Youth of Today: Where are we? And where we are headed?
The Summit
This Summit is founded on the principle of bringing together Somali Youth and their parents to formulate and begin a healthy dialogue within the Somali community. The goal is to help Somali Youth successfully balance and manage their faith, education and culture as American-Somalis. This Summit is unprecedented; as the Somali Youth in San Diego has, by no means, received the opportunity to discuss such important topics in an organized and focused manner. Through this summit we hope to find and understand where we are today and where we are headed as a community.
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Transitioning into a new community and culture can be daunting for refugees as they leave their homeland to pursue new opportunities in another country. Between language barriers, cultural barriers and little insight into a foreign country’s economic structure, challenges can present themselves around every corner.
on, several local health care agencies and other community organizations provided information on their services to the participants. The fair was concluded by a 2-mile-long senior walk around the park to encourage regular exercise as an important part of wellness. Somali Family Service would like to thank the speakers and local agencies that participated in the Health Fair, as well as the Target Mission Valley store, which made a donation for the senior walk participants to receive gift bags. Very special thanks goes to our generous community sponsor, Community Health Group. The SFS Health Fair was also covered by the 
