Magon: The Deportation Chronicles, Pt. 3

January 23, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: DACA, Deportation Chronicles, DREAM Act, DREAMers, Eastern Coachella Valley, ICE, immigration reform, jesus valenzuela, Jesus Valenzuela Felix, Joaquin Magon, Mary Bono Mack, Raul Ruiz

    The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 24: The Deportation Chronicles, Part 3 Raul: Those Who Said Goodbye In 2010, there were an estimated 387,000 “removals” according to Department of Homeland Security documents.

Magon: The Deportation Chronicles, Pt. 2

January 18, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, DACA, Deferred Action, Deportation, Eastern Coachella Valley, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, Operation Stone Garden

    The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 23: The Deportation Chronicles, Part 2   Mayte: The Haves and the Have Nots of Immigration One of the greatest fears is driving.

Magon: The Deportation Chronicles, Pt. 1

January 14, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Comite Latino, DACA, Deferred Action, Deportation, Deportation Chronicles, Eastern Coachella Valley, ICE, immigration, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, Mario Lazcano, Operation Stone Garden

    The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 22: The Deportation Chronicles, Part 1 The year 2012 has come to a close and the numbers of those removed from the United States are released – 409,849 individuals caught, trapped, nabbed, thrown into the patty wagon and kicked out with a boot – a record high.

Joaquín Magón: Coachella en el Corazon

December 24, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon

    The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 21 Coachella En El Corazón: Reflections on A Home Town   I am back home in the Coachella Valley.

Joaquin Magon: On Strikes, Power, and Unions

December 5, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Amarral, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, Nob Hill, strikes, UFW, United Farm Workers

  The Diary of Joaquin Magon Entry 20 About a month ago, I was talking to workers on strike at Nob Hill, a chain of high-end grocery stores, trying to figure out what moved them to take this major step.

Joaquín Magón: Farm Workers Will Benefit From Prop 37

November 3, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Dana Pearls, diary of joaquin magon, Farm Workers, food justice, GMO, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, Methyl Iodide, Pesticide Action Network, pesticides, Prop 37, Proposition 37, Salinas, UFW

  Entry 19: Farm Workers Left Out of Prop 37 Discussion, But Have a Stake SALINAS – As an organizer with the United Farm Workers, I’ve grown accustomed to seeing farm workers routinely be excluded or absent from the public discourse happening around issues of food justice.