Coachella Unincorporated

Monthly Archives: November 2013

WE Connect Brings Health Resources To Hundreds of ECV Families

November 27, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: ACA, Affordable Care Act, aurora saldivar, brenda rincon, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Covered California, Eastern Coachella Valley, health care, Maria Garcia, Obamacare, Silvia Paz, the california endowment, WE Connect

MARIA GARCIA, AURORA SALDIVAR & BRENDA R. RINCON/Coachella Uninc THERMAL – Hundreds of Eastern Coachella Valley families may have something to be thankful for very soon: health insurance.

CU Reporters Thankful for Youth Mentors

November 27, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alejandra Alarcon, aurora saldivar, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella Valley High School, college of the desert, Eastern Coachella Valley, jocelyn vargas, Johnny Flores, Karla Martinez, Olive Crest Academy, raices, Silvia Paz, Trinidad Arredondo, Victoria Contreras, xavier college prep

Editor’s Note: The staff of Coachella Uninc. recently gathered for our Thanksgiving dinner to reflect on everything for which we are thankful.

CVHS Students Open to Arab Logo Compromise After ADC Visit

November 25, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Abed Ayoub, Arab American Anti Discrimination Committee, Arab mascot, aurora saldivar, brenda rincon, Coachella, Coachella Valley High School, coachella valley unified school district, Darryl S. Adams

AURORA SALDIVAR and BRENDA R. RINCON/Coachella Uninc COACHELLA – Abed Ayoub, representative of the Arab American Anti Discrimination Committee (ADC), visited Coachella Valley High School last week to have an open conversation with the students whose mascot, the Arab, he believes perpetuates negative stereotypes.

Coachella Uninc Searching for Beat Reporter

November 23, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Assistant Editor, beat reporter, brenda rincon, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Eastern Coachella Valley, New America Media, open position, the california endowment, youth journalism, youth led media

Coachella Unincorporated is searching for a Beat Reporter/Assistant Editor. Please read description below and submit resume to brincon@newamericamedia.org

Youth Advocate for Change Statewide and in their Communities

November 21, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Boyle Heights, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, East Salinas, Eastern Coachella Valley, Fresno, Johnny Flores, Melissa Guajardo, Merced, South Kern, Statewide Steering Committee on Youth Leadership, the california endowment

JOHNNY FLORES JR/Coachella Uninc MERCED, Calif. – The Building Healthy Communities (BHC) Statewide Steering Committee on Youth Leadership convened for three days in October to discuss how they can collaborate and learn from each other for the betterment of youth across the state and in their own communities.

Rethink Your Drink, Stand up to Beverage Industry

November 20, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, childhood obesity, Coca Cola, diabetes, Eastern Coachella Valley, Johnny Flores, Pepsi, Rethink Your Drink, Smedley and Syme, soda consumption, Steven Hernandez, Still Bubbling Over, sugary beverages, the california endowment, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

JOHNNY FLORES JR./Coachella Uninc The current generation of children might be the first in the history to live shorter lives than their parents.

WeConnect Health Fair Coming to Coachella Nov. 23

November 20, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Coachella Valley High School, Eastern Coachella Valley, Health fair, Health Happens Here, the california endowment, WeConnect

STAFF REPORT/Coachella Uninc COACHELLA — Uninsured families in the Eastern Coachella Valley will be able to access critical services and learn about new benefits available under the Affordable Care Act at the upcoming WeConnect Health Care Enrollment and Resource Fair.

Q&A: Napolitano On Diversity, Academics and the Undocumented at U.C.

November 15, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Janet Napolitano, University of California

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/78635537[/vimeo] Traducción al español PETER SCHURMANN & JACOB SIMAS/New America Media Ed. Note: In September former secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano took over as president of the University of California, the first-ever woman to hold that position.

Commentary: Where’s the ENDA Celebration?

November 14, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: DANIEL ZINGALE, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, ENDA, the california endowment

DANIEL ZINGALE/The California Endowment Four months after the greatest Supreme Court victory for LGBT Americans in history, we won our greatest legislative victory in the United States Senate: passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would make it illegal to fire someone for no other reason than being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.