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Jun 11, 2013 • This week we bring you more insights from AjA participant and Crawford High School student Jessica, age 16. The AjA Project’s PhotoCity program uses photography to evoke personal and social change and growth within our students and their community. When asked ‘how would she improve her community?’ Jessica writes, “So maybe City Heights isn’t so...
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Jun 4, 2013 • Over the past few weeks we have had some interesting discussions in our Photocity class at Crawford High School. AjA students have been reflecting on what their socializing opportunities are in the City Heights community. Students shared their favorite things to do in their free time and most of their answers revolved around activities outside...
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May 22, 2013 • This week we are pleased to share an original poem and accompanying photograph from Jessica, age 16. Jessica is a recent addition to our PhotoCity class at Crawford High School. Jessica’s poem is about standing up for your beliefs whatever they may be. “Standing Alone” I live in a community Where violence is...
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May 8, 2013 • AjA’s PhotoCity class at Crawford High School has spent the last couple of weeks using abstract photography to showcase the negative and positive aspects of socializing in City Heights. Fernanda, age 16, captured two images that she felt represented the positive and negative sides to her local social life. However, Fernanda’s images also exhibit the...
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May 1, 2013 • If you’ve been following the AjA Project Speak City Heights blog, you know that students have been reflecting on the positive and negative sides to socializing in City Heights as a teenager. One student, Michael, age 16, is doing just that. He created two images, one that represents a negative side and one that represents...
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Apr 17, 2013 • As part of the Speak City Heights collaborative, AjA is continuing PhotoCity classes at local schools in City Heights. At Crawford High School, students are focusing their photography on examining the social opportunities available to them within their community. In particular, students are examining both the positive and negative aspects of socializing in City Heights....
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Mar 14, 2013 • AjA students, through the PhotoCity program, are constantly reflecting on how City Heights affects their lives as the youth of the community. They recently took a field trip around City Heights to photograph what they like and don’t like about City Heights, and how they would make things better if they were in charge. While...
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Feb 13, 2013 • As part of The AjA Project Photocity program, students at Crawford High School spent time using participatory photography to examine what factors at their school effect their health. This week we are showcasing a photo essay by Crawford High School student, Hawa, age 18. She used her photo essay as an opportunity to highlight the issue...
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Dec 15, 2012 • The Speak City Heights collaborative is in full swing and students at Crawford High School are adding their voices to the conversation. Using photography and narrative, students are examining health issues at Crawford—physical, mental and social health—and speaking to the issues that most directly affect their daily lives. One student, Karla, chose to create a...
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Nov 28, 2012 • AjA recently partnered on an exciting, new short-term project called Face to Face with the Mid-City CAN’s Access to Health Care momentum team. Access to Health Care is a community advocacy group calling for in-person interpretation services to be available at all clinics and hospitals in San Diego. Every member of the team has a...
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Oct 18, 2012 • As many of you know, AjA has started a new program called PhotoCity, a participatory photography program that teaches youth to turn the lens outward and critically examine community issues that affect their daily lives. At the completion of the workshops, AjA guides students to identify the most salient themes, and facilitates partnerships with local...
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Oct 18, 2012 • As a part of the Speak City Heights initiative, students at Monroe Clark Middle School identified areas in the City Heights area that were beautiful, ugly, scary, safe and unsafe. They looked at the patterns and discussed why those areas felt safe, unsafe, etc. They then photographed those areas. The themes that emerged from this...
