During the spring of 2022, students from the School of Journalism and Media Studies at San Diego State University embarked in a project to report about homelessness in El Centro, CA, a mostly Latino and Spanish-speaking community. These are the bilingual multimedia stories they produced.
El Centro Busca Soluciones para Albergar a sus Residentes sin Hogar
por Fátima López
La ciudad de El Centro, ubicada a sólo 15 millas de la frontera que separa a Estados Unidos de México, aloja a una comunidad mayormente latina e hispana de más de 44,000 habitantes que está enfrentando el crecimiento de su población sin hogar...
El Centro’s Homelessness Services Fighting for a Change
By Ariadna Rodriguez, Liliana Murillo and Donovan Holland-Wasson
Each day those who struggle with home security live in a constant state of unknowing. There are services available but how to get them? Do the services focus specifically on providing everything homeless individuals need to begin a new start? How are these services making a positive change within the community? Our reporters asked El Centro's service providers...
Calexico Needs Change Embodies Community Efforts to Find Solutions to Food Accessibility and Homelessness
By Samantha Festin and Alani Ayala
In Calexico, a 20-minutes ride south from El Centro, a vibrant coalition of residents and non-profit organizations are taking it on themselves to find solutions to homelessness and food insecurity...
This project was produced with the support of the Bilingual Program at the School of Journalism and Media Studies at San Diego State University in partnership with Project Sage.
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Photos by Fátima López, Samantha Festin and Lourdes Cueva Chacón