Tag: Africa
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Mental Health: Opening Dialogue in the African Community
Bantu refugees have endured continuous marginalization in Somalia since their arrival as slaves from Bantu-speaking tribes in the 19th century. Even though they lived in Somalia for almost two centuries, the Bantu were still viewed and treated as foreigners and outsiders. The persecution of the Somali Bantu during the Civil War in the 1990’s…
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Tweet City Heights: Deciding How to Spend Surplus, Where to Plant Trees
By Megan Burks Catching Up On Curfew Sweeps This week, we shared a report from Speak City Heights partner voiceofsandiego.org about the questionable growth of curfew sweeps in low-income neighborhoods. In areas such as southeast San Diego and City Heights, police have tripled curfew arrests without analyzing whether they deter juvenile crime or unnecessarily introduce…
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Tweet City Heights: African Diaspora Reacts to ‘Kony2012’ Video
By Megan Burks Ugandans, African Diaspora React to Kony2012 Campaign Twitter, Facebook and comment boards were buzzing this week with reaction to a San Diego nonprofit’s viral video, “Kony2012.” The 30-minute video was the launch of Invisible Children’s web campaign to find and arrest Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. Since the…