Tag: Video
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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…
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A Few Bad Apples or A Prejudiced System?
By Brian Myers Last weekend in City Heights marked two radically different responses to law enforcement in diverse and lower income communities. San Diego Police Department Community Liaison Officer David Felkins greeted residents and community groups Saturday morning outside the City Heights Community Development Corporation office on El Cajon Boulevard. They participated in an hour…
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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…
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Anti-Globalization Movement Lingers at Teralta Park’s ‘Really Really Free Market’
Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers It was an ordinary Sunday in Teralta Park for City Heights resident Francisco when he stumbled upon numerous signs proclaiming that what looked like a storage closet explosion in the park near Orange Avenue, was all free. Really, really free, that is. The…
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Protesters Gather in Mid-City After Ferguson Decision
Demonstrators gather in City Heights Nov. 25 in the wake of a Missouri grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer who fatally shot a black teenager. | Video Credit: Brian Myers By Brian Myers Following a Missouri grand jury announcement not to file criminal charges against white Missouri police officer Darren Wilson,…