Tag: Video

  • Cooking Class Bridges Divide for Refugee Moms and Their American Daughters

    Twice a month, refugee women and their children congregate at the City Heights Wellness Center for a cooking class. It started as a way for the moms to share traditional recipes with their teenage daughters, but the American-raised girls wanted to throw U.S. favorites like pizza and stir-fry into the mix. | Video Credit: Katie…

  • Video: Crawford Garden is a Reminder of Home for Refugee Students

    By Katelyn Anacona, James Burrell, Mark Duvall, Starz Loreto and Julissa Mora The following video was produced by youth in the Media Arts Center San Diego’s Teen Producers Project.  

  • Navigating Food Traditions as a Somali Refugee Family

    By Ruxandra Guidi Mana Ahmed Mohamed arrived in San Diego from Somalia with her husband and oldest son in 1997. They have since had a boy and two girls here. One of the things she found most challenging, she said, was finding the kinds of foods that were acceptable by her faith, Islam. “When I…

  • Despite Farmers Market Success, Some Struggle To Eat Healthy In City Heights

    Latonya Frazier, a mother of two on a fixed income, didn’t know she could double her Women, Infant and Children (WIC) vouchers at the farmers market until being contacted for this story. | Video Credit: Brian Myers By Megan Burks and Brian Myers Programs in City Heights have gained national recognition for bringing fresh fruits…

  • 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…