Tag: Youth
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Hundreds of Kids Arrested on an Unproven Hunch
In March 2010, as teenagers roamed City Heights’ streets, a swarm of cops gathered at a nearby elementary school, checked their watches and prepared to strike. At 10 p.m., the cops spilled across the neighborhood and arrested every minor violating the city’s curfew law. When they ran out of handcuffs, police used plastic twisty ties. Police…
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City Heights Youth Activist Heads to Lady Gaga Foundation Launch
By Kyla Calvert Pop icon Lady Gaga is launching her Born This Way Foundation in Boston this week and Mark Tran, a San Diego organizer, will be on hand as one of California’s 18 young adult delegates. Lady Gaga is partnering with The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard, the John D.…
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Tweet City Heights: KPBS Snags Former Voice of San Diego Reporter
By Megan Burks KPBS Snags Former Voice of San Diego Reporter Adrian Florido announced yesterday he’s joining the news staff at KPBS. He’ll report for Fronteras: The Changing America Desk, which collects stories from public radio stations about immigration and life in border cities. Florido was laid off last week from voiceofsandiego.org, a Speak City…
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Youth Photographers Explore New Roots
This summer, students in The AjA Project’s photography workshops considered City Heights’ relationship with food–where residents get it, whether it’s healthy and how it compares to the food refugees ate previously. They followed their camera lenses to the New Roots Community Farm, where refugees grow their own food. The farm helps growers reconnect with the…