City Heights Youth to Contribute Art to World Refugee Day Event

Join Speak City Heights partner The AjA Project for World Refugee Day June 19 from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego. The event will celebrate San Diego’s diversity with Pulitzer Prize winner Don Bartletti and local photographers Sam Hodgson and Roberto “Bear” Guerra.

AjA will presentent a multimedia installation with photographs taken by San Diego youth, including those in AjA’s programs at Lincoln High School and the Crawford Educational Complex.

The event will also feature various refugee cuisines and the San Diego premiere of “Where We Live,” a documentary by award-winning Iraqi director Fady Hadid. Entry to the event is free and includes access to the museum’s regular galleries.

Below is a video produced by Guerra for the event.