Pueblo Unido CDC Joins the United Nations’ World Water Day

March 23, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: clean water, Eastern Coachella Valley, Pueblo Unido CDC, Reverse Osmosis, United Nations, World Water Day

Editor’s Note: In 1993, the United Nations designated March 22 as “World Day for Water,” a day to raise awareness about the need for clean drinking water and sustainable water development around the world.

Raising the Smoking Age: East Valley Youth Respond

March 20, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Eastern Coachella Valley, legal smoking age, SB 151, smoking, STAKE, Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act, tobacco, youth

By: COACHELLA UNINCORPORATED Editor’s Note: Earlier this year, California Senator Ed Hernandez introduced the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement (STAKE) Act (Senate Bill 151), a bill that would prohibit the sale of tobacco products to people under the age of 21.

How a Bag of Flour Taught Me About Dyslexia

March 16, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, Dyslexia, Eastern Coachella Valley, Join Coachella Unincorporated, learning disorders, reading

MARIA GARCIA / Coachella Unincorporated When I started looking around my house for a bag of flour, my mother asked me what I planed on baking.

Uncle Sam Wants DACA Recipients to Avoid Tax Scams

March 13, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: ACA, Affordable Care Act, DACA, IRS, Medi-Cal, National Immigration Law Center, taxes

New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Mar 12, 2015 Pictured above: DACA recipient Ana Alcantara, 22, was misinformed by her tax preparer and ended up paying an unnecessary penalty.

Diversifying Environmental Movement Key to Tackling Climate Change

March 10, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: climate change, environment, Green 2.0, New America Media, NGO, Sierra Club, The Raben Group, University of Michigan

By Seung Lee, New America Media Over 200 environmentalists, philanthropists, and journalists convened last week at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco at an event hosted by Green 2.0 (an initiative of The Raben Group) and New America Media to discuss an issue that’s become increasing urgent in effectively addressing climate change – the lack of diversity in the mainstream environmental movement.

15 Years Later, Comfort Station for Farmworkers a Reality

February 6, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: CRLA, DACE, Eastern Coachella Valley, Galilee Center, Mecca, Mecca Comfort Station, migrant farm workers, Riverside County

AMBER AMAYA and IVAN VALENZUELA/Coachella Uninc. MECCA — A new structure being built in Mecca, Calif.

Indigenous Leaders Call for Driving Test in Their Own Language

February 5, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated

La Opinión, News Report, Araceli Martínez Ortega, Translated by Elena Shore, Posted: Jan 28, 2015 Lea en español Leaders of the Mixtec community of Oxnard, Calif.

Agua 4 All Campaign Launches in the Eastern Coachella Valley

January 29, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Agua4All, Building Healthy Communities, clean water, Eastern Coachella Valley, Pueblo Unido CDC, Rural Communities Assistance corporation, San Jose Community Center, The califnornia endowment

AMBER AMAYA/ Coachella Unincorporated THERMAL, Calif. — Agua 4 All, a pilot project that aims to bring clean drinking water to rural communities across California, launched Wednesday at the San Jose Community Center in Thermal, Calif.

Son Jarocho Takes Root in East Valley

January 26, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: culture, Eastern Coachella Valley, Fandango, jarana, music, Rancho La Boquilla, Son Jarocho, tarima, thermal, Veracruz, zapateado

JOHNNY FLORES / Coachella Uninc. Brightly colored papel picados are strung around the courtyard at the Rancho La Boquilla in Thermal, Calif.