I recently met on the phone with Bill Flores, a friend of Joe Cordero. Joe thought that Bill had a good understanding of a lawsuit filed by 3 minority-based organizations who had jointly filed suit against the County of San Diego. The suit alleged that blacks, Mexican...

Show your support at the WE MADE SAN DIEGO Fundraiser! By B. Chayer & D. Sawicki  The stories in “We Made San Diego” by Maria E. Garcia continue to be told, in video format, because of your support! The “We Made San Diego” fundraiser took place on 📆 December 12,...

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By Brayden Chayer & David Sawicki Preserving Latino, Chicano and Mexican-American history is a priority for the “We Made San Diego” Project. While recent successful sold-out screenings of the short documentary, “We Made San Diego- For All” made an impact on the...

"We Made San Diego- For All” Shines a light on Untold Stories from the Latino Community SAN DIEGO - YoungPop announces their nomination for the 2024 San Diego Film Week. A documentary short, titled: “We Made San Diego- For All” was written and produced by David...

MAAC serves tens of thousands of San Diego every year — check them out, in this documentary short.Stay tuned for Part 2, coming soon! When you click the subscribe button, you will be notified, thank you.

We are excited to announce the "We Made San Diego" YouTube Web Series- episodes featuring Latinos that created a great impact on the San Diego region! The Series will launch with an overview of the project- why and how it will preserve and celebrate the...

The Mural: “A Life of Activism” was unveiled at the MAAC Community Center on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Many of the community members that are featured on the mural were present. Author Maria E. Garcia with a canvas reprint of the Mural

As a third grader, I did not know what the statistics were on Latinos in history books or about our drop-out rate. What I did know that as a little girl I did hang on to the first book I ever read about one Latino family. The book was fiction but there was a little...

Why I wrote “We Made San Diego”Even as a third grader I would look for books that had someone that was Latino. In college I would write on index cards with facts about either historical facts or something I had learned about Mexicans or Mexican Americans. Sadly, our...