Dear friends, What if the people most affected by displacement were the ones designing the future of land? In our TEDxSanDiego talk, I share how that question became Global Village, PANA's planned cultural hub and housing campus for refugee and immigrant families. More than 2,000 community members
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The passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” is being promoted as a bold new direction for the country: one that supporters claim will strengthen the economy, reduce government waste and redirect funding toward infrastructure and job creation.
Across the country, people resoundingly are saying no to Flock and other government surveillance! But elected officials in many places, including San Diego, continue stonewall the people who they were elected to represent? What can we learn by taking stock of the wins and losses to build big picture strategy
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Global Village is more than a development project—it is a transformative master plan and civic vision that reimagines how San Diego welcomes, supports, and invests in the communities that have shaped its cultural identity for […]
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Providence, R.I. – In a victory for immigrant communities and the rule of law, a federal court today vacated and declared unlawful a series of Trump-Vance administration immigration policies that have…
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Many in the Muslim community criticized the mayor and police chief's comments in the aftermath of the attack on the Islamic Center. Written by Kate Morrissey, Edited by Lauren J. Mapp As San Diegans mourn the three men who died protecting the Islamic Center of San Diego from two attackers
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Sean Elo-Rivera began his comments by reading this letter from Muslim communities in San Diego who couldn't attend the budget meeting in person as it conflicted with celebrating Eid al-Adha on May 27, 2026. 0:00 /4:14 1× Statement on behalf of Muslim-led organizations:
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We hear from the leaders of two local community organizations about how San Diego's Muslim community is processing last week's events — and where healing begins.
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Community members said they're grateful to the three men who jumped into action to help save the nearly 140 schoolchildren at the mosque.
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Families of the other two victims, Nadir Awad and Mansour Kaziha, did not speak, but others at the press conference called them brave heroes whose losses are unfathomable.
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San Diego community mourns the loss of Amin Abdullah, Mansour Kaziha and Nader Awad, who are being remembered as heroes.
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Amin Abdullah and the two other men killed in the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego were instrumental in delaying its attackers, the city’s police chief said.
