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Newsletter: UCSD health care workers to join May Day actions amid hiring freeze

Plus, it’s the start of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and San Diego is celebrating with a packed schedule of upcoming events. Sekon (Hello), everyone! It’s May Day, an international observance honoring the history of the labour movement and the struggles of workers around

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LGBTQ+

She Fest splits from San Diego Pride nearly a year after workshop cancellation

Organizers said Pride’s decision to cancel the Pinkwashing 101 workshop related to Israel and Palestine only 12 hours before last year’s event was the catalyst to separate. Written by Lauren J. Mapp, Edited by Kate Morrissey She Fest, an LGBTQ+ collective, announced earlier this month it was separating

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Indigenous

Indigenous community dances, sings and serves up frybread tacos during 53rd annual SDSU powwow

The annual event is among the longest running college-hosted powwows across the United States. Written by Lauren J. Mapp, Edited by Kate Morrissey Drum rhythms echoed across San Diego State University on Saturday as students, faculty and community members celebrated the campus’ 53rd annual powwow. The event, one of the

Palestine

Dozens march in solidarity walk for Palestine Land Day through downtown San Diego

The event coincided with Eid al-Fitr, a three-day holiday marking the end of Ramadan. Written by Lauren J. Mapp, Edited by Kate Morrissey Dozens of community members chanted “Free Palestine” in downtown San Diego on Sunday morning to commemorate Palestinian Land Day and honor the end of Ramadan. Nearly 20

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Meet co-founder Lauren J. Mapp, Daylight’s resident foodie

Lauren J. Mapp specializes in covering food, social justice issues and Indigenous communities Introduce yourself. Sekon (hello in Kanienʼkehá:ka)! My name is Lauren J. Mapp (she/her/akaónha), and I am a Kanienʼkehá:ka (Mohawk) and Black journalist who has called San Diego home since 2005. Why did you

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Daylight teams up with Catalyst to power local journalism

Catalyst of San Diego and Imperial Counties has joined us as our fiscal sponsor to speed up our editorial timeline. Written by Lauren J. Mapp, Edited by Kate Morrissey Our team at Daylight San Diego is excited to announce we are now officially a fiscally sponsored project of Catalyst of

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Listening to San Diego: What community members want from local journalism and our next steps

Your voices are shaping the future of news in the region. Written by Lauren J. Mapp, Edited by Kate Morrissey Since last August, we have been listening to what San Diegans want to see more — and less — of in local news. Through a series of discussions throughout the region, we’