Recent Streetsblog LA posts about health

It’s a Small World: How Gang Activity Impacts the Livability of Streets

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 5, 2012 | 4 Comments

To expand the boundaries of what is considered to be livable streets issues, I present the first of a three-part story about a 19-year old named Fidel who ran with a crew for a few years on the north edge of South L.A. He hopes that by talking about how he grew up, people can […]

What Lies Beneath: Using Community Gardens to Recapture Shared Culture

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 27, 2012 | 1 Comment

We are most sad about being unable to pass on our agricultural traditions to our children, said an older gentleman in Spanish. Where we lived, we had no cars — only canoes for the canals, he continued. We grew all we needed with techniques that we had brought with us when we were taken from […]

All Biked Up and Nowhere to Go: Four Boys in Florence-Firestone

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 1, 2012 | 37 Comments

FOUR BOYS WITH BIKES between the ages of 9 and 13 stand in a yard along Hooper St. in the Florence-Firestone neighborhood, looking warily at me as I pull up on my bike. Victor, a solid kid with a swipe of grease across his cheek, tightens his grip on a wrench as the others glance […]