NAM Launches YouthWire

May 31, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella Uninc, Coachella Unincorporated, New America Media, Richmond, Silicon Valley DeBug, South Kern Sol, The Beat Within, The Know, Voicewaves, We'Ced, youth media, YouthWire

                      SAN FRANCISCO — New America Media invites you to explore the scope of our youth media work via YouthWire.org

New Mecca Community Council Member Motivated by Family

May 29, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Claudia Figueroa, Claudia Guevara, Eastern Coachella Valley, ivan delgado, Johnny Flores, Mecca, Mecca Community Council, Riverside County, unincorporated communities, Western Environmental

                          JOHNNY FLORES, JR/Coachella Unincorporated   MECCA — Claudia Guevara was recently sworn in as a member of the Mecca Community Council, continuing her family’s tradition of making a difference in the unincorporated community they call home.

Leap of Faith Pays Off for Olive Crest Graduate

May 21, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Coachella Unified School District, college of the desert, CVUSD, Fatima Ramirez, Margaret Hensel, Olive Crest Academy

                    FATIMA RAMIREZ/Coachella Unincorporated   COACHELLA — As I sit on a park bench, enjoying the appetizing food and appreciating the company of my classmates, I realize how much I have grown to appreciate every single one of them.

Teen Chef Battle Makes Healthy Eating Fun at CVHS

May 15, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, Coachella Valley High School, Dr. Oz, Eastern Coachella Valley, HealthCorps, Johnny Flores, Naomi Soto, nutrition, the california endowment

                                        JOHNNY FLORES JR/Coachella Unincorporated   COACHELLA – The chefs carefully placed a souvlaki pita and a southwest chicken sandwich in front of the three judges, next to their scorecards.

Health Reform Means Not Going to Mexicali for Care

May 13, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Alejandra Alarcon, Coachella, Eastern Coachella Valley, Mexicali, New America Media, Ronnie Cho

                          ALEJANDRA ALARCON/Coachella Unincorporated   COACHELLA — Like a lot of other families living in the Eastern Coachella Valley, when one of our family members fell sick, it meant driving about a hundred miles across the border into Mexico, to the City of Mexicali, to get taken care of by a doctor.

Career Academies Baffle, Even as They Boost CVHS Grad Rates

May 10, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: AB 790, brenda rincon, Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, Coachella Valley High School, CVEP, Eastern Coachella Valley, Health Careers Academy, John Noonan, Kent Braithwaite, Kim McNulty, Linked Learning, New America Media, Simon Moore

                            Ed. Note: In 2011, California’s legislature passed AB 790, a statewide initiative aimed at addressing the growing number of high school graduates unprepared or under-prepared for either college or a career.