Tag: Mid-City CAN

  • City Heights Youth Activist Heads to Lady Gaga Foundation Launch

    By Kyla Calvert   Pop icon Lady Gaga is launching her Born This Way Foundation in Boston this week and Mark Tran, a San Diego organizer, will be on hand as one of California’s 18 young adult delegates. Lady Gaga is partnering with The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard, the John D.…

  • Sex Ed After Hours: CORE Brings Condoms and Hip Hop to Hoover

    Video Credit: Brian Myers and Edgar Montejano, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks In a departure from typical school-hall etiquette, Hoover High School students were encouraged to shout out slang and swear words for sex and reproductive organs on Feb. 8. Theresa Fox, a sex education speaker and spoken word artist, spat out…

  • New Advocacy Group Seeks Free Bus Passes for Students

    By Megan Burks Mid-City CAN added a new advocacy team to its lineup, this one aimed at improving transportation options for City Heights residents. The Improving Transportation in City Heights Momentum Team made its first impression last month when it called on the San Diego Community College District to support an initiative to offer free…

  • Field Guide: Looking at Public Safety

    By Megan Burks [Editor’s Note: Field Guide is a weekly email bringing you the news, explainers and action items needed to navigate your changing community. Click here to subscribe.] FIELD GUIDE TOOLBOX Violent Crimes by Neighborhood (2011) Azalea/Hollywood – 11 Castle – 48 Cherokee Point – 28 Chollas Creek – 16 Colina Del Sol –…

  • Field Guide: What School District Woes Mean for City Heights

    By Megan Burks [Editor’s Note: Field Guide is a weekly email bringing you the news, explainers and action items needed to navigate your changing community. Click here to subscribe.] FIELD GUIDE TOOLBOX School Cluster \ˈskül\ \ˈkləs-tər\ n. A group of schools that have similar needs and feed into the same high school. Performance Improvement \pə(r)-ˈfȯr-mən(t)s\…