Category: Voices
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AjA’s PhotoCity Class Wraps Up a Successful Year at Crawford
By Jena Olson It’s the end of the school year and that also means the end of The AjA Project’s PhotoCity program at Crawford High School. Our students have not only created some fantastic pieces about their school and community, but they have also mastered new photography techniques and developed new skills they can use…
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Photo Essay: ‘Where’s Mother Nature in City Heights?’
By Jena Olson This week we bring you more insights from The AjA Project participant and Crawford High School student Jessica, 16. AjA’s PhotoCity program uses photography to evoke change and growth within our students and their community. When asked, “How would you improve your community?” Jessica writes: “So maybe City Heights isn’t so bad.…
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With Few Local Options, City Heights Youth Socialize Elsewhere
“This photo represents people coming together, helping you out, enjoying each other’s company.” -Evelin By Jena Olson Over the past few weeks, we have had some interesting discussions in our Photocity class at Crawford High School. AjA students have been reflecting on what their socializing opportunities are in the City Heights community. Students shared their…
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‘Everyone Has a Chance to Succeed in City Heights’: Photo Essay
By Jena Olson The AjA Project’s PhotoCity class at Crawford High School has spent the last couple of weeks using abstract photography to showcase the negative and positive aspects of socializing in City Heights. Fernanda, 16, captured two images that she felt represented the positive and negative sides to social life in her neighborhood. “I…
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‘Waste No Water’: Teen Producers PSA
Youth videographers in the Media Arts Center San Diego’s Teen Producers Project submitted the above video for a contest put on by the City of San Diego’s Water Conservation Program. The contest challenged San Diegans to create public service announcements on water conservation. This PSA and others created by the teen producers are now running…