Category: Partners
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The World is in Our Voices: The Power of Youth Storytelling
Youth voice has always been vital to social and political change. Young people shape the way we see social progress and our future, yet sometimes the power of youth voice is forgotten. We are told that we are “too young,” that we “don’t know enough,” that “our opinions are invalid.” These sentiments have the power…
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Appearing a Chair and a Table Out of Thin Air
The first day of high school was like stepping into an alternate universe. My previous school – Iftin Charter School – was homogeneous in its composition of Muslim, Somali and first-generation students. There, I fit flush with the student population. It was a larger, more hectic, version of my own home. At Crawford High School,…
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Communities Shape Lives
Each and every individual is made up of so many different factors, it is nearly impossible to try and name them all. All of these experiences, upbringings, memories, etc. make us unique, and who we are. It is not just the mental, spiritual, and emotional qualities, or the inner features that make us who we…
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California Is Cracking Down on Legal Scams Targeting Immigrants
The State Bar of California has been working more aggressively to investigate and prevent legal scams that target immigrants desperate to avoid deportation. Its efforts have come at a time in which the federal government, under the Trump administration, has ratcheted up its immigration enforcement activities and rhetoric.
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City Heights celebrates World Refugee Day
City Heights celebrated World Refugee Day at the Copley-Price YMCA on June 22nd, 2019. We talked with organizers and with Resilience Award recipient Jafferi Kyanza, youth counselor and co-founder of the San Diego African Youth Association.