Category: Voices

  • Teens and Safety Series: Racial Profiling

    By Brian Myers In the fifth video of an eight part series on teens and safety in City Heights, Crawford High School students say racial profiling by police officers is common in City Heights.  

  • Mobile Stories: Growing Up Bullied

    By Maria Banuelos, Ashlee Brown, Esbeydi Dominguez, Tanea Fanning and Pricilla Yasery The following videos were produced by youth in Mobile Stories, a citizen journalism project by Media Arts Center San Diego and the San Diego Public Library. Participants use only iPhones to film and edit videos about their community. Below, they explore bullying.  

  • Teens and Safety Series: Undercover Police Officers in Colina Park

    By Brian Myers In the fourth video of an eight part series on teens and safety in City Heights, Crawford High School students continue to shed light on the broken relationship between mid-city police and area teenagers. Below, they question why undercover police officers are sent to Colina Park, a sprawling neighborhood park near Crawford…

  • Canyons Considered Dangerous Despite Improvements

    By Brian Myers Rosa Olascoaga never walks alone through the canyon next to her home in City Heights, opting to take the longer route to get to the other side of the neighborhood. Despite steep illegal dumping fines, garbage, broken furniture and toxic pollution find their way into the canyons from residents and storm runoff.…

  • Teens and Safety Series: The Good and Bad of City Heights

    By Brian Myers In the third video of an eight part series on teens and safety in City Heights, Crawford High School students tell us what they think are the negative and positive aspects of City Heights. Mirroring what they said in the previous video, in which the teens discuss why they feel uncomfortable walking…