Tag: Somali Youth League
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Tweet City Heights: President to Unveil Immigration Reform Plan Tuesday
By Megan Burks President Obama to Unveil Immigration Reform Plan As President Barack Obama starts his second term, the nation is talking about immigration reform. In his State of the Nation address, Obama said comprehensive immigration reform would be a top priority. The White House announced Friday Obama will unveil his plan, which his administration…
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Tweet City Heights: More on CalWorks and Help for Mixed-Status Families
By Megan Burks The Fallout From Brown’s Proposed Welfare Cuts This week, we took a look at how Gov. Jerry Brown’s state budget proposal may impact City Heights residents. The proposal calls for deep cuts to CalWorks, a welfare-to-work program many families in the neighborhood rely on. HealthyCal.org published a good explainer on the proposal…
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U.S. Bank Shuts Down Money Wiring Service to Somalia
By Maureen Cavanaugh and Patty Lane Abdulmalik Buul in Somalia | Photo courtesy of KPBS Franklin Bank was the only U.S. bank that still facilitated money-wire transfers to Somalia – until now. The bank is shutting down the service. Franklin says continuing the transfers was too risky; there’s a fear that the bank could be…
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Tweet City Heights: Somali Leaders Inspire Community
By Megan Burks Local Youth Leader Recounts Aid Trip to Somalia Abdumalik Buul, a local Somali leader who recently returned from a trip to deliver aid in Somalia, visited Speak City Heights partner KPBS this week to talk about his experience in the famine-ravaged country. In a radio interview, he described a crumbling Mogadishu filled…
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Tweet City Heights: CalFresh Challenge Raises Awareness for Hunger
By Megan Burks San Diego Veg Week and CalFresh Challenge Change Diets, Minds This week, San Diego social media let us in on a lot more than the usual “who went where with whom” status updates. I found out exactly what some San Diegans were putting in their bellies—Councilwoman Marti Emerald was all about Italian…