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:
Mecca Youth’s Journey from Fields to Starbucks
By Tony Aguilar, Coachella Unincorporated
MECCA, Calif. — This summer was unlike any other for 17-year-old Alejandro Ortega...
Student Reaches for Dreams with Deferred Action
By Brenda Rincón,
Coachella Unincorporated
COACHELLA, Calif. – Cris* was only 12 years old when she left Atlixco, Puebla, with her brother and sister to join their parents in the United States...
Park Expansion to Offer Much Needed Rec Area for Youth
By Johnny Flores, Jr.
Coachella Unincorporated
COACHELLA, Calif. – In this Eastern Coachella Valley city with over 2,000 registered soccer players there are only three regulation-size soccer fields...
Residents’ Help Needed to Curb Costly Problem
By Johnny Flores, Jr.
Coachella Unincorporated
COACHELLA, Calif, — In the 2011-12 fiscal year, the City of Coachella budgeted $91,372 to combat the costly problem of graffiti or “tagging,” as it commonly known...
Coachella Kicks Off New Sidewalk Project
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...
Raices Shares Results of Youth Research Project
Posted by 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...
State Assembly Committee Hearing on Status of Boys and Men of Color
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Local Youth Rally in Sacramento for Youth Bill of Rights
By Alejandra Alarcon,
Coachella Unincorporated
Sacramento, Calif. — Youth leaders are considered the future — but on June 20, 2012, youth from the Eastern Coachella Valley and throughout California became part of history...
Former Boxer Joel Diaz Dedicated to Building Champions
By Alejandra Alarcon,
Coachella Unincorporated
Mecca, Calif. — Joel Diaz’s life has changed drastically since Timothy Bradley, the boxer he trains, became the WBO welterweight champion after beating Manny Pacquiao in a controversial split decision on June 9...
Residents Envision Their Perfect Mecca
By Johnny Flores,
Coachella Unincorporated
Mecca, Calif. – Community members shared their collective vision of their perfect Mecca at Building Healthy Communities’ Transportation and Mobility Taskforce Community Workshop on June 15 at the Boys & Girls Club...
Eduardo Guevara: Life Among Landfills
For years now, dump sites like Western Environmental and Lawson Dump have disturbed neighboring trailer parks and schools in the east Coachella Valley city of Mecca...
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