San Diego, CA Events

Amal steps into a world of mesmerizing wonder when she is treated to a very special performance by the puppetry troupe Animal Cracker Conspiracy.

In partnership with San Diego Symphony, Animal Cracker Conspiracy and the Conrad Prebys Foundation.

This is a past event. Explore more HERE.

Amal arrives in San Ysidro, a border neighborhood in San Diego, to collect a message for migrant families living across the border in Tijuana. She walks through the UCSD-CASA Community Station welcomed by the local community and a parade of dancers, musicians and students.

In partnership with UCSD Center on Global Justice, Casa Familiar, UCSD Department of Theater and Dance, Friends of Friendship Park.

This is a past event. Explore more HERE.

La Jolla Playhouse will take Amal on a joyous adventure in San Diego to celebrate the power of theatre and the city’s rich cultural diversity.

In partnership with La Jolla Playhouse’s Without Walls program and Conrad Prebys Foundation.

This is a past event. Explore more HERE.

Exhausted from the commotion of the day, Amal is caught between wakefulness and sleep. She can’t believe her eyes when magical creatures appear… Is she still dreaming?

In partnership with Imagine Brave Spaces, Monarch School Performance Ensemble, Voices of Our City Choir, Majdal Center, Chicano Park Steering Committee and Conrad Prebys Foundation.

This is a past event. Explore more HERE.

Amal is yearning to play with other children at the beach when she discovers the remnants of cherished belongings that have been washed ashore.

In partnership with Blindspot Collective,  Students Rebuild, ArtPower at UC San Diego, Medecins Sans Frontieres – Doctors Without Borders and Conrad Prebys Foundation.

This is a past event. Explore more HERE.

Casa Familiar was founded in 1973 and is a 501(c)(3), community-based organization dedicated to serving residents in South San Diego County. Originally established in 1968 under the name Trabajadores de la Raza, Casa has grown and expanded its efforts from solely serving Spanish-speaking families in San Ysidro to providing services and programs to all South San Diego County residents. Early on, Casa recognized that its predominantly low-income clients have changing and varied needs. Casa‘s approach allows the agency to adapt to community needs through a multi-faceted program and funding strategy. This permits the sustaining of advocacy and community development at its core, while simultaneously examining and addressing community needs. Casa Familiar has been serving people in South San Diego for 50 years.

Imagine is an applied theatre company with a commitment to the intersection of theatre, multimedia arts and social engagement. The use of arts to bring about social justice and to increase positive community engagement is at the heart of our mission, which invites diverse communities to reflect on their world, identify injustices, and then imagine a better reality; one that moves us closer to “Beloved Community”—the flourishing and harmony of all.

Majdal, the Arab Community Center of San Diego, is a resource and community center located in El Cajon with a mission to service, uplift, and build power for San Diego’s Arab refugee and migrant communities. Formally established in 2018, the center’s work emerged from volunteer efforts to respond to the migration of Syrian refugees resettling to San Diego in 2016. The Majdal Center’s services, programs, and campaigns intersect across four programmatic areas: Youth Education and Leadership; Community Health: Economic Empowerment; and Policy.

Monarch School Project nurtures resilience in unhoused youth and their families. We empower students to influence their own growth in the areas of academic success and social emotional learning. We reinforce the existing strength of families so that students can thrive in school and in life.

Based in San Diego, California for neighbors experiencing homelessness, Voices of Our City Choir (a 501c3 nonprofit) is an internationally recognized performance ensemble uplifting audiences worldwide. Voices offers a safe, creative community amplifying the voices of people impacted by homelessness through music and the arts. Members develop renewed hope, personal empowerment, and the life skills to achieve their goals. Voices’ national recognition for its unique human services model addressing the homeless epidemic includes: the PBS documentary “The Homeless Chorus Speaks”, 2020 America’s Got Talent’s Golden Buzzer Winner for Original Song “Sounds of the Sidewalk”, the New York Times, the San Diego Psychological Association, and the National Conflict Resolution Center’s 2022 Peacemaker Award.

For more information, please visit www.voicesofourcity.org