The AjA Project

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DATA BREACH — The room was full. The work is still up.Thank you to everyone who joined us on opening night — a room full...
05/27/2026

DATA BREACH — The room was full. The work is still up.
Thank you to everyone who joined us on opening night — a room full of conversation, connection, and people ready to look closer at the surveillance systems that look at us.
The exhibition is still up. Come see it.

Surveillance systems are designed to be invisible — to embed themselves so seamlessly into our streets, devices, and shared spaces that we stop noticing them entirely. Data Breach examines how surveillance technologies reshape daily life. Opening during the city budget hearings, we see how government authorities have leveraged these not in service of public safety but in pursuit of profit-driven agendas that routinely violate the rights of the communities they claim to protect.

Artists, activists, writers, and poets from The AJA Project’s WHO WATCHES WHO fellowship. Their work is on the walls. Come walk through it.

If you want to stay informed or go deeper, we’ll be hosting ongoing programming and workshops around these topics. Follow along for updates.
📍 The AjA Project Fridge Art Space 5591 University Ave, City Heights, San Diego
🗓️ Open Mon-Sat from 7am-4pm
Everyone welcome.

DATA BREACHA look back at the systems watching you.Surveillance is designed to be invisible; embedded so seamlessly into...
04/21/2026

DATA BREACH

A look back at the systems watching you.

Surveillance is designed to be invisible; embedded so seamlessly into our streets, devices, and shared spaces that we stop noticing it entirely. This exhibition asks us to look again.

The AJA Project`s WHO WATCHES WHO fellows; artists, activists, writers, and poets present Data Breach, a collective exhibition examining the reach of surveillance technologies, how they reshape daily life, and who they actually serve. The exhibition is the culmination of the 3 month fellowship and the participants work.

This spring, the City of San Diego proposed sweeping cuts to arts funding - while investment in surveillance continues to grow.

Stop Surveillance. Fund Arts & Education.

Opening night: May 7th, 5–7pm Ongoing exhibition to follow

📍 The AjA Project Fridge Art Space 5591 University Ave, City Heights, San Diego

Everyone welcome.

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Calling on artists, activists, writers, and poets ; and The AjA Project x Borderclick  community!Join WHO WATCHES WHO! C...
02/20/2026

Calling on artists, activists, writers, and poets ; and The AjA Project x Borderclick community!

Join WHO WATCHES WHO! COUNTERSURVEILLANCE Fellowship to learn how surveillance policies + technologies impact our communities, then co-create a collective art project supporting ongoing countersurveillance advocacy.

🗓 March 4 (Orientation) + Thursdays 5–7pm for 10 sessions
💸 $500 stipend upon completion
📍 In-person at Fridge Art Space (5591 University Ave, City Heights)
✅ Ages 18–30 + must attend all sessions

Apply by Feb 20 — link in bio.

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Calling on artists, activists, writers, and poets! Join AjA’s WHO WATCHES WHO! COUNTERSURVEILLANCE Fellowship Program! L...
02/09/2026

Calling on artists, activists, writers, and poets! Join AjA’s WHO WATCHES WHO! COUNTERSURVEILLANCE Fellowship Program! Learn about the latest surveillance policies and technologies encroaching on our civil liberties and their impact on our communities. Produce a collective art project to support the ongoing countersurveillance advocacy effort.

March 4th (Orientation Session) - Every Thursday 5-7pm for 10 Weeks
$500 Fellow stipend upon completion

In-person workshop at: Fridge Art Space 5591 University Ave. (City Heights)

Requirement: For age between 18-30, Must be able to attend all 10 session in -person workshop.

Apply by Feb 20th !
More info on bio

We are hiring! Arts & Advocacy Teaching Artist to lead our Countersurveillance fellowship program! Teach, engage and wor...
02/06/2026

We are hiring! Arts & Advocacy Teaching Artist to lead our Countersurveillance fellowship program! Teach, engage and work with the selected fellows and create works to support the ongoing movement against the unaccountable use of surveillance cameras in our community!

We are pleased to announce our participation as a host institution for theACLS Leading Edge Fellowship Program@ACLS1919,...
01/21/2026

We are pleased to announce our participation as a host institution for the
ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship Program@ACLS1919, supported by the Mellon Foundation.
In 2026, the program will place recent humanities PhDs in two-year positions with organizations
committed to promoting justice with and in their communities. Selected Leading Edge Fellows
will take on substantive roles that draw on the skills and capacities honed in the course of
earning the humanities PhD, including advanced communication, research, project
management, and creative problem solving.

Our position is “Director of Creative Advocacy and Partnerships” - Please look up for more details!

The application deadline is March 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM EDT. For more information, please visit
www.acls.org/LeadingEdge and direct any questions to ACLS at [email protected].

12/19/2025

As you know, the AjA Project has reached it's 25th year as an organization this year, thank you for celebrating this milestone with us!
Please enjoy a special highlight of The AjA Project’s 25-year journey, told through the voices that made it possible.

Watch the full video on Youtube through the link in bio! https://youtu.be/frsngb3orkE

As we enter 2026, we invite you to make a year-end gift to The AjA Project. Your support helps us relaunch our Journey program with refugee youth, and sustain our projects at the intersection of art, civil liberties, and surveillance.

Donate through the link in bio and help carry this work forward into the next 25 years.

Come join us on Jan 30th, 2026 for volunteer canvassing for the “Ground Up” Arts in Parks project led by  and  We’ll be ...
12/17/2025

Come join us on Jan 30th, 2026 for volunteer canvassing for the “Ground Up” Arts in Parks project led by and We’ll be gathering community input to implement youth-led designs for Officer Jeremy Henwoods Park! RSVP link in bio.
@ 4- 6 PM
4455 Wightman St
San Diego, CA 92105

RSVP link: https://www.midcitycan.org/ground

Join us TODAY at 4pm for a showcase of the students’ mural from the Counter Surveillance project, followed by a hands-on...
12/10/2025

Join us TODAY at 4pm for a showcase of the students’ mural from the Counter Surveillance project, followed by a hands-on Riso poster making workshop!

Recently, our CounterSurveillance fellows went on a field trip to the border to take pictures and survey the surveillance tech used at the US-Mexico border.

Thank you to Nanzi and Natalia at for giving us a tour.

Come, learn, and engage with one of the most pressing civil liberty issues of our time.

When: Today, Wednesday, Dec 10 from 4-6 PM

Where: Parking lot of at 5577 University Ave. San Diego, CA 92105

Today at December 9th at 2pm, SD city will vote on whether to keep the Flock Automatic License Plate Reader system in th...
12/09/2025

Today at December 9th at 2pm, SD city will vote on whether to keep the Flock Automatic License Plate Reader system in the city.
Flock is a company known to breach data by passing them to ICE, and cannot be trusted.

This past week, we joined other organizations in town at the Coalition Press Conference, calling for the end of city’s contract with Flock.
Community leaders and advocates came out and emphasized that privacy, dignity, and trust in public safety must be prioritized over corporate interests combined with injust immigration policies without any accountability.

We brought in our pop-up installation and visual props from our past Counter Surveillance programs from 2023-24 made with and with artists like and

We urge you all to come to City Council/ call in via zoom for the SD City Council Vote happening today.

When:
Today, Dec 9 at 2 PM
Where:
SD City Hall
202 C St 12th floor or online

Make your voices heard!
Let’s keep Flock out of SD!

Address

4089 Fairmount Avenue
San Diego, CA
92105

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

(619)2305556

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