Students Share Their Dreams for the Eastern Coachella Valley

August 25, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated

Editor’s Note: During the summer, Coachella Unincorporated worked with six young people from the eastern Coachella Valley as part of the Coachella Unincorporated Summer 2015 Program.

Summer Program Makes Sure Students Don’t Go Hungry

August 15, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated

BY: KARLA MARTINEZ / Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — When summer comes around, many eastern Coachella Valley children who depend on free school lunches for a consistent daily meals must look elsewhere or go hungry.

A Million Could Benefit From Prop 47 — If They Act Fast

August 3, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: California, Californians for Safety and Justice, Christian Mendez, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, DACA, felony, Inc., Inland Congregations United for Change, misdemeanors, MyProp47.org, New America Media, Prop 47, Safe Neighborhood and Schools Act, San Bernardino, Starting Over

CHRISTIAN MENDEZ / Coachella Unincorporated SAN BERNARDINO — The clock is ticking for an estimated 1 million Californians to get their felonies reduced to misdemeanors.

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.