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  • Community Health Worker Academy Targets Latinas

    Community Health Worker Academy Targets Latinas

    By Brian Myers   A weekly public health and leadership training is attempting to fight chronic diseases in low income neighborhoods. The workshops are hosted by Project Concern International (PCI), an organization with programs globally and locally in San Diego. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that chronic diseases in the United…

  • “Collective Voices” a blog post by AjA Project Interns Namu S. & Bethlehem D.

    “Collective Voices”  a blog post by AjA Project Interns Namu S. & Bethlehem D.

    Collective Voices, a nine month AjA Project that highlighted the identities of eighteen young City Heights residents through photography, was done in partnership with Doris Duke and The United Women of East Africa.  This blog post, written by AjA’s student interns, seeks to share some details and events from their nine month process and to…

  • LGBTQIA+ Hoover Community by Mikaela Card

    LGBTQIA+ Hoover Community by Mikaela Card

    Administration and teachers like Hoover’s Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) advisor, Michael Heu, received “Out for Safe Schools” badges and posters by participating in an LGBTQIA+ student-led “Out for Safe Schools” training at Hoover High School. By wearing their badges on lanyards and displaying the posters in their classrooms, Hoover High School teachers and staff create safe…

  • Law Gives Tenants New Recourse For Moldy Apartments

    By Megan Burks It’s one of the most frequent complaints among California tenants, but until this year there was little they could do about potentially hazardous mold in their units. Now, state law considers mold a condition of substandard housing. That means for the first time, renters can report mold problems to the city, which…

  • It’s the Most Dangerous Time of Year for Pedestrians

    Pedestrians cross near the intersection of Friars Road and Frazee Road By Mario Koran Sunday didn’t just bring a time change, it meant more drivers and pedestrians are sharing roadways in the dark. In the past, those circumstances have helped make this the most dangerous time of year to be a pedestrian. San Diegans are…