Here’s a vision for the future; a video by Adriana Heldiz for the Voice of San Diego introduces us to four individuals engaged in their Barrio Logan community and shaping its development.
Some readers may recognize the last person featured, Joaquín Junco, as a San Diego Free Press contributor. While a Southwestern College student, he provided many cartoons and illustrations for the San Diego Free Press as Junco Canché. The archive of his work is here. (Note: the link is to a list of post “excerpts” that typically feature a short text intro and a feature image. Since Junco’s posts don’t contain text, the excerpt simply has the title and a cropped detail from the full illustration. You’ll need to click on the excerpt’s title or the cropped image in order to view the full work.)
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Shelley Plumb says
Que viva Barrio Logan! Happy to see that the young ones understand how important it is
to protect Chicano Park and their neighborhoods. Gentrification is a problem everywhere.