The Legislature is expected to push forward a plan to direct motorists from the freeway to the Little Saigon Cultural and Commercial District in San Diego’s City Heights neighborhood.
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How City Heights Is Trying To Protect Its Multicultural Roots
City Heights groups want to tap a state tool to protect the community’s residents and businesses, in the face of San Diego’s booming housing market and looming gentrification.