Tag: Voices

  • Youth Reclaim Public Space From Gangs With Mural

    In partnership with the Karen Organization, The AjA Project ran a nine-month program with young Southeast Asian refugee women called Photographers for Change (P4C). During the program, 15 Karen participants, ages 13 to 18 years old,in City Heights and Los Angeles’ historic Filipinotown used photography to reflect on their experiences of migration and resettlement, explore…

  • “We Were Strangers Once, Too”: The Current State of Immigration Reform for Youth in San Diego

    By Kiran Mehta, Beto Soto, Famo Musa, Binti Musa and Karla Flores The YAC Youth Media Team has worked to understand and share the voices and stories of undocumented and unaccompanied minors in the region, as well as to identify resources and stakeholders who are currently working to assist and advocate for this population. What…

  • City Heights Youth: If I Had $265M

    By Brent Jensen, Kassandra Elias, Famo Musa, Kiran Mehta and Karla Flores In an effort to positively impact the community, Price Philanthropies and California Endowment has invested an estimated $265 million in City Heights over the past 15 years. Funded by Price Charities, the City Heights Urban Village, a cluster of restaurants, retail stores and…

  • City Heights Homeless on Changes in Their Community

    By Brent Jensen, Kiran Mehta, Beto Soto, Binti Musa and Karla Flores In efforts to positively impact the community, Price Philanthropies and The California Endowment invested an estimated $265 million in City Heights over the past 15 years. The construction of the City Heights Urban Village, a cluster of restaurants, retail stores and produce markets…

  • Youth Photographers Share Snapshot of Health Barriers for Immigrants

    Overcoming Barriers to Health – The AjA project from The AjA Project on Vimeo. By The AjA Project Through photography, the young women of Overcoming Barriers to Health collectively identified health issues and then used their images to create a dialogue surrounding the root causes and implications of health disparities within their community. Throughout the…