The AjA Project

Cultivating empowerment through photography in historically underserved communities. Since Since 2001 we have served over 4,500 participants in San Diego.

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The AjA Project is honored to have been highlighted by one of our key supporters at @BlueShieldCA. Click the following link to read the feature 📸❤️: https://t.co/C3TLS3HeQ7

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As we grow & transform, shaped by our new mission, we are proud to be supported by a community like you ✊🏾❤️

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As AjA is transitioning into a new season, we are re-defining our work in terms of the spaces we cultivate, the people we engage, and the liberation we are achieving through our art justice praxis.

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AjA has raised $1600 since we launched our matching campaign where the Parker Foundation matches any donations to the AjA Project up to $5000. We still have $3400 to go & we have until the end of August to raise this to qualify for the match! Donate here https://t.co/pHmZQgOj6Z

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5 Books for Liberation: A list curated by AjA Staff 📚✊🏽 • Here are a few great reads to guide you along the journey of decolonizing your mind and the spaces you interact with. Reply w/ your book recommendations below!

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The AjA Project is blessed to have been selected to have a match of up to $5000 supported by the Parker Foundation.This means that any new contributions / donations to the AjA Project will be matched 1:1 up to $5000 until August 31st. Donate now! https://t.co/pHmZQgOj6Z

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Between The Masks is a documentary project created by AjA's founder Shinpei Takeda and board member Alex Fattal. Told through the perspective of AjA teaching artists and participants, it explores the era of COVID, uncovering the thoughts and emotions we hide Between the Masks.

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We're excited to join our partners in announcing the City Heights Business Relief Fund #CHBRF, providing assistance to City Heights' small businesses - Grants up to $10k. Learn more below. Applications close 6/24

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Join Link: https://t.co/fJ7D0FrCCt

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This Thursday, we invite you to participate in JumpstArt’s ‘Just Cuz You Can't See’ exhibition from 5 pm - 6 pm via Zoom. Help us hold [digital] space for the students who truly make our organization thrive! Link forthcoming.

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Join us today for AjA’s Through My Lens Virtual Exhibition!
The exhibition will feature original work by AjA's Through My Lens program participants from Serra High School.

Link to join: https://t.co/WGW9mSDbsC

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Virtual EOS date: Wed 5/27 @ 3:30PM
Live link will be released in our bio on 5/27

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On Wed, May 27, AjA’s Through My Lens program is hosting a live virtual exhibition! Participants will be taking attendees on a virtual tour of their original artworks & sharing their journey with us. Stay tuned for more info in the upcoming week!

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This action is being organized in solidarity with those inside who are asking for our help in making their message for release heard. - Otay Mesa Detention Center Resistance

For more information visit: https://t.co/Z4Ig7LiUpY

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Currently, Otay Mesa Detention Center has the largest number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 of all immigration facilities in the country. Those inside are being forced to use makeshift masks, and have been threatened by guards when they demand increased safety measures.

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It is imperative that all those detained are released immediately to prevent further infection and spread of the virus not only within the detention facility but also within the region.

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On Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 12noon, a live Q&A will be broadcast live to our Teen Producers Project Facebook page https://t.co/PdPYjQHKWP and via the Media Arts Center San Diego YouTube Channel https://t.co/y8ypMc3Mdw.

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Join AjA’s Speak City Heights partner, Media Arts Center San Diego, for their first Teen Producers Project Virtual Showcase. MACSD students worked these past 15 weeks to produce their own documentary & narrative films.

Videos will be made available 05/14/20.

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Amid these trying times it is imperative we stay connected to the creativity and passion that drive us. Whether it is writing a poem, singing a song, dancing, or taking a photo (our personal favorite), make sure to tap into your creativity today!

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Image 01 Caption: "When quarantine shoppers don't load up on the junk food."
Image 02 Caption: "Trying to stay on schedule."
Image 03 Caption: "Candles + Meditation = A Relaxed Quarantine"
Photos by Tomas S., age 17

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Through My Lens participants have come together over the past few weeks to discuss the ways their lives have been impacted by COVID-19, while maintaining a safe virtual space with a group of their peers.