Coachella Unincorporated | 2012 September

Monthly Archives: September 2012

Community Rallies to Help Residents of Flooded Trailer Parks

September 13, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: aurora saldivar, Bonita Kelsey, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella Unincorporated, Coca Cola, desert mirage high school, Dr. Raul Ruiz, Duroville, Duroville Flood, Eastern Coachella Valley, flood, Las Palmitas Elementary, Mecca, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Sean Kelsey, Sister Teresita, St. Anthony's trailer park, Supervisor John J. Benoit, Teresita Navarro, thermal, Tom Foley, xavier college prep

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRshAplxhiQ[/youtube] By Aurora Saldivar, Coachella Unincorporated MECCA, Calif. – Instead of working with children in Duroville’s after-school program as she usually does, Sister Teresita Navarro spent Tuesday evening knocking on doors at the trailer park to check on the well being of the families that live there.

OPINION: 2012 Presidential Election “Got Personal” at DNC

September 12, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: aurora saldivar, barack obama, Charlotte, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, college of the desert, Democratic National Convention, Democratic National Convention 2012, DNC, Eastern Coachella Valley, Farm Workers, health, health care access, immigration reform, Jacqueline Lopez, Julian Castro, Michelle Obama, NC, New America Media, Republican National Convention, RNC, the california endowment

By Aurora Saldivar, Coachella Unincorporated CHARLOTTE, NC – It got personal for me at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

The Diary of Joaquín Magón: The Incredible Story of Griselda

September 10, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Baja California, Calexico, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, community organizer, coyotes, Eastern Coachella Valley, El Norte, El Salvador, Farm Workers, Guatemala, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, Mexicali, migrant workers, north, Oaxaca, Salton Sea, Sinaloa, strawberry, strawberry fields, UFW, United Farm Workers

Entry 18: The Incredible Story of Griselda, A Migrant Farm Worker I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes I slept on the ground in the light of the moon On the edge of the city you’ll see us and then We come with the dust and we go with the wind -Pastures of Plenty, Woody Guthrie Griselda left, as many of them do.

Committee Planning First Día de los Muertos at Coachella Cemetery

September 7, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: brenda rincon, Coachella, coachella chamber of commerce, Coachella Unincorporated, coachella valley cemetery, coachella valley mexican american chamber of commerce, cvmacc, Dia de los Muertos, Eastern Coachella Valley, ernesto rosales, forest lawn, raices, Raices Cultura

By Brenda Rincon, Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA, Calif. – On a 110-degree afternoon, it is hard to think about November 2.

A Plan B She Never Knew Existed

September 6, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alejandra Alarcon, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Coachella Valley High School, College, college of the desert, Eastern Coachella Valley, education, Oregon, Portland, Portland State University, San Francisco State University

By Alejandra Alarcon, Coachella Unincorporated Reporting from PORTLAND, Ore. – At a very young age, my siblings and I got into the habit of checking price tags before asking our parents to purchase any item.

Youth Reporters: A Great Night for Women at DNC

September 5, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: aurora saldivar, barack obama, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Dasire'e Norman, Democratic National Convention, Democratic National Convention 2012, DNC, DNC 2012, Eastern Coachella Valley, FLOTUS, Kamala Harris, Lilly Ledbetter, Long Beach, Mary Kay Henry, Michella Obama, New America Media, Nydia M. Velázquez, POTUS, Tammy Duckworth, the california endowment, Voicewaves

By Aurora Saldivar, Coachella Unincorporated, and Dasire’e Norman, VoiceWaves CHARLOTTE, NC — First Lady Michelle Obama tugged on American heartstrings Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention.

Youth Reporter Attends Prep School in Search of Opportunity

September 4, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Farm Workers, Johnny Flores, New America Media, OLPH, opportunity, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Palm Desert, Xavier, xavier college prep, Xavier College Preparatory High School, youth journalism

By Johnny Flores, Jr. Coachella Unincorporated A year ago, I was feeling anxious, nervous, and scared.