Check out The Language of Silencing: Civil Liberties Installation

Over the past 5 months, our Civil Liberties Fellows have been working hard to create a 7ft-tall interactive book. This project reflects on the history of Japanese-American incarceration during WWII, while drawing parallels to the fellows’ own experiences as immigrants and refugees. Through their work, the fellows explored how past injustices are echoed in today’s struggles, especially with the recent barrage of executive orders targeting our communities.

Join us on Saturday, June 28 at 1PM for our closing event, where we will be screening One Fighting Irishman : Wayne M. Collins and the Tule Lake Segregation Center by filmmaker Sharon Yamato.

The installation is up from April 12th - June 30th at the San Diego Central Library!

Who is AjA?

We're a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in City Heights, San Diego, the most diverse part of the city. We work with immigrants, refugees, the transfronterizo community, incarcerated youth and people going through the process of transformation. At the heart of our programs is participatory photography. We believe that by working with youth to help them create their own images and tell their own stories, we can play a role in fostering their sense of imagination and possibility, for themselves and their communities. While our work with our students involves many eyes and focuses on many subjects, the horizon we are moving toward — with our many partners — is collective liberation and a more just world.