Tag: Voices

  • ‘Waste No Water’: Teen Producers PSA

    Youth videographers in the Media Arts Center San Diego’s Teen Producers Project submitted the above video for a contest put on by the City of San Diego’s Water Conservation Program. The contest challenged San Diegans to create public service announcements on water conservation. This PSA and others created by the teen producers are now running…

  • ‘Still Some Really Good Opportunities’ in City Heights: Photo Essay

    By Jena Olson Students in The AjA Project have been reflecting on the positive and negative sides to socializing in City Heights as a teenager. One student, Michael, 16, is picking up that narrative with two images: one that represents a negative side and one that represents a positive side. “Something that I would like…

  • Video: Exploring Farmer Bill’s Urban Oasis

    Last week we looked at how the city’s new urban agriculture ordinance has impacted business at City Farmers Nursery. With residents now able to keep backyard chickens, bees and mini goats, nursery owner Bill Tall has started selling feed and supplies and offering how-to classes on raising animals. But Tall’s business is a lot more…

  • ‘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…

  • ‘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…