Chicano Park mural by Mario Torero.
Video by Journey to Planet Earth
Intro by Brent E. Beltrán
With the battle looming over the future of Barrio Logan, due to Maritime Industry’s refusal to accept the Barrio Logan Community Plan update, I feel it is necessary to give voters of the city of San Diego a little history of Barrio Logan and highlight the issues residents face. In June, eligible San Diego voters will go to the polls to vote on wether to approve the community plan or reject it.
Over the next few weeks I will post a video on Sundays that highlights the community of Barrio Logan and the beauty within San Diego’s most historic barrio.
This week’s video, Future Conditional: Overcoming Environmental Discrimination in San Diego’s Barrio Logan, is narrated by actor Matt Damon and documents the challenges Barrio Logan residents face when trying to overcome environmental discrimination in their community.
Previous week’s videos:
To Reach My Goals – Education in Barrio Logan
Remembering Our Past – History of Barrio Logan
Staying in the Barrio – Affordable Housing in Barrio Logan
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Hi Brent, thanks for starting this series. You and your readers may be interested in a meeting we are holding this Sunday March 23 “Barrio Logan: Community or Industry, Who Decides In Our Democracy?” where we have guest speakers Georgette Gomez, Environmental Health Coalition and Bruce Coons, SOHO. We had also invited a representative from the “Protect Our Jobs Coalition” but once they heard we were having a discussion they declined to attend. You can read more here details: http://j.mp/barriologan