Call for California Asians and Hispanics to Show United Front on Health4All

July 28, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella Unincorporated, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Health 4 All, Medi-Cal, New America Media, SB 10, SB 4, undocumented immigrants

New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Jul 22, 2015 SAN FRANCISCO — Even as health care advocates are celebrating California’s recent “landmark victory” in getting its undocumented children health care, Latino and Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities should show a united front and make sure that all of the state’s undocumented residents get the same benefit, urged Sen.

Cuentos de Coachella

July 7, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Affordable Housing, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, coachella valley housing coalition, Environmental Youth Alliance, las casas apartments, LUPA Project

COACHELLA — Earlier this year, students from the Environmental Youth Alliance (EYA) joined the Land Use Planning Awareness (LUPA) Project to learn about the power of land use planning in the eastern Coachella Valley.

On This DACA Anniversary, Invest in Immigrants

June 22, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: California, DACA, DAPA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, immigrants, MediCal

New America Media, Commentary, Ju Hong, Posted: Jun 15, 2015 As I listened to President Obama’s announcement for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals(DACA) in 2012, in that moment I could see the culmination of all the courageous organizing efforts of fellow advocates who pressed our president to provide relief from deportations and advance the inclusion of immigrants, in order to make DACA possible across the country.

Undocumented Kids to Get Health Coverage in State Budget

June 15, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: California Budget, Gov. Jerry Brown, Medi-Cal, Medicaid, SB4

  New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Jun 16, 2015 Sen. Ricardo Lara and Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León discuss the state budget that passed this week.

Coachella residents get moving with Walk with a Doc program

June 13, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Las Flores Park, Walk With A Doc

AMANDA FLORES / Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — Eastern Coachella Valley residents are getting an opportunity to exercise alongside local physicians thanks to the Walk with a Doc program, a program dedicated to encouraging physical activity in order to improve the health of communities.

Conference Focuses on Implicit Bias and Social Justice

June 10, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Black Lives Matter, Equal Justice Society, Implicit Bias, National Center for Youth Law, Oakland

By Claudia. J. Gonzalez and Nayoon Jin OAKLAND, Calif. — Why are Black and Latino men across the country shot and killed by police officers at rates far surpassing whites?

Agua 4 All Featured On Univision’s National Health Week

June 9, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Agua4All, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Pueblo Unido, Rural Communities Assistance corporation, the california endowment

CHRISTIAN MENDEZ / Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — On Monday night, the eastern Coachella Valley’s Agua 4 All program was featured on Univision’s national Health Week.

UC President Urges State to Fund Expanded Enrollment

June 1, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella Unincorporated, expanded enrollment, Janet Napolitano, New America Media, University of California

Editor’s Note: One of an occasional series of New America Media interviews with UC President Janet Napolitano.

Bill to Combat Arsenic in Drinking Water Makes it to the Senate

May 29, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated

IVAN VALENZUELA and CHRISTIAN MENDEZ / Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — A proposed bill for combating arsenic-tainted water in rural California communities, including those in the eastern Coachella Valley, is one step closer to becoming a reality.