Category: Video
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Community members speak, MTS taking notes
City Heights community members show up, resulting at the most well-attended MTS community forum, to provide input on the future of San Diego’s transit system.
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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.
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Origins of the City Heights Dia de los Muertos
Hermalinda Figueroa has many stories to tell. Among them is the story of how Dia de los Muertos in City Heights got started in City Heights. From growing the flowers to bringing performers, this annual celebration is helping preserve Mexican culture in this community. Recorded a the City Heights 2018 Dia de los Muertos celebration.
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First Vietnamese supermarket in San Diego
Vien Dong Supermarket and World Foods Supermarket have been proudly serving the City Height’s community for more than 30 years with the largest selection of Fresh Produce, Meats and Seafood along with groceries from around the world. Teen Producers Project students from the Chula Vista Learning Community Charter school created a short film that highlights…
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First African Youth Empowerment Conference
When talking about helping refugees from Africa settle into the United States, Justin B. Mudekereza takes special care to meet them where they are. Through his nonprofit organization New Neighbor Relief, he helps refugee families settle into their new home in America. Now that many call City Heights their home, he worked to bring refugees…