Coachella Unincorporated
Coachella Unincorporated is a Youth Media Startup in the East Coachella Valley, funded by the Building Healthy Communities Initiative of The California Endowment and operated by New America Media in San Francisco. The purpose of the project is to report on issues in the community that can bring about change. Coachella Unincorporated refers to the region youth journalists cover but also to the unincorporated communities of the Eastern Valley with the idea to “incorporate” the East Valley into the mainstream Coachella Valley mindset. Posts by Coachella Unincorporated:
Joaquin Magon: On Strikes, Power, and Unions
The Diary of Joaquin Magon Entry 20
About a month ago, I was talking to workers on strike at Nob Hill, a chain of high-end grocery stores, trying to figure out what moved them to take this major step...
Community Celebrates Culture at Synergy Fest
Slideshow by ALEJANDRA ALARCON/Coachella Unincorporated
Culturas Music & Arts celebrated the inaguration of the second largest Chicano/Mexican-American historical mural in California on Nov...
Duroville Family Gives Thanks for New Home
By AURORA SALDIVAR/Coachella Unincorporated
OASIS, Calif. – Just days before Thanksgiving, the Alvaro family left their home at the notoriously substandard Duroville trailer park for a new mobile home at the beautifully landscaped Mountain Views Estates...
Resident Input Sought for Cesar Chavez Memorial Nov. 20
By JOHNNY FLORES, JR./Coachella Unincorporated
Coachella, Calif. — Residents of the Eastern Coachella Valley are encouraged to provide their input for the city’s planned Cesar E...
Ruiz Riding Latino Vote to Congressional Victory in Riverside County
Editor’s Note: As of late Wednesday night, the official count had Democrat Raul Ruiz leading Republican incumbent Mary Bono Mack in California’s 36th Congressional District by 2.8 percent, with 100 percent of precincts reporting...
Certified Farmers’ Market Returns to Downtown Coachella
COACHELLA, Calif. — Fresh, locally-grown fruits and vegetables are coming back to downtown Coachella, starting this coming Saturday, October 20, when the Palm Springs Cultural Center’s Certified Farmers’ Market returns for its 2012/13 season...
The Soda Tax – Missing the Point?
Blog, Various Authors
Keyannie Norford, 17
I know that no matter what the price of soda is, if I want it I will go get it...
Forum to Address Key Issues in Rural Communities
By Aurora Saldivar, Coachella Unincorporated
THERMAL, Calif. – Eastern Coachella Valley residents, leaders, organizations, and officials will gather tomorrow to discuss key issues surrounding their rural community at the Rural Forum on Sustainable Communities...
City’s General Plan Moves Closer to Update
By Johnny Flores, Jr., Coachella Unincorporated
Coachella, Calif. – Last week’s third Fiesta de la Salud moved the city of Coachella closer to completing the long overdue update of its general plan, which will be the first in the Coachella Valley to include a community health element...
Changing Lives A World Away
By Kimberly Miranda, Coachella Unincorporated
A few years ago, my friends and I decided to help nourish children in Africa – and we were able to do so without leaving the Eastern Coachella Valley...
OPINION: 2012 Presidential Election “Got Personal” at DNC
By Aurora Saldivar, Coachella Unincorporated
CHARLOTTE, NC – It got personal for me at the 2012 Democratic National Convention...
Youth Reporter Attends Prep School in Search of Opportunity
Why does Coachella Unincorporated reporter Johnny Flores leave Coachella every morning to attend private high school in the affluent community of Palm Desert?..
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