Tag: Youth

  • “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 Speak for Change

    City Heights Speak for Change: Multi Media from The AjA Project on Vimeo. By Brent Jensen, Kiran Mehta, Beto Soto, Binti Musa, Famo Musa, Karla Flores and Kassandra Elias In efforts to positively impact the community, Price Philanthropies and California Endowment invested an estimated $265 million in City Heights over the past 15 years. Guided…

  • Generation Born After the War Still Feels Consequences of Fall of Saigon

    By Alexandria Magik Rice Jerry La’s parents fled Saigon after it fell to North Vietnamese troops in 1975. La said the trauma they endured has kept them from talking about the past. “My parents are very present-oriented people – present and future,” La said. “If you dwell on the past too much, you’re going to…

  • City Heights Nonprofit Reality Changers Launches New Campaign

    The nonprofit that was founded in 2001 launched its “Give to the Future” campaign on Wednesday, and hopes to send 1,000 children to college at the end of this school year. By Dwane Brown For eight years, City Heights-based nonprofit Reality Changers has held its “State of the Inner City” address on the same day…

  • Voices: Personal Stories of Homelessness in City Heights

    By Brent Jensen Brent Jensen is a high school student and member of The AjA Project’s Youth Advisory Council. People void of a support system and unable to attain financial and emotional stability must sometimes reconcile with the reality of homelessness. The unconventional lifestyles of those who are homeless – often exhibited along neighborhood streets…