Tag: Voices

  • Teens and Safety Series: Experiencing Violent Crime

    By Brian Myers In the final video of an eight part series on teens and safety in City Heights, Crawford High School students talk about the kinds of crimes they’ve witnessed. More than a third of the class said they’ve been a victim of or know someone who has been a victim of violent crime.…

  • Teens and Safety Series: Coming Forward to Talk About Violence

    By Brian Myers In the seventh video of an eight part series on teens and safety in City Heights, Crawford High School students discuss whether they feel comfortable reporting and talking about violence.  

  • Teens and Safety Series: Interactions With Police

    By Brian Myers In the sixth video of an eight part series on teens and safety in City Heights, Crawford High School students talk about their own experiences interacting with police.  

  • Teens and Safety Series: Undercover Police Officers in Colina Park

    By Brian Myers In the fourth video of an eight part series on teens and safety in City Heights, Crawford High School students continue to shed light on the broken relationship between mid-city police and area teenagers. Below, they question why undercover police officers are sent to Colina Park, a sprawling neighborhood park near Crawford…

  • Canyons Considered Dangerous Despite Improvements

    By Brian Myers Rosa Olascoaga never walks alone through the canyon next to her home in City Heights, opting to take the longer route to get to the other side of the neighborhood. Despite steep illegal dumping fines, garbage, broken furniture and toxic pollution find their way into the canyons from residents and storm runoff.…