Tag: Refugee

  • Citizens’ Commission on State Redistricting Gets An Earful

    By Alison St John Residents from Imperial Valley to the coast turned out to a public hearing in San Diego Monday night on state and congressional redistricting. Some drove almost two hours to present their case to the Redistricting Commission. It was the last opportunity to give the 14 member Citizens’ Commission oral testimony before the…

  • World Refugee Day Event to Celebrate San Diego Refugees

    This photograph comes from a series of images of Somali Bantu refugees soon after resettlement in Boston. It will be on display at the San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts during World Refugee Day on Sunday June 19. | Photo Credit: Roberto “Bear” Guerra By Megan Burke and Maureen Cavanaugh San Diego plays a surprisingly…

  • A Long, Unlikely Road to Stanford

    Photo Credit: Kyla Calvert By Kyla Calvert On the last Friday of the school year, seniors at Crawford Invention and Design Educational Academy in City Heights are lined up for a barbecue. Later in the afternoon they’ll rehearse for graduation. Like most high school grads, they’ll hear from their valedictorian, Idris Ahmed, whose speech is…

  • Local Group Provides Microloans To Impoverished Women

    By Maureen Cavanaugh and Pauline Lucas Local San Diego women are providing little loans that add up to big change in impoverished countries.  WomensTrust and Women’s Empowerment International have provided microloans ranging from $55 to $5000 to help women in poorer countries start their own businesses. They have helped women in Ghana, Honduras, Mexico and…

  • 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…