The San Diego Writers Festival, a free community-based event designed to celebrate the power of writing and storytelling, was held on Saturday, April 13, at the downtown San Diego Public Library. The idea of a writers festival was born a few years ago out of a need to create a fun inclusive experience where all […]
Sunday, March 10, 2018, Black women and allies from all over showed up in Southeast San Diego, to advocate and in support of improving the lives Black women and girls. Hundreds marched along the streets from a starting point at Euclid and Logan. As quoted in The San Diego Union Tribune , “The March for
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On the second day of Women’s History Month, scattered showers and at times a down pour of rain was no deterrent for organizers of the 1619 National Celebration of Black Women. Determined people from all walks of life, including lots and lots of Black Girl Magic, enthusiastically gathered at Ruocco Park in San Diego, toting
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In just a few short years of living in San Diego, Angela de Joseph, founder of Indivisible Watu and producer of the Women of Color Roar Breakfast has made a huge impact in the community. At the 2nd annual Women of Color Roar breakfast held on February 2, Angela, and organizers of the event welcomed four hundred attendees to this year’s sold
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On Saturday, January 19, thousands walked the downtown area holding a variety of signs during the 2019 San Diego’s Women’s March. The streets and surrounding area of San Diego’s waterfront were filled with a diverse crowd of people kicked off about 10 a.m. starting with a prayer from Kumeyayy Elder Virginia Christman, and featured speeches
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On March 2, 2019, The 1619 National Celebration of Black Women will spearhead a one-day, one-time event in San Diego, California commemorating the 400th year since the first African captives arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. The mission is to celebrate the contributions women of African descent have made in building the United States of America through adversity, oppression,
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The 5th Annual HBCU Expo San Diego will take place on Saturday, January 19, 2019 from 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM at the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation. This event is open to all students K-12 and Community Colleges. Guest host, and Mistress of Ceremony for the event will be Clark Atlanta University, ’09 alumnus, Kalea
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Dr. Theresa Price, founder of the National College Resources Foundation (NCRF), says, “ Since its inception, the organization has helped stunts secure over $500 million in scholarships and grants and has helped over 500,000 students (over 300,000 first generation students) get into college, through 130 College Expos produced by NCRF. Price founded the National College
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This funny, warmhearted look at tradition, marriage, and what it means to be an American family will be directed by Edward Torres (the Globe’s Water by the Spoonful and Native Gardens, Canción at Repertorio Español) and will run January 26 – March 3, 2019 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage, Old Globe Theatre, Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Preview performances run January 26–30. The
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In a groundbreaking digital experience Equal Justice Initiative in partnership with Google, produced the Lynching in America site content including EJI’s in-depth research and data with the stories of lynching victims, as told by their descendants. Through six audio stories, and a short documentary, Uprooted, you both hear and feel the impact of this dark time
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