Tag: Youth

  • Class Sizes: ‘I Care Because Students Need to Learn’

    By Jena Olson As part of The AjA Project PhotoCity program, students at Crawford High School spent time using cameras to examine factors at their school that affect their overall health. This week we’re showcasing a photo essay by student Hawa, 18. She used her photo essay as an opportunity to highlight the issue of…

  • ‘Preventative Care Saved My Life’: Teen Producers Video

    Next year, the state will ramp up to expand health care coverage to millions under the Affordable Care Act. By 2014, it expects to have its new insurance exchange up and running and open access to Medi-Cal to about a million more residents. For the newly insured, the changes could mean fewer trips to the…

  • City Heights Youth Flexed Their Civic Muscle in 2012

    By Megan Burks Mayor Bob Filner’s appearance at a City Heights skate park rally this month might have seemed like a random stop on his dizzying #FilnerEverywhere victory lap. Voice of San Diego’s Lisa Halverstadt had that encounter right – he sauntered into the auditorium late and unannounced, then electrified the crowd with a quick…

  • Healthy Families Transition to Medi-Cal Starting

    By Kenny Goldberg State officials say California will begin to transition 800,000 kids out of the Healthy Families program and into Medi-Cal next month. The move comes despite concerns that some children may not get the same level of care. Nearly 80,000 children in San Diego County get low-cost medical and dental care through Healthy…

  • Youth Question Mayoral Candidates on Bullying and Other Teen Issues

    They may not be able to cast ballots, but teenagers involved with the nonprofit, Social Advocates for Youth San Diego, might have something better—a contract of sorts with San Diego’s future mayor. Teens in the Latino Youth Council, Critical Voice and Elevated Student Relations asked both Carl DeMaio and Bob Filner to fill out a…