SFS of San Diego - Community Engagement

Community Engagement

We engage the community at all levels of our programs including program development, implementation, and evaluation. This allows us to keep the community at the heart of all we do and to ensure our programs are maximally relevant and effective for the community.

Programs and Projects

Voter Engagement

We mobilize immigrant and refugee communities to vote in order to have their interests and needs addressed by elected officials. Whether it's functioning as a voter registration hub or offering translation and interpretation assistance to our communities, we offer support and assistance to our communities during the voting process.

To learn more about our community engagements or to get involved,
please contact us below.

Count Me 2020

SFS is working with San Diego & Imperial Counties Census Outreach Coalition to ensure that our communities are counted in the upcoming census. This effort will help to allocate federal funding to our communities in need and will help governmental agencies to enforce civil rights policies in our neighborhoods.

Ihsan Health Initiative

The Ihsan Health Initiative is a community response to provide information and resources for refugees and immigrants in San Diego County during the COVID-19 pandemic. Funded by the County of San Diego in support of the Live Well San Diego vision, The Ihsan Health Initiative Aims to provide timely and updated public health and safety information, leverage the expertise and trust of community health workers representing the Arab, Somali, and Congolese communities, and to provide resources and navigation for refugees to access healthcare and social services.

Somali Community Leadership Council

The Somali Community Leadership Council brings together members of the Somali community to address the community’s needs as well as mobilizing community organizing, activism, and advocacy. The concerns of the community which are identified through Leadership Council meetings are brought to key organizational and governmental leaders in San Diego in order to advocate for structural and policy changes.