Middle Eastern Communities Say Census Whitewashes Their Numbers, NeedsSan Diego is home to large numbers of refugees from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia – communities the census mostly classifies as White. Without detailed data, it’s nearly impossible to gauge just how large those populations actually are and
As smart city technology advances, community groups warn of privacy concernsStreetlights are becoming as smart as our cell phones, monitoring everything from available parking to weather conditions. But capable of collecting massive amounts of data, some worry the technology could harm the people it’s supposed to help.Denver 7
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African Communities Warn Language Issues Could Shut Them Out of RedistrictingRedistricting is a complex undertaking that can confuse even most political observers. But some African residents in San Diego are worried they will be further shut out of the process this year because of language access barriers.Voice of San
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Nao Kabashima is the co-founder and Executive Director of Karen Organization of San Diego (KOSD), a community based organization serving refugees from Burma resettled in San Diego. She is originally from Fukuoka, Japan and first came to the U.S. as a graduate student. After she earned her Bachelor’s
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2020 MEDIA CONTACT: Contact: Ramla Sahid, 619-265-6611, ramla@panasd.org On Thursday, Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA) proudly joined Common Cause, the cities of Atlanta, Georgia, and Paterson, New Jersey, and individual voters in a suit filed in the U.
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2020 Contact: Geneviéve Jones-Wright 619.363.7382 Genevieve@panasd.org SAN DIEGO – Three years after Trump’s first iteration of his xenophobic and Islamophobic Muslim Travel Ban, the Trump Administration announced today that they have expanded the ban to include six additional countries
