Tag: The AjA Project

  • ‘Give Teens More Places to Go’: Photos

    By Jena Olson As part of the Speak City Heights collaborative, City Heights youth continue to explore their environment through The AjA Project’s PhotoCity classes at local schools. PhotoCity uses photography programming to help youth understand how issues in their community impact them and advocate for change. At Crawford High School, students are focusing their…

  • Slideshow: The Relationship Between Schools and Health

    By Jena Olson Students at Crawford High School in City Heights recently spent time using photography to explore how their school influences their social, physical and mental health. They identified key health influencers and then created photo essays on issues such as having more nature on campus, the benefits of diversity and the importance of…

  • ‘The Most Beautiful Pearl in the Ugliest Shell’: Photo Essay

    By Jena Olson Students in The AjA Project’s PhotoCity program are constantly reflecting on how City Heights affects their lives as the youth of the community. They recently took a field trip around City Heights to photograph what they like and don’t like about their neighborhood and discuss how they would make things better if…

  • ‘We Need More Tutors’: Photo Essay

    By Jena Olson In collaboration with Speak City Heights, The AjA Project asked students at Crawford High School to use their cameras to explore what most affects their health at school. Ismahan, 18, chose to draw attention to the importance of after-school tutors, particularly for students learning English as a second language. “The afterschool tutor…

  • San Diego’s Somali Population: Explained

    Habibo, a Somali refugee, writes: “The first day I came to U.S.A. was hard for me. Leave my sister in Kenya. My friends. Airplane. Leaving them forever. Excited We came in San Diego and I was scared. The first day school was scary because I did not see white people before.” | Photo Credit: Habibo,…