Rotary Echo: A Call for Justice
The phone - a call to Justice surrounding the Otay Mesa Detention Center.
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This is intended to be a live, interactive website. We invite you to take part in the conversation and help build this repository by sharing your own experiences as and with newcomers through artwork, essays, reports, photos, short stories, and poetry about refugee life in San Diego.
Diana Calderon
Growth through Resiliency and Resettlement
Digital Collage
Vietnamese Coffee Culture: A Reflection and Photo Essay on Coffee and San Diego’s Vietnamese Community
A reflection about how coffee is a socializing tool for the Vietnamese community, drawing on my own experiences.
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Welcome to San Diego - Refugee Life
San Diego as we know it is perceived different to immigrant individuals who have been detained.
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Mixture of Cultures
This piece intends to highlight the diversity in San Diego by showing that there are multiple different refugee communities residing here.
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"Seeking Asylum" and San Diego
Connections from the documentary "Seeking Asylum: A Mother’s Journey" to the challenges refugees are confronted with in San Diego
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Honoring Carlos Escobar Mejía
A 2-D Altar collage dedicated to Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejía, who passed away in ICE custody in 2020 due to inhumane conditions.
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Waiting for Nothing
The artwork attempts to reflect part of refugees' prolonged struggles, depicted in oil and acrylic paints on canvas.
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Hmong People in San Diego
This project is about the Hmong People's lives in the United States and San Diego
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Voices from the Margins: My Journey to Jacumba Detention Camp
This paper documented my experience in Jacumba Dentention camp.
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The Universal Language
A visual representation of the most culturally significant sport on the planet
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A People’s Guide to San Diego: Supporting Refugee-Owned Restaurants
A collection of refugee owned and operated restaurants created for people searching for authentic cuisine.
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Anthony Pico: A Preface
Read: Ethan Banegas' short preface of Tribal Chairmen Anthony R. Pico
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A SpaceTime Tour of Chicano Park
A short photo essay on a journey through the history of Barrio Logan and Chicano Park.
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Lessons from The Kitchenistas of San Diego
In this commentary, I look at lessons learned from the documentary "The Kitchenistas of National City"
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Photo Essay: Afghan Refugees and Kabul Kabob House
refugee-owned restaurant 'Kabul Kabob House' brings forth Afghan culture and cuisine to the city of El Cajon.
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The Activist East African Taxi Drivers of San Diego
Contextualizes the predominance of East Africans as taxi drivers in San Diego, the organizing work of the United Taxi Workers of San Diego.
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Roots Garden: A History in the Making
City Heights Roots Garden is one of the original sites of a national community garden project. The City Heights Garden is comprised of 89...
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The Housing Crisis
A piece about the increase in Housing prices in San Diego.
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Growth through Resiliency and Resettlement
A collage that is inspired from the vibrancy and beauty of the Vietnamese in City Heights, San Diego.
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