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Review: Jobs Challenges Youth to Change the World

August 29, 2013 / By
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  JOHNNY FLORES/Coachella Uninc     We all have the power to change the world, regardless of how the world sees us.

Sidewalks Coming to Rancho Las Flores Park

August 27, 2013 / By
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  JOHNNY FLORES JR/Coachella Uninc   COACHELLA – Rancho Las Flores Park opened to positive community response in May 2012. 

Magon: Five Generations of Sinaloa

August 27, 2013 / By
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  The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 26:  Five Generations of Sinaloa   My great grandmother, Maria, never wrote anything down.

Discovering the Power of Words

August 22, 2013 / By
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    ALEJANDRA ALARCON/Coachella Uninc   I know how it feels to be unheard. But when I began to write, I learned I had the power to change this.

My Aunt’s Double Duty

August 21, 2013 / By
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          KARLA MARTINEZ/Coachella Uninc   This summer, I spent several weeks as a “mother’s helper” to my aunt in Thousand Palms.

Magon: A Familiar Scene in Bakersfield

August 19, 2013 / By
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    The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 25: A Familiar Scene in Bakersfield   Bakersfield, CA –The movement for immigration reform brought over 1,000 supporters to Bakersfield last week to put public pressure on House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy – the new “whipping boy” on immigration as Politico newspaper has so dubbed him.

First Day of School Brings Mixed Emotions

August 15, 2013 / By
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    MARIA GARCIA/Coachella Uninc   All summer long, I was looking forward to, and dreading, August 12 at the same time. 

State Hearing Urges Action to Improve Lives of Young Men of Color

August 8, 2013 / By
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      SACRAMENTO — State legislators held a hearing August 8 calling for ongoing policy and legislative solutions to improve the lives of the state’s young men of color.

Housing Coalition Serves up Summer Tennis Camp for Youth

August 7, 2013 / By
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLPf7M2vtJI&feature=c4-overview&list=UUAdFRk2kWuxdCfDtOJGrpyw[/youtube]   For the past 13 years, the Coachella Valley Housing Coalition has provided the young residents of its low-income housing communities the opportunity to attend tennis camp at the prestigious Indian Wells Tennis Gardens.